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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

Discus: is this Columnaris?

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30 Dec 2013 21:27 #1 by Gonefishy (Brian oneill)
Hi Guys. Question for any inspector Clouseau's online....

My jumbo red discus skin has looked patchy or blotchy like for a few months - like he's scraped himself in the tank or something...I've attached some pics to help.. I initially thought it was my plecos taking a liking to his slimecoat so I got rid of them (it kind of looked blotchy or scratched like you might expect from Pleco etc.). Fish is behaving normally, eating perfectly, no flashing, scratching or anything like that and has my females fighting over him to fertilize their eggs! All my other discus are in great condition by the way and it has only affected my largest, jumbo male...

It might not be columnaris but
1. What is this skin condition
2. How do I treat it outside salt baths.

Thanks and your help is much appreciated,

Brian
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30 Dec 2013 21:30 #2 by Gonefishy (Brian oneill)

Hi Guys. Question for any inspector Clouseau's online....

My jumbo red discus skin has looked patchy or blotchy like for a few months - like he's scraped himself in the tank or something...I've attached some pics to help.. I initially thought it was my plecos taking a liking to his slimecoat so I got rid of them (it kind of looked blotchy or scratched like you might expect from Pleco etc.). Fish is behaving normally, eating perfectly, no flashing, scratching or anything like that and has my females fighting over him to fertilize their eggs! All my other discus are in great condition by the way and it has only affected my largest, jumbo male...

It might not be columnaris but
1. What is this skin condition
2. How do I treat it outside salt baths.

Thanks and your help is much appreciated,

Brian


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31 Dec 2013 12:10 #3 by igmillichip (ian millichip)
The pics and the colour of the fish make it awkward to see anything.....I can only see one pic that shows any problem with the skin.

I doubt it is columnaris.....as you'd probably see errosion of the fins as well (especially in discus)....but it might be all the same.

Without a full diagnosis do not go dosing with powerful medication yet (especially as the fish look generally healthy).

First thing, as always, is to do a few good partial water changes. If you've done some then do some more.

pH ? and any other water parameters ?

As for medication, in general, Discus tend not to react too badly against medication (but one of the best general medications happens to be one that Discus will not tolerate !!).
The reason I always warn against medicating without a fuller diagnosis is in case a different medication is required as opposed to one used on an erroneous diagnosis.

ian

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