matthewY Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 For the last few days I have noticed that 1 of my 4 turq discus have turned completely dark. I did soem readings and the google man indicated that it could be stressed / sick. Its still eating and comes to me as normal. Today while keeping an eye on it, I noticed its only brown on one side (not sure if it was like this originally when I first noticed it was dark), the other side is light turq as the rest of teh other discus are. Any clues? Looks like it had been crawing through the mud on one side. Apart from the colopur, its looking fine.... only thing I can think of that has changed is I have started feeding frozen blood worms and frozen brine shrimps from time to time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 could be the least dominant and being picked on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewY Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 wow, thats quick :-) Natually I'm a bit concerned and wonder if its going to be ok but what i find really hard to understand is why just 1 side.... sunburnt? too close to the heater? do stress marks only show up on 1 side? Worst case which concerns me is if its had internal damage that is causing it... :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicmack Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 are all the water parameters okay? have you noticed it rubbing up or flicking against driftwood or plants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewY Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 havent seen any rubbing as of yet. The ph has always been on the high end (7.5ish) but I havent tested it recently. i change about 10% water daily. I may need to pick up soem test kits over the next few days and test whats up with teh water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 if no other symptoms then i would just keep an eye on it and keep up the water changes, discus do tend to have moods,mine often change colour depending on dominance/mood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewY Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Colours been slowly returning back to normal, dont know if its the water changes or if it was juts in a bad mood for the last week or so but I'm glad its returning back and not upside down... thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 good to hear , keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Sounds like internal bleeding/bruising. Check this out.. this was my discus normally: this was my discus after he walked into a bar and said "ow" i only knew this was the case because it cleared up one week later. also some folk on simplydiscus.com suggested it could be that. after seeing this, what do you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Oh my gosh Luke...talk about a bruising! Glad that he's okay now! I bet he said more than "ow" :lol: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewY Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Gota say, thats mighty impressive. Its somewhat similar to what happened to my one except my "normal" colour isnt quite teh same as yours :-( the contrast between normal and dark was about the same but on the whole left side, never crossed to the right hand side.... so if you looked down teh middle, you can see teh edge of the darkness. very nice looking discus by the way :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 thanks.. bear in mind the good shot was a particularly good photo as you can see the lower photo was not as good but was in a bigger tank so less light and plants. i still reckon it's a nerve damage/bruising issue.. like when someone loses feeling in half of their face after a eyebrow piercing. should come right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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