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What I think is a prolapse? She's still happy today... no meds just epsom salt... temp 29c... no food today...

She was tiny when I got her its a bit of a shame.. ill grab a pic in the morning when she's awake... yea I'm giving her a break and we will see how she is in a few days...thanks for your input appreciate it heaps..

Ok ill put some in next water change... she has the male in there now and they are pretty happy being together.. would you feed her as normal or give them a few days off it?

I've come home today and she looks slightly smaller but has what appears to be a small prolapse? I feel there's not much I can do.for her now and just hope it heals... she is acting normal and still eating.. she's much happier with the male in there... fingers crossed it goes away...

Ok ill let her be and put the male in with her... she has her upright stump she uses everytime... she refuses to lay on anything else but the filter intake or her upright stump lol... continue matroplex in food for a couple of days? I cant decide? Feel she needs a good rest from meds? Thankyou again..

During my research I've noted that fish can hold eggs for a fair while if conditions aren't right... she is paired with a male who is rather lost atm without her... I recently introduced some congo tetras in with the discus... I noticed at feeding time they seem to get the majority of the brine shrimp.. she was cleaning her log ready to lay when i put the congos in there... maybe it disrupted her cycle? Then moving her into hospital tank with treatment shut her down?.. ive decided to put her back with the others and remove the congos...I will keep feeding metro for a day or two but stop the tetracyline all together... still unsure whether to give her 2 epsom salt or rock salt baths during the day....im leaning towards just letting her be its been 4 weeks and she's still happy... tumour is a possibility but I beleive what she has isn't contagious so she will be happier with the others... or maybe put the male in hospital with her where it's quiet? Thoughts? I appreciate the help ive been getting on here thankyou.. just wish there was a magic cure...

Why the sad face jack? A breeder I know worms his fish monthly due to diet? Is that not correct?

Morning... i should have said medication suggested 2 scoops for severe ilness and ive only been using one scoop till now... when she passes its a nice brown colour and solid not pale or stringy at all...its a hard one.. she is eating and happy today again just big in the belly... when you say internal mass your starting to think like me... only thing is it's perfectly symmetrical and not protruding out one way or the other...hopefully it's not but with her being so normal I'm starting to think eventually it will be terminal.... does anyone on here know about removing eggs from egg bound fish? Maybe something similar to epsom salt baths? Poor little discus can see her buddies in the old tank id love to put her back in there where she's much happier....not sure if she contagious so I'll.leave her for now... thanks for your suggestions it's a tricky.one...

In the middle of her daily water change... have ended up.going back to epsom salt... also upped the tetriacylene and metroplex to double doses? She's also eating metroplex twice daily in her food? I've dropped the temp from 32 to 29c today? I'm wondering if she needs a light massage to remove fluid.. eggs ... or blockage? Might do more harm than good.... any ideas?

I use cloverleaf parasite plus on my fish for parasites... I forgot to mention she has been treated about 2 weeks before she got sick?

Nothing no signs at all but i feed them some beef heart from time to time amd it's just a precaution..

I use cloverleaf parasite plus on my fish for parasites... I forgot to mention she has been treated about 2 weeks before she got sick?

Thanks for the reply.. I did epsom salt baths for 7 days at the beginning.. I have then tried keeping it in the aquarium for a few days at a time at a lower dose...gave her a break for 2 days then tried non iodised rock salt baths and in the aquarium... have noticed since switching to rock salt she seems to have gotten slightly more swollen... was going to start epsom salt again after a few days break but I feel bad keeping on treating her 24/7 with different treatments.. if i stop she will die i feel.. there has to be a solution out there for her just wish i new... other than the big belly shes happy and normal... its been 3 or 4 weeks now... I will try a new diet also.. has me stumped ive owned fish on and off for 30 years and they either die or get better and are never normal during the ilness like she is... I dont have a lot of experience with bloating but ive always managed to sort it with epsom salt... she has always been a small discus she never grew like the others.. id say she's 3/4 of the size of the big ones...

None at all that I can see?

Hey buddy... im doing daily water changes in a hospital tank... ive been feeding brine shrimp and soaking metro in bug bite flake food..will get a photo tomorrow im not home tonight sorry... she is massive ive not seen a fish so big before.. but she is symmetrical to look at from the front not lumpy at all...