Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Sick Discus
So this is my pair of snakeskin. I have theme for about 2 month and they do spawn every weeks.
But i am very concerned about the male. This fella does not eat, is very shy and his eyes are a bit cloudy (not the vibrant red the female show...)
So yesterday i di set up a breeding/hospital tank.
reading on this tank are as follow:
T*: 30*C
Ph: 6.5
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 15 (just did a 50% wc so will check up later on accurate reading.)
I really do not know what to do or how to treat him. Darren advised me to do a salt bath for him which i did (3 tblsp of rock salt /gallon for about 30 min)
Even if he his sick, they spawned 3 days ago but instead of fertilizing the eggs, he ate theme. I believe it is because he does not eat anything else...
They came into the new tank yesterday only, i will do a 50% wc every day hopping to see him improve.
Please let me know if you had similar problems and how you got it sorted.
the female:
Thank you, Inza.
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there is still a long way to go to get him back to full strength but a small step for the fish, a huge step for me !!!
Thx.
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So are you saying apart from eating there weekly spawns he hasn't eaten anything else in 2 months? now this does not seem right!!
Apart from this latest move has there being any other disruption for them in the 2 months you have them?
What do you call a three legged Donkey?
A Wonkey....duh ha
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They were added 2 weeks before my 2 other pairs.
Just did a small feeding of bh and he went for it. He is very shy tough. I have to hide myself in order for him to come off the sponge filter where he hide. I will do a 50%wc later on and will monitor him for the next couple days.
As for the faeces, i have no ideas as he did not eat. And they were in the main tank so it is kind of hard to know which poo is whom
He does swim around with his mate and the fins are wild open but as soon as i get near the tank, he hide in a corner and crawl on himself.
From what i read, a fish with parasites would try to scratch himself on any surface on the tank, decoration ect... I am not 24/7 in front of the tank so i can't say for sure but i'd never observed that kind of behaviour with him. Also it is something that i read and never experienced myself so can't be sure !
thank you.
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keep us posted dude
Ger
What do you call a three legged Donkey?
A Wonkey....duh ha
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here he is with his baby:
will keep monitoring this pair and when i will have to separate the pair from the baby, i will probably keep him separated.
Thank you. Inza.
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colours are slowly coming back, same for the eye. He is eating a lot more and is swimming around the tank with the other discus !
BUT today i saw those white thing looking like they are coming out of the discus. I have never seen this before and it freak me out !
I immediately contacted Stephane, miamiheat, and he told me that it happen to discus and that it would go away by itself.
I am just looking for someone to confirm that and give me peace of mind. I treated the tank just after my water change with a wormer as it is the only product i have available.
Please can someone tell me what it is, why, and if it is harmful to the fish and it can be passed on to other fish.
Thank you, Inza.
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