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Discus fish – temperature treatment (anti-flagellata).

14 June 2010 9 Comments

Temperature treatment of discus fish - 37 centigrades for three days.

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  • wildfilly said:

    Were they red alenquers? cuz we have them ^^ and pidgeon bloods ^^ – lovely fish

  • kubamajer said:

    ~Browns are fraction of issue from .. Marlboro pair :). Pidgeon and Marlboro descend from the same parents. Snakes are from another source.
    I love them all anyway :D

  • Pellegrino80 said:

    How do you cure Discus with Hole in the Head? I’m using Metro-Pro, I have the temp at 92 degrees. I thought it was too high, but looking at your video wow. They seem okay with the high temperature.

  • kubamajer said:

    Briefly – hole in the head may be a result of strong internal-flagellata infestation which also causes ~vitamin-mineral deficiency, because flagellates discriminate performance of internal organs. There may be bacterial infections as well (blah blah ;)).

  • kubamajer said:

    As for temperature – such temperature would also kill the fish.. Water must be very clear, with no large bio-load. The only tank suitable for temperature treatment is bare-bottom one.
    Aeration must be strong and temperature value should be measured by reliable device ;). The procedure of increasing temperature should go not faster than 1 centigrade per hour. In case of notice of any abnormal behaviour of fish increase of temperature should be stopped.

  • kubamajer said:

    If everything goes fine fish should remain in high temperature for three days or shorter when fish start act fairly stressed. After that time just lower extra-heating and let the temperature decrease slowly, but not too fast. 24 hours or a bit longer will be ok.

  • kubamajer said:

    As for metronidazole and it’s derivations – this is only medication effectively fighting internal flagellata (and also some other protozoa in aquarium water), so when used properly – it can free your fish from those parasites.
    However notice that fish which was strongly infested by flagellata even cured may be forever weaker than fish which wasn’t
    infested as much or wasn’t infested at all.

  • Pellegrino80 said:

    Thanks for the advice =o) I had the temperature at 92 F for 4 days and they were doing fine, then I drooped it down 1 F degrees every how eventually to 89 F degrees. They seem to be improving with the Metro that I’m using, but I was more concern about the temperature it didn’t seem to affect my discus at all. I always heard that higher temp helps get rid of these crazy diseases in discus with out med… Keep up the great videos I enjoyed watching them.

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