Discus Help

[Rorie]

A few months back i got a discus and didn't quarantine (i know i know!) and sods law, it had parasites i think. It died, and then took another one of my discus with it - the biggest brute i had!

Time has passed since then. i treated the water with Potasium Permanganate, shown to me by someone local. My tank seemed to be fine after that.

A week or so ago i added some new discus to my tank, smaller than the others i have. THey were in QT for severel weeks and seemed fine. But now they are acting up. a couple shiver, not like breeding shivers...mainly just their top fin. Another hides all the time, then when he's out, he rubs himself on the plants and shivers!

What is wrong?

How do i fix it?

I don't like the potassium method as its risky - easy to control in a breeding tank, but these are in my show tank!

 

[nanoMama86]

No choice. They were healthy when you added them, but there must have been some residual bad boy bacteria in the water in your show tank. Your original fish, having been exposed, have some immunity, but the new fish, probably, obviously, do not. If you can afford to do LifeGuard it works the same way as potassium permanganate, but is a little safer to dose. It too works by oxidation. I have had so many problems with overdoses and bacterial colony death with all the antibiotics and antifungals and lost many fish trying to be fancy. The Jungle or Tetra LifeGuard is basic, cheap but most of all, incredibly effective medicine I have ever used. I now only recommend this product.

 

[Vin Swords]

'Discus wormer plus'

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