DennisP Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 4 days ago i bought excel, first day i did reco dosage, second day twice recco dosage for algae, last 2 days normal dosage. Today 1 of my discus seems to be trying to itch or scratche itself on the leaves of my sword plant and has got the shakes! HELP PLZ! i did a water change yesterday for him, incase there was still too much excel in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 do a water change, add some salt and stress coat and leave him be. if possible, keep him in a different tank with new water until your main tank sorts itself out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 How big is the discus? "Got the shake?" Maybe it's sign of breeding ? Scraping against the plant's leaf or cleaning them? ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 The one thats doing is it about 13cm, there is another 13cm in there but i have have them for years and they have never bred. Once i had a blue one and they bred, but ghost knife at the eggs, and then the blue one died for some reason. Was a few years back. The other 3 aren't breeding age yet. So im pretty confident they aren't breeding. "the shakes" = she(?) was shaking her dorsal fin like crazy, very small fast movements. Now she at it again. parasite maybe? now shes shaking her bottom fin and use her... anal fins? as if shes trying to scrap something off. shes swimming at funny angles as well. looks really distressed, darting around the tank and rubbing herself anything she can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 IMO double dosing with flourish excel is too much for the discus. A single dose used daily as recommended will suffice and the algae will die off. It is possible that the excel is burning the fish, or, as discusguru says it could just be breeding signals. Another good thing to do is mix the excel with some water before putting it into the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 So it is not shaking but flicking or twitching of fins. Then it is most likely caused by the florish burning effect as mention by adodge. I would do as big a waterchange as possible and add salt as mention by p44. The fish should recover fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 I did do a large water change after i had double dosed. did about 40% change now i am dosing a little less than the recc dosage. 1 cap per 50g, i have 55g... i'll start to dose every other day then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 stop dosing for a while mate. let the fish re adjust and heal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 alrighty then. First time regulary dosing meds/fertz/w.e.... had them for about 2 years so i guess it must be a shock for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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