Well so far so good 9 hours in the hospital tank (25 liters tank) with 6.5 tsp salt and now the cotton wool is barely visible. The discus seems to feel better now, They both eating now especially since ive given them a treat live brine shrimps
How long do you think i shuld keep it in salt water for? Say if tomorrow morning it disappears fully?
But not sure if its suppose to be real colour of the red snakeskin discut but from time to time he really turns pale red.
Thanks again for all ur help boys!
Sounds more like just a mild case then if salt is working, and definitly a prepiared discus owner with a hospital tank. Id say overnight see what is going on then waterchange and start diluting the water 50% water change
then just small ones like 10% everyday till the end of the week and should be good to move them back, in the planted tank I would raise the temp to 86F if possible till the time you are ready to put the discus back in and when you do lower the temp a day before to your desired temp like 82F, raising the temp will kill of the parasites in the planted tank really there is not much more you can do for the planted tank but this unless you want to lose the plants. Its a trick I used when the pygmys i got from lfs came with fungus and was spreading around the tank I just raised the temp and moved the discus out and monitored. After all this wait a little bit before you get new discus and qaurtine the new fellows! Also get some reading done and understand about the fish in its wild form the waters it comes from etc, you will be amazed on how much stuff on the internet actually colide with the actual facts!
So to do list forgot to ask if there are any other fish in planted tank
Raise temp in planted tank 86f leave till dicus go back day before they do turn back down
If it looks like it is gone means you can't see it at all means do 50% water change they should probably stay in it tomrrow and what would be day 3 of the process 50% water change After day 3 it should be gone, if not then its not a minor case.
After day 3 50% water change
every day after that 10% water change when you replace water no salt added to it lol don't forget that and if you are doing water changes right now you should be adding salt to the water you add back to the tank, to keep the solution of salt in the water the same
Test water everyday, Any ammo present do a waterchange and the water you add back in must have salt in it before the 3rd day <- many people forget this and end up losing fish due to not adding salt to the water for the treatment, the treatment takes time and the time should be 3 days with this treatment
Example(Hospital Tank)
Day 1 Fish in and being treated in salt solution
Day 2 Ammo tested high or 1ppm okay water change, when adding the water back to the tank remember to add the salt to the new water before the water change any evaporated water in the tank needs to be topped up first before the water change
Day 3 ammo and nitrite spike, okay water change lets say 50% add the water in and remember to add the salt.
Day3 near the end of the time period do 50% water change and add freshwater no salt at all
Day 4 Water change 10% add only freshwater back in
etc. etc. etc.
Just remember the treatment is only for 2-3 days after that you need to get it diluted even a 80% water change is good on day 3 but its easier for a 50% and the fish won't stress big time when you dilute it 50% when diluting 80% they might.
its a guide to help you with the hospital tank, doing a PP dip(bath) is where it will help it quicker in the getting rid of it process and you would probably see it gone in 1-2 days with salt treatment probably gaurenteed with them mixed together to treat it.
/www.fishdoc.co.uk/treatments/potass...ermanganate.htm
(That's 1 tea spoon per gallon) and it's works a treat for fungus. Let the salt do it's job, once clear, give it a couple of days and waterchange it out. Common table salt isn't any good usualy though, as it has anti-caking agents...
