...Liz...A friend in the club has a discus swimming upside down with a bit of a swollen bell...
...any ideas on what it is and how to treat it?...
It's probably a lost cause at this point. If he wants to try anyway use Kanamycin coupled with Epsom salt and 100% WC daily with stable water.
Oh, and his the temp of his tank should be 82.
...Tahnk you, Liz...it seems that the fish has straightened out things on its own...weird!!!
That is weird.
...yep...tell me about it...I usually just destroy fish when that happens...but it hasn't happened for me for many years...
Well, I'm happy for him. Do you happen to know what he feeds? It must have been in intestinal blockage.
...Beef heart, bloodworms, myssl shrimp, brine shrimp, and spirulina algae frozen food all mixed up, once a day...
...he had fed his Cories some algae wafers that night and saw the discus pecking at them...
I've heard of problems with bloat with some Algae wafers although I have never experienced it myself. I don't feed brine shrimp nor mysis but I wonder if it could have been the shells in it. I have no real answers, just things to consider.
...Thanks LIz...I passed this on to Vilo...
...Vilo asked me what you feed your discus....
I feed Captain Bob's Teenie Greenie and a pellet from another guy who also makes his own food and freeze dried black worms. I used to also feed frozen bloodworms but considering they're mostly water they cost a lot to ship. For a while a had a red wiggler culture going but It was too much trouble so I tossed the whole batch on the garden.
I feed mine freeze dried black worms, and several good quality flakes, pellets and bits. They are full grown now, I got them as half dollar size, and they have eaten only my dry foods. They range in size from 5-7" now.
Barb
...thanks ladies...I've passed both menus on to Vilo...
As long as it's a nutritious and tasty food the fish will eat it and do well on it. I still have a question in my mind about shrimp shells getting stuck in the gut. Why don't you suggest to him that he ask on Simply? Someone there will have a better idea of the culprit than I do. They like questions that are puzzling like this one is.
You know I forgot to ask one important question. Is the fish in question a Blue Diamond? They have been known to bloat more often than the other strains.