I got home today and found that my wife had to give my red turquoise discus a proper burial, there is another that seems sick as well as my black ghost knife. There are in a 60 gallon along with mollies, plates, guppies, and some nw cichlids. All the others seem fine aside from the discus and the bgk. The water is a greenish cloudy color. It has no ammonia, nitrates, or nitrites. The tank is dual filtered with a fluval 305 and a aquaclear 110/60.
Now to the description of the sick discus:
Whitish coat along the top and bottom of the body where the fins start, about where the lateral lines are. No spots just a film.
The bgk looks normal but I found him in the bottom of the tank on his side gasping.
I immediately placed both of them in a hospital tank, treated it with kordon ich rid+, Maracyn, and aquarium salt.
The bgk is now moving around in the tank and becoming active again, seems to have snapped out of it for the time being.
Any suggestions as to what might have caused this and is treating for ich and parasites more appropriate than treating for fungus?
Now to the description of the sick discus:
Whitish coat along the top and bottom of the body where the fins start, about where the lateral lines are. No spots just a film.
The bgk looks normal but I found him in the bottom of the tank on his side gasping.
I immediately placed both of them in a hospital tank, treated it with kordon ich rid+, Maracyn, and aquarium salt.
The bgk is now moving around in the tank and becoming active again, seems to have snapped out of it for the time being.
Any suggestions as to what might have caused this and is treating for ich and parasites more appropriate than treating for fungus?