raven Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 About a week ago i moved my breeding pair of discus from my 3 foot planted tank to my 4 foot bare bottom grown out/breeding tank. They were abit nervious about the change so stupidy i put a piece of slate in there to give them something to hide behind. The result was this blew the ph of the tank which is normally around 7 to over 8.6 as the colour was way off the indicator chart. All the discus were listing to one side and i had a case of major split fin, I am currently treating this with metafix. I am on day 4 of 7 days and its working wonders, BUT now the main breeding pair have cloudy eyes. I have been doing a wee bit of surfing and they say its a result of bad water condition. So i did water tests, Alk 0-0.7 Ph is less than 7.4 (normmally its around 7.4 but i am suspecting the lower reading due to the metafix) and Ammonia is 0. The question i have is, metafix state do a 7 days corse of treatment then a 50% water change. They reading im doing says do a water change to help with the cloudy eye problem. Should i wait untill the 7 days of treatment is finished, or do a water change and then start with the metafix from day one again. Any advice is greatly welcome. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Hi raven firstly I seriously do not think that slate would alter anything in your tank.Secondly give discusguru a pm he knows all there is to know about discus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Can't help with the problem but can tell you slate is inert and does not alter pH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 I would chuck the melafix and start doing daily waterchange and adding 2 tablespoon rock salt per 40 ltrs water. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 The slate wouldn't of caused the ph spike. The cloudy eyes are more than likely caused by the sharp increase of ph. A big change in ph is classed as bad water. You can do a water change while still treating with melafix. No wories there what so ever. Do one before you do a treatment. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raven Posted April 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Daily water changes and rock salt it is... Thanks for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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