YT
Fri Aug 14, 2009, 11:50 PM
Howdy all,
After a recent trip away with the RAAF for a month, and leaving my community tank (7 adult discus, dozen cardinals, neons and rummynose) in the care of my lovely wife, I have come home and believe the Plague had arrived before me.
All of the discus are now hiding under the logs, not coming out at all, very dark or constant dark stripes and off their food. Two of them have lost alot of weight and look very thin and sunken. They won't touch any pellets, blood worm or beef heart, that they used to love. All other tetras are swimming around happily with no losses
The tank is a 4' with approx 300 litres. There has been a bit of an algae build up while away, but the water quality has gone pretty bad with no attention for a month. Details as follows temp 27, Ph: 6.2, Phosphate: 5, Nitrate 5-10, Nitrite <0.1 to nil.
Attached is a couple of photos of them hiding, sorry for the quality but they are up the back hiding alot. They are both of my big male, who was very healthy and fat as a fool and outgoing before I left . Now you can see thet he has lost heaps of weight and quite sunken round his chest?? and front fins.
There is no obvious HITH that I can see and some of them appear to favouring breathing only through one gill. I haven't seen any clear / white poo's as yet but still looking and they don't appear to be slimey either.
Any advice is greatly appreciated as to what I'm dealing with, and where to buy appropriate meds as I don't have any stocked except for the basic Ich etc. No metro etc or anything of this type.
Cheers
Geoff
After a recent trip away with the RAAF for a month, and leaving my community tank (7 adult discus, dozen cardinals, neons and rummynose) in the care of my lovely wife, I have come home and believe the Plague had arrived before me.
All of the discus are now hiding under the logs, not coming out at all, very dark or constant dark stripes and off their food. Two of them have lost alot of weight and look very thin and sunken. They won't touch any pellets, blood worm or beef heart, that they used to love. All other tetras are swimming around happily with no losses
The tank is a 4' with approx 300 litres. There has been a bit of an algae build up while away, but the water quality has gone pretty bad with no attention for a month. Details as follows temp 27, Ph: 6.2, Phosphate: 5, Nitrate 5-10, Nitrite <0.1 to nil.
Attached is a couple of photos of them hiding, sorry for the quality but they are up the back hiding alot. They are both of my big male, who was very healthy and fat as a fool and outgoing before I left . Now you can see thet he has lost heaps of weight and quite sunken round his chest?? and front fins.
There is no obvious HITH that I can see and some of them appear to favouring breathing only through one gill. I haven't seen any clear / white poo's as yet but still looking and they don't appear to be slimey either.
Any advice is greatly appreciated as to what I'm dealing with, and where to buy appropriate meds as I don't have any stocked except for the basic Ich etc. No metro etc or anything of this type.
Cheers
Geoff