Long Lost Update

It was a whole month since I last updated my blog. Anyway, was busy with my work schedule and at the same time combating the bacteria and viruses that all my discus had been infected for unknown reason.

What seem to be weird was that the fishes was sick just overnight with no symptom. They were eating happily today and sick the next. The diagnosis was had to define as they were having cloudy eyes and slim and velvet problems coupled with rotting fins and tail. I did a read up on diseases and found that it was rather close to what was term as the "discus disease". That is the fish will darken, clamp its fin, fin rotting away, slime and velvet and 0thers. I tried to fix the situation with alot of different types of medication. I used Oceanfree products for fin rot (greenish color) and slime and velvet (blueish color) medication, Japanese Yellow Powder, Myercin K, aquarium salt as well as a product that is meant for discus due to "mysterious" water problem.

After about one and a half month, they are back on track with slight recovery. What was observed throughout the whole episode was that the water seems thick and that I suspect it could be due to ammonia, nitrate or protein in the water. Another that could have caused this epidemic was that probably one of the fish was sick and that it have spread to the other fishes. As the bubble was low I speculate that the low oxygen level could have made the fishes even worse. So all these could have contributed to the sickness of the fish.

So after combating the disease I have learnt quite a few things. From here I also understand that the tap water that I used for my fishes was unsuitable for the fishes. Looks like I have to think of a way to condition the water...

Till the next blog.... Adios~!