danilada Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I have a previous post about a sick discus, but now its worse!! 1x sissortail tetra has had a massiva outburst in white spot (that went down the toilet and tank was treated) Our one angel silver with black spots had what looks like whitespot but brown on her. neon, corys, bristlenose are fine. Our green discus has lost his colour, appetite, and most of his sides has like white patches, kinda like hes been attacked (but he hasnt) that the corys are attracted to and kinda looks like the eat it or some-thing similiar as they do it very quick. Very worried, can anybody point me in a direction to maybe save them. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 What size is the tank and how many fish in it? What are the water test results? Sounds like a whole lot of stress going on in there. I suspect the discus is losing its protective slime coat, or over-producing one as a result of poor water conditions. Yes, the other fish will be eating it. I hope the tetra was dead before you flushed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 It sounds like bad water to me. You need to do a 50% water change now, regardless of whatever else you do. If you've recently treated for whitespot the residual meds can upset the fish in other ways, so you need to make sure it is all gone by putting charcoal (or charcoal pads) into your filter to remove the last of it (take it out again after 3 days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 What size is the tank and how many fish in it? What are the water test results? Sounds like a whole lot of stress going on in there. I suspect the discus is losing its protective slime coat, or over-producing one as a result of poor water conditions. Yes, the other fish will be eating it. I hope the tetra was dead before you flushed it! 180Lish tank, 10 neons, 1 x golden bristlenose, 6x corys, 1 piscus. I dont have anything to test the water. Yes tetra was dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 If you've recently treated for whitespot the residual meds can upset the fish in other waysquote] I treated for white spot after discus got sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 The fish load sounds OK, but you may have killed the bacteria in your filter when you trated the whitespot which means that although you can't see it, your water is full of toxins. Do a good sized water change and add some Cycle or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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