Distressed Discus

[PoppaRyno]

Dont chemically lower it. The PH is not your killer problem here. I promise.

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[Finntastic]

I have limited discus experience but did you treat them for internal parasites?


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That I did not, and that could also be the problem.

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[PoppaRyno]

Finny.... Come to my thread or your thread. We're getting way off this threads topic.

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[Finntastic]

Finny.... Come to my thread or your thread. We're getting way off this threads topic.

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Okay, I'll go to the distressed discus thread o' mine

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[Finntastic]

Poppa, anything about water changes that I'm doing wrong or what

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[PoppaRyno]

Whats your WC regimen?

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[coralbandit]

IMO missing one 10g change made daily should not cause any nitrite or ammonia.

How are you getting the readings(.03?)

Something is wrong in your tank.
Your filter is overloaded,tank overstocked,dead something rotting in tank or incorrect test.
With the death of fish I will dismiss incorrect test ideas...
Is anyone missing?
Are all the goldfish gone?...ALL?

 

[sinibotia]

Did I miss something here?

 

[PoppaRyno]

New discussion... Kinda. Brought here from what did ya do with your tank thread as not to get off topic.

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[PoppaRyno]

Finny found his discus dead today. Says the other stressed. Levels are raised ammo .03, trites .5, trates 20 i believe

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[sinibotia]

Seems like the water quality is the issue then? Just a matter of what caused the spike?

 

[PoppaRyno]

Well i forgot about this being the sick tank with horrible ill goldies. The discs probably never rebounded from that either.

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[Finntastic]

Whats your WC regimen?

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Regimen? I'm only in 9th grade so plz no fancy words.

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[sinibotia]

Honestly I would suspect them being the cause of the water quality issues all along. 11 goldfish will wreck a biofilter.

Don't use grade or age as an excuse for not knowing a word, look it up and get a lil smarter Regimen means your habits or your way of life, so to speak. So, my water change "regimen" is weekly 50%.

 

[Finntastic]

IMO missing one 10g change made daily should not cause any nitrite or ammonia.

How are you getting the readings(.03?)

Something is wrong in your tank.
Your filter is overloaded,tank overstocked,dead something rotting in tank or incorrect test.
With the death of fish I will dismiss incorrect test ideas...
Is anyone missing?
Are all the goldfish gone?...ALL?

Filter is not overloaded, there are a few dead leaves but they are vacuumed out dsily, I doubt test is incorrect but I can retest, no one is missing, and every last goldie is back at school

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[PoppaRyno]

How often & how much per change.

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[Finntastic]

How often & how much per change.

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Oh okay. I do a 10g water change daily. I occasionally miss a day due to a ton of schoolwork or something unexpected pops up. I think I've missed 5 daily water changes in a month

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[PoppaRyno]

Thats a good schedule. Do you poke substrate to release build up? As to keep an anerobic build up from happening. Im thinking these goldies really hurt your filter and your discus.

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[Finntastic]

Honestly I would suspect them being the cause of the water quality issues all along. 11 goldfish will wreck a biofilter.

Don't use grade or age as an excuse for not knowing a word, look it up and get a lil smarter Regimen means your habits or your way of life, so to speak. So, my water change "regimen" is weekly 50%.

After I had the goldfish I did replace the filter cartridges bc of that, which could be an issue but it's safer than a wreaked biofilter. And I won't, I'll look up up next time.

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[PoppaRyno]

You may be dealing with a mini cycle then.... All new cartridges = non cycled cartridges, correct?

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