henward Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 strange, one ofm y discus is floating on its belly up, it tries to swim downward but struggles to sink itself. its not starved, started only today, its fat and looks healthy except for the fact it cant swim right. no marks or anything on its body. colour is still bright as ever. ..... any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 swim bladder disorder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 It has a swim bladder / constipation problem. Discus regulate their bouyancy by releasing gas from an organ attached to their intestines - fart gas, in fact. You'll need to feed it more frozen blood worms and less processed / flake type foods so that it can get rid of the gas when it needs to. For now I'd drop the temperature to about 27 so that the expanding gas doesn't rupture its intestines etc. and wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 , i see, fair enough well i generally feed it discu tucker and bloodworms i hardly giv eit pelelets but ill keep an eye thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 strange, problem solved its right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 It has passed the blockage (taken a dump!) - if you look around in the tank you might find a lump of faeces with bubbles in it. Whatever you feed Discus, you have to make sure that it contains enough roughage. I use a basic diet of JBL Gala (flake with dried bloodworms) and frozen bloodworms twice a week, with JBL Discus and Cichlid every few days instead. It seems about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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