Discus fish sick

[Mattefect]

Tonight I come home and both my discus are extremely dark, sitting on the bottom and breathing slowly. I put some salt in the tank and..... Raised the heat and waiting. It's been. About 20 mins now. So sad. Any help you guys can give me?

 

[redruckus]

change the water 25% keep the lights off or low and feed blood worm once a day... dont use chemicals or salt... the chage is stressing them out even more then they are now leave them alone run your filters at max flow chage the water 25% once a week... they will be fine...once again DONT USE SALT OR CHEMICALS IT STRESSES THEM EVEN MORE

 

[Mattefect]

Alright they are looking better already after the salt an temp rise. I change the water once every 2 days. I think it might have been the de chlorinator because it smells like rotten eggs so. Not doing any changes till I can clarify that.

 

[Bl80]

What's ur substrate? Rotten egg smell could be gas pockets in sand.

 

[redruckus]

no dechlorinators use sulfer product to get rid of the chlorine in tank and thats what makes the dechlorinator smell like eggs.... i use prime and it kinda smells funny but i dont use much just a touch of it in my large tank and i have no problems chlorine naturaly evaporates in less the 24 hours at room temp in a warm discus tank i goes even quicker

 

[Mattefect]

Woke up this morning and my discus are happily swimming around I'll see tonight if they do the same thing

 

[REDBULLskater11]

owl get on chat!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mattefect]

Discus are all well