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I think there is some progress, I've seen the sick discus coming out with the others every now and then. However, I cannot get it to eat during feeding times... it swims up to any kind of food, but then doesn't seem interested at all. I really think that it could get better if I could get it...

They're in a 75-gallon tank, and I do 2-3 50%-75% water changes each week. I feed them 3 times per day (bloodworms, brine shrimp, flake foods, discus pellets, etc.). It is a discus-only tank (6 discus), and there are no live plants. There's gravel and fake plants, and there are lots of hiding...

I just took a trip to the LFS and of course they didn't have the right medications... but I did hear that Formalin has been used to treat discus with mild cases with success. I have a quick cure medication that includes formalin and malachite green, and I dosed the tank (it's one drop per...

It's difficult to describe what the belly looks like, but I'd say that it looks like it is more "flat" than those of the rest of the discus. This concerns me because I know that this discus has still been eating (which I took as a good sign). I've looked online for sterazin, but I hear that...

Thanks for the reply! I have been doing 50% water changes 3 times per week, I also increased the temperature to 86F for now.

Hi everyone, I just saw today that one of the discus that has been hiding has begun to have white stringy feces. So I'm thinking that's a sign of internal parasites... my local fish stores barely have good medications, only "general cure" medications, when I'd prefer something like Metronidazole...

Thanks hillmar77 I think I'm gonna have to find some other type of parasite medication. I've seen the other fish starting to shake like the hiding one. Also, one of the others that is starting to "shake" began to hide as well. Something's definitely going on, so I have to treat them (as well as...

Hi again, I just made some trips to some pet stores, but I could not find Seachem Paraguard in any of them :/ Are there any other medications that you would recommend for this?

Thanks for the reply. It actually keeps coming out of it's "spot" tonight, so hopefully it's making progress. However, when it was swimming around, I saw it looking like it was shaking or twitching its fins. (It wasn't the normal shaking of the body when "showing off" to others). It almost...

I haven't seen it chase anyone, it just peeks out from the plants pretty much all day long. It will sometimes come out with all of the others during feeding times, and most times it will be the one to back away if others want the food. I found it unusual because many times the largest is the...

Also, I forgot to add some more details about the tank... The tank is 75 gallons and contains gravel, fake plants, 2 large filters, and a heater. I have provided many hiding spots for the discus just to make them feel more comfortable in their environment.

Hi everyone, I have a group of 6 discus that are social and do not tend to hide too much. However, I have recently found the largest of the group hiding behind some plants, and it will not usually move from that spot. At first, it was very social like the others. It does not appear sick at all...

They seem really happy, but they only show breeding tubes in the community tank, even though both tanks have the same water in them. I took the community tank water and put it in the breeding tank. I don't understand why the community tank is so much more appealing to them... do they like...

Alright I have the pair on a varied diet of bloodworms, brine shrimp, and flake foods. They always have their breeding tubes out during the day, when the light is on. But whenever I turn the light off before I go to bed, I wake up the next morning to find that their breeding tubes are no longer...

Thanks everyone, they always get excited when I make cool water changes. :) I think I'll pick up some more live food, just so I can vary their diet some more.