Discus sick

[newfisher]

Hi there

I had 5 discus that I grew out from babies had them for about 5 months. I then went and brought 2 new discus the same size. Did the right thing when putting them in the tanks and everything seemed fine for about two days. Now my discus are all hiding in one corner and the ones I have had the longest have clenched fins and have gone really dark all look extremely unhappy. The newer ones are hiding with them but they occasionally swim out. None are eating.

I have checked the water all seems good. ph about 6.8, Ammonia 0. Did a 50% change on Wednesday, 25% Thursday and a good 30% today. I also put some salt in as this was recommended in one of my discus books.

Any suggestions? I didn't want to move them out of the tank if it'll make it worse. I also don't want them to all die on me.

[Discusguru]

Treat them with Furan2 and they'll be fine.

What is the temp of the tank water?

You are suppose to quarantine new fish for at least 2 weeks before you add them to you tank.

[newfisher]

temp is 30. Both these were in a tank together at PP fish shop he said they had een there for about 3 weeks so I thought it'ld be ok. I'll learn.

[Discusguru]

might want to bring the temp down to 28. What is pp fish shop?

[newfisher]

Sorry fish shop in North coate Pupuke Fish Shop. Have rough meny fish fromm him in the past and all has been good.

[newfisher]

wow that furan2 works wonders this morning my Discus are hungry and slowly swimming round the tank.

Thank you thank you thank you.

Discus Guru if you are looking at this I would eventually like to change the discus that are currently in my tank to some brighter colours will this happen every time I change the fish combination? :bounce:

[Discusguru]

Depend where you got the fish from. The water condition in everyone's tank is different. Therefore it may stress the new fish when you add them to the tank causing them to be weak and eventually the disease will set in.