White poo - and I should have known better
Howdy, I am wondering if anyone can give me advice regarding one fish in particular. I went ot my LFS and was offered 3 adult discus (pidgeon blood) for $20 each and I had already bought the day before a couple of blue turqs which were in my quarr tank. With the addition of an extra 3 adults I overloaded the filter big time (150Lt tank, not cycling for that long) nitrites went up one fish died :cry: and the others hid in the corner and lying sideways. I freaked acting stupidly I put all the fish in my display tank with 7 beautiful discus and as you would expect big disaster - every fish includng rummy noses and clown loaches and every discus develped white spot, aggggh. I have spent the last 2 weeks doing 25% water changes daily and medicating with formaldehyde and malachite green. Lost 4 tetras to white spot and managed to save the rest and now they all seem OK - clown loaches took a while to get back to health though. I estimate that I spent more than an hour a day on this one tank with measuring everything adjusting temp and changing water. Now I think I have at least 3 of the new fish with intestinal worms (and prob the rest too) please see photo attached and this fish is quite emaciated. I feel embarassed that I risk the health of my fish in this way - I have never treated for this before and am unsure how to proceed - if I need to. Not keen on outting anymore chemicals into my tanks too. Any advice would be much appreciated.