tgf
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 08:22 AM
Hi all,
About 24 to 36 hours ago I noticed my large discus (possibly blue turquoise) has developed a condition where it looks like parts of its flesh on the front of its body above its mouth and eye lines have somehow degraded away and around all of those areas it is very white in colour.
At this stage I've been advised Melafix should be able to help but I am hoping it's nothing more serious such as hole-in-the-head or something else I can't think of at this stage.
Other than what I have just described, the discus fish is in a tank approximately 720 litres in size which has 4 or so other discus in there along with some clown loaches, neon tetra's and a couple of bristlenose catfish.
No other fish in the tank have or are currently exhibiting any symptoms of anything being wrong with their bodies, all of the fish seem to be eating well and eating enough food. I feed them a mix of tropical flakes, discus dinner and also frozen blood worms.
That's pretty much all the information I can think of for the time being apart from lights on the tank being left on about 12 or so hours per day.
If anyone can offer advice, comments or useful input on what I've done, what I should do or the use of Melafix then it would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Sam
About 24 to 36 hours ago I noticed my large discus (possibly blue turquoise) has developed a condition where it looks like parts of its flesh on the front of its body above its mouth and eye lines have somehow degraded away and around all of those areas it is very white in colour.
At this stage I've been advised Melafix should be able to help but I am hoping it's nothing more serious such as hole-in-the-head or something else I can't think of at this stage.
Other than what I have just described, the discus fish is in a tank approximately 720 litres in size which has 4 or so other discus in there along with some clown loaches, neon tetra's and a couple of bristlenose catfish.
No other fish in the tank have or are currently exhibiting any symptoms of anything being wrong with their bodies, all of the fish seem to be eating well and eating enough food. I feed them a mix of tropical flakes, discus dinner and also frozen blood worms.
That's pretty much all the information I can think of for the time being apart from lights on the tank being left on about 12 or so hours per day.
If anyone can offer advice, comments or useful input on what I've done, what I should do or the use of Melafix then it would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Sam