What exactly are your water parameters? can you post them please, also temp? planted or BB, water change regime? have you added any new fish without QT?
planted tank - all this kinda started with the blue green algea bloom.
ph 6.5 - nit -0 am -0 temp round 28.5 (unless test kit is stuffed)
yes there was water quality issues, that started this whole thing, but maybe it was too late.
the fluke flikering was not too bad when started the anti -biotics, but the spots came after treatment started.
(this has happened before - once i start treatments the condition excelerates)
am collecting items from friends to start a hospital tank, but worried that trying to catch him might freak him out.
(lost a discus once trying to catch loaches)
Lfs said it was fine to dose community tank, other disc fine.
i want to remove some cripts and water change water change water change, but he is taking refuge under them
maybe i should not have stuffed aroung with the chem and just WC.
bit lost and not confident with the sick issues, the only other sickness i have i experienced was hole in the head and VET advice didnt help that either.
now the spots have arrived, should i be using the natural fungal stuff the Vet recommended
Thats bad luck, the antibiotics proably disrupted the normal flora in the gut of the fish, once this happens is difficult for the fish to digest food propperly and then other infections can set in. if you have a bb hosp tank, get him in there, set the temp at 30C and add PLENTY of airation.
try an epson salt bath to get him to empty the contents of his stomach, it will help bring the bloating down.
try to temp him with live food, add salt at 2tsp/40L.
you could try some natural antifungul stuff (I assume its tea tree oil based) but I've never had much luck with it.
if you can get him eating again he'll proably pull through, if he is still nice and full in the face, the fat reserves there can keep him going for a week or so without food, after that your chances of saving him arn't anyware near as good.
went to lfs shop to get parts for the hospital tank.....showed them this photo and now they are suggesting condis crytals AKA potassium hypermananate....
sounds boody scarey to me - burning the fish skin - that sounds great...