Hey sushiray, sorry for the late reply, hope you see this update!
So far, these guys have gone through a more aggressive treatment of Metro since I've last updated. They're once again eating like pigs, and I'll have pictures to prove in just a bit. I've had to isolate the smallest of the 9, we call him Hobbes. He went off on food for quite some time before we pulled him from the main tank. It was a horrible reminder of what happened to the one that we lost, and eventually disected. He was getting skinnier by the day, and would do nothing but stare at the back of the tank. Forehead was getting ravor thin, and starting to show indentation between the eyes. He was extremely weak, and I didn't think he would make it. He was the first to take on a water-treatment of Metro, full dosage at 40mg per gallon. After the 3rd dose, he was up and nibbling at food, when no one was around. Over the next few weeks, he regained strength, and began to eat in public, and is now officially "pig" status when it comes to feeding time! He has joined back with the rest of the guys as of two-three weeks ago.
While Hobbes was recovering, the other 8 wasn't on vacation either, they were also hit after seeing results from Hobbes treatment. The main tank took a full treatment of Metro via water as well. My treatment was 1 dose per day, 40mg per gallon for ~10 days. I decided to up the dosage for the last day to 3 doses, one every 8 hrs. During treatment, lights were off, and temp remained at normal, 86F.
Hopefully, I've got the Hex under control, and I'll monitor for worms, as they are much less agressive.
Without further ado, here's some updated pictures.
Here is the largest of my Discus, he's the boss.
This one's probably the prettiest of them, she's the second in command. Can you guess what pictures will follow?
Right under the second in command, is the third. He's always been the smart one, only coming out for food, and bothered no one, until he gained some size...
Here's another picture of #2...(no pun intended)
Oh my! That's as thick as she is!
Here, she's doing the "shake"
And again...
The "drop". Here, you can see Hobbes sizing up the drop.
The "drop" zoomed in
Proud momma and her dropping
I do believe that I have may have the world's largest, thickest Discus poo, ever! I dare anyone to compete!
And if that's not bad enough, I may also hold the longest poo in Discus history also, on picture at least!
So to wrap it up until the next update, don't be discouraged. There's plenty of documentation on the net, and plenty of very generous people on these forums willing to help, I've been blessed with much help from members here, much gratatude is owed to them all.
Shawn
