danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Can you please tell me what you keep you *can't think of word* (water parameters maybe?) Nitrite, Nitrate, PH, KH, GH, Ammonia etc! Just invested in a test kit for Mum, as she seem's to have a bit of trouble with discus So we would like to know what our tank water should be testing at! Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia - all 0 pH at or below 7 kH/gH doesn't really matter unless you're breeding and it's not necessary to drastically adjust the general hardness or alkalinity when you first start to keep discus unless the values are very high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks Blue! We lost a Red Melon last night, and have follwed all precautions you have given. * daily (10%ish) water changes. * Added Bacteria from you tank. * PH was 6.5 ish * Nitrite and Nitrate was 0 * Ammonia 0 No signs of any-thing, just discus last night started swimming *wobbly* then was dead this morning Mums heart broken. Although, 2 Angels, Neons and Corys are doing fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 The thing is, as soon as you think they are fine, a couple die. There is no foul play in the tank No signs of stress or any sort of disease :-? All eating really well :roll: So we put it down to the water, but maybe that isnt it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 If the fish was otherwise healthy and hadn't recently been couriered (within the last 5 days) I would attribute that reaction and sudden death to eating spoiled food. How are the three that you got from me doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 She's lost 2. Thats what I can't understand. She hasn't given them any different food, at the moment a JBL product "cant think of the top of my head" Nothing has happened though! :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 She hasn't been over feeding either, nor is the food old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Although we do have blood worms at home, could that be the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I feed blood worms at least twice a week and it's never been an issue, but it's the ones that float away and are found a couple hours later behind decorations that can be a problem - and that goes for any food. Wow, that's a lot of dead discus. The only other thing I can think of is creeping poisoning, which can be caused by many things including old copper pipes. That said it could still be bad food. How many times a day is she feeding them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Once to Twice (I think) Our other thing, is Dad siliconed some netting and these bouy type things to the back to give it a "under water" impression, could that be it? It has a heater, a fluval filter, some driftwood, gravel, plants, a boat ornament, a cave that lights up. 2x angels 15 or some-thing neons 2x male guppys 4-5 corys and thats about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 She is very minimal with feeding to, doesn't let any-thing sink or go un-eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Another thing, could be maybe food is getting trapped in the net, the net is thick, the holes are big enough for Adult discus to swim through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Why would anyone want to put net in a fish tank?? The silicone could be the culprit. Do a Big waterchange >50%. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 do you know if the silicon was aquarium safe? It could be leeching into the water. Have any of the other fish died? How newly introduced are the angels? I dont actully keep discus but I have heard that it is not good to keep them with discus as they are hardier and could be harbouring disease that could spread to the less hardy discus. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulloc Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 yeh alot of silicone has algae/ fungicides in it... could be a prob. an im with ron, big water changes all th time till it stabilises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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