KM Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Last night I went to do my weekly discus tank clean, and discovered my female siamese fighter, and two of my danios had blown up and looked like pine-cones. Yip, you guessed it...Dropsy! I then discoverd that someone has moved my filter, and the outlet pipe of the filter had bent over, resulting in no outlet flow! Shock shock horror! Anyway, finally got it fixed (was still mopping up water at 10:30pm). What amazes me is the water quality must have deteriorated enough in 1 week as to result in 3 cases of dropsy. Touch wood, the discus are fine, and I even had one pair spawn during the week gone by. So, that leads me to believe that discus are far tougher than I had thought! Ironically, I had always been told that danios were tough little things, but it seems not in my case. Maybe too much inbreeding, I don't know. Lessons to be learnt, check your filter regularly! PS: I have the fish with dropsy in a containment area, and I'm treating with good doses of Melafix. I have lost one danio, the other doesn't look to hot, but the siamese fighter is looking better than she did this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 They are alot tougher than we are led to belive, one of my tanks lost its heater for 24 hrs middle of winter in my garage and this fish has lived a long and healthy life. Discus and Danios ? i doubt the danios will appreciate 28-30 degrees JMO, why dont you run them out for black neons, cardinals, rummies etc Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM Posted February 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 the danios were actually used to cycle the tank initially, and most were removed. There were a few that I just couldn't catch, and so they stayed in the tank. i have some glowlight and neon tetras inthe tank as well. Seems the danios are all right, but the water conditions are not ideal. However, seems that they are pretty good indicators of when the water is ok, and when it isn't, so I think they will stay for now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzy Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 i have 6 discus and was doing a water change and got distracted, when i remembered about the tank ( 4x2x2 ) the water was 3" off the gravel i fillrd up with cold water, temp went dowm from 30 to 19 and they are all still doing fine, i do 50% water change 3 times a week so they might be used to the drop in temp, have learnt my lesson tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Comes in handy when you have a situation like that to have one of those 1000 - 2000 watt immersion heaters. WARNING Don't get distracted using them tho. Fish don't get use to HOT water. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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