Sick discus

[chiefwonton]

I bought some new wild angels recently and i put them with my discus now the discus are all dark, clamped, and their slime coat is falling off they are all currently eating though. All this damaged happened over night, what should i do? should i separate the angels and discus? please help!

[gklaw]

Sorry to hear but I am not experience to offer any opinion.

Could it be just temporary stress -but not sure when they start losing their slime coat.

[target]

If you didn't QT the angels, they probably brought in some disease which is affecting the discus. I would definitely seperate them right away. I am not an expert at medications so I hope someone else comes along to help out.

[chiefwonton]

thanks for the help guys all of my discus are currently in a 75 gal and 10 angels are in my 50 gal should i treat the angels some how?

[Luke78]

Have you had the chance to seperate the two ? Did you run a few water tests to see whats going on there? If i were you, i would complete a large water change(50%),raise the temps gradually 88F or higher and observe to see what happens with the Discus.Ease up on the feedings,maybe even skip a day until things turn around.

[chiefwonton]

yes the angels and discus are already seperated i did a water change for the discus, they all look abit better. The angels are swimming alot more with out the discus and they are eating. Should i keep them seperated forever or till everything settles down. thanks for everyones help, anyone else had problems with altum angels and discus?

[April]

I'd keep thEm sepArate.angels can carry things that discus can't handle. Parasites.
It usually ends bad in the long term.
Hope thE DISCUS. recover. Check your ph and make sure it's not crashing. That would make them go dark and cloudy eyes etc. Keep your ph even at 7 . Add equilibrium or something for minerals.

[chiefwonton]

Thanks April, the discus are less clamped and dark now, they are all swimming more, and they are all taking food. Dodged a bullet there!

[chiefwonton]

Aquaworld Aquarium - Discus Plague

this is what my discus has just when i thought they were going to get better

[seanyuki]

I doubt it's Discus Plaque.(very serious virus) perhaps yr Ph crashed .....do they have stringly white poos?