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John Burnett

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Jan 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/8/98
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Hello,

For about a year my discus and neons have lived happily together.

At christmas my brother decided he wanted angelfish, blue rams and corys -
so in they went.

Well all went fine for the first 3 days but to my horror the discus (mainly
- but to a
certain extent the neons too) started to grow white/grey sort of pin-head
sized lumps
on the body just before the tail fin. I went to the petshop and looked at
the medicine - it seemed
to sound like velvet or fungus disease, so I bought a remedy to fix it. I
was supposed to use it on
days 1,2,3 and 6 - I did but it's had little effect and now I'm thinking it
could be soething else.

The discus are now 2/3 coated in a very fine white/grey marble-effect
coating and they're looking
unhappy. The water temperature is 80F and pH=6.0

Could this be some other sort of parasite? It's not whitespot and it
doesn't seem to be fungus. How do I treat it??

Cheers,

John.

Ron G.

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Jan 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/17/98
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John Burnett wrote in message <01bd1c19$b60b0ea0$0e7c880f@nsmdse27>...

John: Without actually looking at the fish and you being positive that it
is not ich, I would treat the tank with nitrofurazone. YOu can pick it up
at any good LFS. Since Discus are more delicate than most cichlids I would
use at half strength and do partial water changes every day untill it is
cured. Next time when adding new fish to an existing tank, quarintine them
first. Also, gold fish and discus have 2 totally different water
requirements and do not make a good match.
Ron

Edward

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98
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Hi John,
Think the safest way to go for the beginning is to increase your discus immune
system. Simple temperature increase to 32C/90F to 34C/94F for two weeks usually
solves the problem without using harmful medications.
Second step is antibiotics like Tetracycline or/and Neomycin.
Let us know,
Ed

John Burnett wrote:

> Hello,
> For about a year my discus and neons have lived happily together.

> The discus are now 2/3 coated in a very fine white/grey marble-effect
> coating and they're looking
> unhappy. The water temperature is 80F and pH=6.0
> Could this be some other sort of parasite? It's not whitespot and it
> doesn't seem to be fungus. How do I treat it??
> Cheers,

> John.


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