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    Discus Distress

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    Colu

    In response to your question. Yes, I buy my discus and put them in a 10 gallon tank and its located in another room. I have been using ParaGuard, Salt ( which I don't believe I was applying it properly ), also using Microbe-Lift ( Herbtana & Artemiss ) and some other meds which I don't remember the name at this moment. I usually keep them in the 10 gallon tank for about 30 days before I put them into the 180 gallon tank. 

    I want to thank everyone for their support. You guys have been a Blessing.

    Discus Distress

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    On 2/18/2021 at 4:18 PM, GeorgeD said:

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    Thank you for your time! All your info makes sense to me now. So since your first post I have not done a water change. I added the salt and turned up the temp, last time I checked it, temp was 91 deg. I lost 3 so far, and yesterday it looked like number 4 was on the way out, but today he seems to have rebounded. I have the lights turned off and have been feeding them very little. I have 2 air sponges going plus my canister filter, but after reading what you just said about oxygenated water, should I stop one or both sponge filters and/or the canister filter? Ph is down from 7.2 to 6.4 and I used peat in nylons to accomplish this, hope I didn’t do more harm.

    great buddy.....DONT do anything else. believe it or not, you are past the main issue. Your fish will look terrible, but one day you'll see...pop, one will come out and then another 🙂 feed lightly ( bloodworms, freeze dried ), but stay away from pellets ( as they are crap and will pollute ) Now, its just time ( turn your back and try to not let it bother you )....you will see...all will be good in time 🙂 Do you have gravel in the tank ??? If so, get rid of it after all has improved ...makes Discus keeping so much easier !!! Great book ...is Jack Wattleys "Discus for the perfectionist " Asks all the right questions to a load of breeders and they answer ( including myself ) SO, you can take the norm of what they are saying 🙂 I am always here buddy....feel free to ask anything you want 🙂 Again, i see more false, idiotic responses on these pages...be careful !!!
     
    Dale sent September 24, 2020
    oh..yes, dont need the airstone
    Dale sent September 24, 2020
    I mean past the worst in that usually deaths are in first day or two ( or after aggressive things done to the tank or fish )
     
     
    I hope this helps you Dr1709 
     

     

    Thank you so much GeorgeD 🙂

    Yes, it help a lot. It explains a lot of the issues and it make sense to me. I see I am doing a lot of the thing wrong. Water changes, meds, and air stone which I have a lot in my tank. This means a lot to me GeorgeD, because I had no one to reach out to ask questions and when you go to blogs you get all shorts of different suggestions. I am a disable Army Veteran dealing with some Mental Health issues, and I love discus fish. They are so beautiful and believe it or not. When I had my tank full of discus, they have gotten me through some tough times. Enjoying taking care of them and not dwelling on my issues. It was very depressing watching them died and no matter what I did it didn't work.  I'm going to follow your instructions to the tee. I will keep you up to date of my progress. 

    Discus Distress

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    I have not purchase any new fish lately. It's been about seven months since my last discus purchase. I don't have any snails. Yes, I purchase all my discus from the same supplier.  

    Discus Distress

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    Sorry for the delay response.

    I have been feeding them Omega One Flakes - Cobalt Spirulina Flacks, Frozen Braine Shrimp - Bio-Encapsulated Multi-Vitamins Brine Shrimp - Omega One Discus Pellets - Hex-Shield sinking pellets. and Krill

    I feed them three time a day. I change the food around so I am not feeding then the same food everyday. 

    Discus Distress

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    Please Help!

    I have 5 discus fish in a 180 gallon tank. I started with 13 and have been losing them over a period of time. I can't seen to figure out why. This is the latest one. Yesterday everything was fine. This morning I have one discus that is floating around as he is ready to die.  Below is todays water test

    Nitrate (NO2) 0 ppm

    Nitrate (NO3) 0 ppm

    Ammonia (NH3/NH4) 0

    PH  7.6

    High Range PH 7.4

    KH 11

    Water Temp 82

    I do a 40 to 50% water change every week. The discus seems 

     

    Any support would be apricated. 

     

     

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