I woke up this morning at 7:30am to the sound of water splashing from my fish tank. I found my discus was freaking out; swimming from one end of the tank to the other, bumping itself against the glass. It likes to stay at the top of the water leaning to one side. I did a 30% water change and added two tablespoons of salt. But my discus is still freaking out. What's could be the problem that causes my discus to be freak out like this?
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Mon Aug 07, 2006, 09:50 PM #1Just an Egg
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DISCUS FREAKING OUT
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Tue Aug 08, 2006, 02:02 AM #2Blue Diamond Discus
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Check all your wqater parameters - usually when they freak out like that is is a water problem.
marg."True Friends are like Blue Diamonds, so Brilliant, Precious and Rare - Protect them while you can"
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Tue Aug 08, 2006, 07:56 AM #3Blue Diamond Discus
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Make sure there is enough oxygen going into the tank becuase that can sometimes cause things like that and maybe turn the lights off and try carm him down if possible.
Good Luck
Rick.Cheers,
Rick
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Tue Aug 08, 2006, 03:19 PM #4Eternal Moderator
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Have you got C02 running into that tank? If so it might be wise to remove it for the time being.
Thirty-five years keeping and breeding discus, and I'm still learning :P
Merrilyn has passed, but will not be forgotten - Goodbye dear friend
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Tue Aug 08, 2006, 11:15 PM #5Just an Egg
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Ok, I'll try to remove the CO2
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Wed Aug 09, 2006, 01:02 AM #6Just an Egg
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Are any other fish acting stressed or hanging out at the surface?
If so you might have a tank starved of oxygen.
It will normally be OK during the day when the plants are photosynthesizing, but at night when they start consuming O2 you can get problems.
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Wed Aug 09, 2006, 01:28 AM #7Medium Discus
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check your Ph, too, if your tank has had a Ph crash your fish may do what its doing, too. acidosis can often induce erratic darting and intense breathing, as the gills are slowly being destroyed. like pbates suggests, look at your other fish to verify this as a Ph crash will affect all of them. CO2 may cause instabilities in the PH.
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Wed Aug 09, 2006, 04:25 AM #8Just an Egg
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All the other fish is fine except for the discus. So, it's really hard to say that the tank lack of oxygen.
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Wed Aug 09, 2006, 10:01 AM #9Eternal Moderator
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How is your fish looking today?
Any improvement?Thirty-five years keeping and breeding discus, and I'm still learning :P
Merrilyn has passed, but will not be forgotten - Goodbye dear friend
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Wed Aug 09, 2006, 06:47 PM #10Just an Egg
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The discus is starting to calm down a little bit. Two days before the discus began to freak out. I change the time of my light on when to turn on and off. I used to have it turn on at 6pm and off by 2am. I changed it to turn on at 12 pm and off at 10pm. Do you think this change somehow could effect the discus?
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