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01. Black spots on the body. This is called black peppering.
02. Turning to the black colour gradually and losing its original bright colour.
Here bad water parameters mean water temperature, ammonia level, chlorine level, a huge amount of detritus material, wrong pH level and so on.
As discus is a schooling fish, so one discus fish needs a minimum of 4 numbers of other healthy companions to live comfortably in a tank
The best way to acclimate fish is ‘drip acclimation’. By drip acclimation, all the water parameters are acclimated with fish.
Spironucleus spp, ichthyophthirius multifiliis are two parasites & Fusarium solani, F. moniliform are two fungi that are responsible for it mainly.
One discus fish needs a minimum of 7 gallon of space to live healthily. It is a rule of thumb. For 5 pieces of discus, provide a 50-75 gallon tank.
Discus fish can camouflage so dark background & dirty substrate do not help discuss to open its real bright colours.
Isolation is the first step in helping discus to be cured. Other strong fishes may attack him and it will create more stress.
PH level – 6.0-7.0
Water hardness – 18 ppm to 70 ppm
Chlorine level – 0.001 ppm to 0.003 ppm
Don't add any substrate to the tank. There should be enough air circulation. The background of the tank should be light in colour (light blue preferable).
80% of water change may be useful for your discus fish. But before doing 80% water change keep the sick discus fish in another place.
Epsom salt bath helps to clear the digestive system and increase the appetite of fish. If sick fish is not eating then it could be useful.
The dosage of metronidazole medicine is 2 grams per 100 litres (26 gallons) of water. This dosage should continue for 5 days daily. The reaction of this medicine stays only 8 hours.