Andy123
Fri Apr 06, 2007, 03:18 AM
hey
i hav had a discus for about 2 years and it has been goin well...until about 2weeks ago. he has become really shy. he used t eat out of my hand and now he hides up behind the powerhead all the time and doesnt come out to eat unless the lights are off and i am not near the tank. his favourite food is tetra colour bits and i feed him once a day(morning)with this and either brine shrimp or bloodworms at night. with the ocasional live bs or bloodworms. last week i went to see the lfs and said that he had been acting weirdly and that he was breathing weirdly. he had been breathing heavily and a white/transparent thing has been comming out of the gills...the lfs said it was gill fluke so i bought the medication for it. i treated it right away and then a week after and no change so far. and then last night he had 3 little lumps on his side that were a whitish pink colour. and this morning they were still there but a little bit smaller---but still there. i have no idea what this is and what is happening--for either-the gills and the lumps. checked the water today and water was:
ammonia-0ppm
nitrate-0ppm
nitrite-0ppm
ph-6.4
what could be happening.please help me out.
fishkid
ps the tank is planted and been cycled for over a year-unsure y there is no nitrite or nitrates?
fish in signiture.
i hav had a discus for about 2 years and it has been goin well...until about 2weeks ago. he has become really shy. he used t eat out of my hand and now he hides up behind the powerhead all the time and doesnt come out to eat unless the lights are off and i am not near the tank. his favourite food is tetra colour bits and i feed him once a day(morning)with this and either brine shrimp or bloodworms at night. with the ocasional live bs or bloodworms. last week i went to see the lfs and said that he had been acting weirdly and that he was breathing weirdly. he had been breathing heavily and a white/transparent thing has been comming out of the gills...the lfs said it was gill fluke so i bought the medication for it. i treated it right away and then a week after and no change so far. and then last night he had 3 little lumps on his side that were a whitish pink colour. and this morning they were still there but a little bit smaller---but still there. i have no idea what this is and what is happening--for either-the gills and the lumps. checked the water today and water was:
ammonia-0ppm
nitrate-0ppm
nitrite-0ppm
ph-6.4
what could be happening.please help me out.
fishkid
ps the tank is planted and been cycled for over a year-unsure y there is no nitrite or nitrates?
fish in signiture.