Constipated discus

[Mta472]

I have a 55 gallon aquarium with 5 discus in it. Two of them had hexamita, so to encourage them to eat I bought a very pregnant red wag platy. She dropped her fry but it appears that the largest discus in the tank - which did not have hexamita - ate them all. I also bought a UV sterilizer which seems to have cleared up the hexamita, but the largest discus is sweelled up like a balloon and no doubt constipated. I have tried epsom salts 4 times but to no avail. She has beeen constipated for over a week. Her color is good but she of course is not eating. Is there anything other than epsom salts I can try to relieve her constipation?

Thanks........Mike

[Mr Wild]

Epsom should work what dosage are you using? Stop feeding meat and pellets try spilulina, more vegetable matter might be the key. Maybe bacterial also.

[Exotic Aquatic]

try the temp at 33-34, 1tblspn epsom/10ltrs and their favortie food directly over the epsom crystals in the hope they will ingest some.