Mel

Thankyou to all that has given advice. Thankyou to Ron (discusguru) we have managed to help the discus back to being very well again - he is now very bright and alert, his colour has come back and he was eating bloodworms last night and this morning.

well then i suggest you do a goggle search for "coldwater bristlenose" and actually see if anything comes up I am not at all critising you - I am just concerned for the wellbeing of these "supposed" coldwater fish you have - also this fish shop that sold you these fish should know better.

i would say that the convicts proberly have been stressing the dems - make sure there is plently of hiding places and caves for the dems to chill out in. Also are you going to increase the clown loaches as they do prefer to be a larger groups of at least 6+

Summertime isn't the issue - it would be more what the temperature is in the winter time. Any tropical fish that is kept below 18 is just down right cruel on that fish .. they may survive (just) but will certainly not be happy.

Hi, convicts are nasty burgers and when they pair up they are even worst - in my expereince with them I find the females to be the more aggro - how big are the convicts and dems? I would remove the female.

As long as you have something in there disturbing the surface then you don't need one - ie. if you have your filter outlet directed up moving the surface or a spraybar

I don't think you should change it at all, you'll just end up upsetting all your fish - and it looks fine just the way it is

So your tank will be exactly like mine ... lots of catfish ... lots of discus .. lots of driftwood ... you have lots of plants, i'll have less plants so MY fish can actually swim :lol: :lol:

i will have to get a picture of them, they aren't green but also aren't red like the rotkeil so i will have to get someone to ID them. But i do like yours there, it's very nice i love it's big eye - yours looks like it may have golden in it?

it's a very pretty fish Doesn't look like mine though, but i'm not sure what mine is either

it's good to hear there are still some good honest people around

oh is this a shot of after a haircut - you should of taken before and after shots

The axies will most deffinety try and eat them, they will bite at there fins, tail, eyes etc.. My brother had blackmoors in with a axie and the axie took it's eye out. I would not suggest it, i would say the cory would be a easy target for it

I think i am going to try the metro? - as he is looking quite dazy (dopey even) he's sort of just drifting about? do i put him in clean water as theres furan in with him? dosage of metro? Ryan he is in his own tank - no others? or do you mean the other fish he was in with before?

I have no idea P44 what was wrong with him - but i think if the furan wasn't used yesterday i am 100% certain he would be dead now

yesterday before i started treating with furan2 he was floating on the top completely on his side? Anyway I have just completed another big water change and dosed again with furan2. he is looking alot better today - swimming upright fins are not clamped and colour is back to normal - however he is losing alot of his slime? is this the furan doing this? I have dosed with stress coat aswell. i have tried feeding him, but he won't eat? should i be worried at this stage with im not eating?

I have it in the water he came from now and have treated with furan2 so hopefully he'll be ok - he does seem a bit perkier since adding the furan his fins are up and is swimming upright now and not as dark. Should i try feeding him while he's being treated or not?

I am sorry for your lose RIP Bud

i now have on hand 10 tablets of metro 400mg - i will not treat untill I hear from an expert weather to use or not. I also have a vet that has ordered droncit in for me which will be here within 2 days - i have had to order a box of 50 tablets so if anyone wants to buy some off me PM me.

I am going into town now P44 to pick up the metro - i rung and talked to adam asked if i can get some water so will get 40 litres today - get some more tomorrow But i don't think it is the water - but i will try there water

Well i have just got off the phone to the vet and he is happy to give me metro but he said they don't have droncit and he said that vets don't usually stock that anymore??? Thanks Nav - i have been doing lots of wc's but ok so i have proberly way to big ones so ust small ones from now on - i have temp on 29 so will turn that up increase it slowly.

Oh my they are just the cutest .. congrats :bounce: and i love the way you have your tank looks so cool

I have only had the discus afew days, was put into 200 litre q/tank along with another discus and some plecos I noticed that night i got it (saturday) it was at top of tank with top fin & bottom fin drawn back Sunday was still at top drwn back fins and darken in colour not eating - sunday night still the same so i removed him into his own q/tank Today he has fins clamped tightly very dark and on his side, still not eating i have been doing lots of water changing and adding alittle salt and seems to perk up alittle after the change then goes back to looking sick What do I do?? I think maybe it gill flukes because of the clamped fins? I don't have any meds to treat him with, but have just rung vet to see if i can get metro and prazi they are ringing me back. I do have furan2, salt, meth blue, tonic, formalin. Can someone help?????

Your BGK will be fine in there - they will sort themselves out

HI, make sure you have a airstone in the breeder, they will be fine in there - don't feed them till there egg sacs have gone.