Help ,,,,,dying Discus

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At least I Think it is.. I really don't know what to do here.
I have a White Diamond that I believe to be very sick or dying. The best way I can explain is it will go to the top of the tank then slowly fall downwards tail first. Also no appetite.

I do not believe it has been picked on either,as I have never seen another Discus even give it a nudge.
My parameters are as follows:
Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
NitrAte = 5
Water temp 83.5 degrees.
These Discus( all 9 ) were moved from my established 55 gal to my newly established 125 gal. I put in 3 1st,waited about 3 days and put in another 3 then waited another 4 days and put in the last 3.

Unfortunately I currently do not have a tank cycled for a hospital tank. I do have an extra 20 gallon,but again not cycled.

Any ideas ?
 
you have media from established tanks you can use bacteria from that to set up a hospital tank.
how big is this discus? young?
is the discus dark, fins clamped etc.

my guess is to move it and slowly bump the temp to 88-90 and add salt. slowly.

this is the general course for a sick discus.
 
sorry to say but there is a really good chance he is toast
 
okay, i take that back,sorry if i ight have worried you. i would just give him a few days to see if he is just stressed or if he is indeed sick. good luck.
 
RedScare said:
Is he standing on his head?

How long has it been since he ate?

Sounds like a swim bladder problem.

http://article.discusnews.com/cat-02/swimblader.shtml
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No not standing on his head. Really it is the opposite. He seemes to keep his head pointed upwards while his back points down.
The last time he ate was a day ago,I think..

Its fins are not clamped,nor is it dark.

I was surprised when I woke up this AM that it was still alive.
 
my suggestion is to move the discus to a hospital tank , bump the temp and keep an eye on it.
(salt is used quite often)
 
Oh well,I found him dead when I got home yesterday.

Wish I had some sort of idea as to why he died:confused:
The other 8 Discus all seem fine

Discus in 125gal (7).jpg
 
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