Help Discus not eating??

[phongnguyen123]

Okay thanks ill try and do the garlic juice. what does it exactly do?? and prazipro can i get that in big als???

[Honey Badger 1]

Big Al's does carry Prazi Pro. The Prazi Pro will get rid of parasites, if that is the problem, and you should redose the tank with it in a couple weeks. Garlic will help to boost the fish's immune system and help to keep it parasite free.

[phongnguyen123]

Alrite thanks alot! ill try the garlic out and go to big als to look for the prazi pro when i go thier this week. thanks

[Honey Badger 1]

Good luck, I hope your fish gets better.

[phongnguyen123]

Yeah is thier a technique to getting the garlic juice because i juiced tried this and made a mess the garlic just didint have any juice or i just dont know how to do it?

[Honey Badger 1]

Mix the squished garlic in with the food and let it sit for a bit, then feed it to the fish.

[phongnguyen123]

Ohh okay okay doing that now. tried to squeeze the heck out of it haha and not one drip. Just wasnt strong enough lol

[Cermet]

If not eating, the first step to to check your tank temperature - discus prefer 82 - 86 F. If that has been good AND you have not used live worms, most likely the fish is stressed for any number of reasons. Try raising the temp to 90 -92 F. Could add salt (1 tsp per gallon and YES you have to readd - VERY carefully - salt back in for the amount of water removed. This is critical because if you add too much, the results will be deadly; best to error on slightly by adding less when adding water.) Try this for two weeks and also try feeding live brine shrimp.

If using live worms in the past, the parasite treatment could be the issue so treatment would be a good idea BUT do realize this will further stress the poor fish - treatments are always a trade off. I do not know if salt is ok with that treatment and/or the high temperature - after treatmeant could than try temp/salt.

Having algae problems and low nitrates means you have phosphate issues and yes, that stresses discus. Very likely your tap has phosphates and/or the substrate has a lot. Use an algae scrubber - really the only method for discus.

Your water changes are fine for healthy discus but not a sick one - I agree, increase the size. Try not to stress the fish during water changes - when ill, this can cause major problems. Do it well after feeding and when the tank is dark.

Best of luck.

[Honey Badger 1]

Prazi Pro is not stressful to the fish, that is why I like it over other parasite medications. I don't know how Prazi Pro would react with salt either and would also recommend not mixing the two unless someone with experience using them together says it is fine.

[KingFisher]

I also got alot of algae growth going on in my tank. i keep my lights on 24/7 is that a bad thing? like algae is on my plants leaf. anyway of stopping that?

Keeping the lights on can indeed be causing stress to the fish. Fish need regular "sleep cycles" just like anything else. You should leave the lights off at least 8 hours a night, and even more if the algae problem persists.