im sick donno why

[aone4u2luv@yahoo.com]

ok well it started on the eyes as a white thick fuzz like stuff next hour or so the next one had it next hour same thing until all the fish had this on the eyes after seeing the first one had it i put a dose of melafix in the water and upd the air and temp to 88-90 degrease ne ways sfter bout another hour it started to consume the first fish spreading over the entire body even as far as going into the mouth and gills it was like sufucating them slowly..... like right before they took the last breaths they would turn a greenish yellowish color and the stuff was thick in patches likes all over them after they die i took them out one by one till they were all gone :( the patches after death turn like a darker grey color o yea they didnt float either they sank! while alive and swimming though it seem the whitish stuff would like flake off in chunks it was a horrible experience this happened with another water water change earlier in the month too thought it couldve been the water donno???? my w/c i did twice a month to three times a month i feed them blood worms in the morning, tetra plus in afternoon and brine shrimp before lights out light on 10 hours daily 3 of witch were only the actinic blues... my filtration is as follows: 1 400 penguin with biowheel on one side snd a diy wet dry on the other 1 aqueon filter for 75 gallon 2 sponge filters in the corners and of course double airator witch i put to two double after sickness occoured... i used melafix with first notice of tank distress and when i saw that was not working i switched to another anti fungal merc????something cant remember off hand i did not take a picture but in all my aquatic expereince i have never seen anything like this that moved sooooo rapidly throgh the tank as this i meen everything was covered plants and all the first victon was the pleco he kept trying to jump out of the tank too. last victon a cardinal tetra the only inhabitants were 6 discus rhe pleco and 5 cardinals what do yALL THINK IT WAS AND HOW TO GET IT OUT SO I CAN START OVER I READ THAT PUTTONG PEROXIDE IN THE TANK AND LETTING IT RUNN THROUGH THE FILTERS AND ALL WILL KILL ANY VIRUSES AND FUNGUS IN THE TANK IS THIS TRUE??/ WAS GOING TO BLEAH ALL MY WHOLE SYSTEM SINCE THERE ARE NO FISH IN THERE WHAT SHOULD I DO????

[Tetranerd]

Peroxide degrades very quickly under light, aggitation, or heat. It will have broken down to water before it would do any help. Bleach will kill viruses. It will wipe out good and bad bacteria too.

[aone4u2luv@yahoo.com]

Ok without bleach how can i get it out

[aone4u2luv@yahoo.com]

HAHA sounds like my ex wife.

[40GallonsOfDoom]

No she's the ex now so

[DTony]

Well theres your problem. You keep Discus and do 2-3 water changes a month. Even if you don't keep Discus, you should really be doing water changes every week and with Discus more often than that.

[nightster]

Well theres your problem. You keep Discus and do 2-3 water changes a month. Even if you don't keep Discus, you should really be doing water changes every week and with Discus more often than that.

+1

[Tetranerd]

Ok without bleach how can i get it out

What are you trying to do? Clean your tank so you have no future outbreaks? Or take the easy route? I am now confused.

[40GallonsOfDoom]

I still think the best solution is well placed use of fire. Or at least a small charge of explosives.

[nacra99]

ok well it started on the eyes as a white thick fuzz like stuff next hour or so the next one had it next hour same thing until all the fish had this on the eyes after seeing the first one had it ........ spreading over the entire body even as far as going into the mouth and gills it was like sufucating them slowly........ like right before they took the last breaths they would turn a greenish yellowish color and the stuff was thick in patches likes all over them after they die i took them out one by one till they were all gone ........ in all my aquatic expereince i have never seen anything like this that moved sooooo rapidly throgh the tank

Yup. Sounds like columnaris too me. It can devastate a tank within 24 - 48 hrs and unfortunately can hop from tank to tank if you transfer water between tanks.
Make sure you don't share nets / siphons between tanks or at the very least use strong net dips.

I would do a huge water change and rinse out all the filters of all the gunk and let the tank sit and fallow for about 4 - 6 weeks. If you want you can dose the empty tank with maracyn 2 for those weeks to make sure all the bacteria is gone. Then do a huge waterchange and start all over.
If you want, you can make use of these 4-6 weeks and do some planting and landscape the tank so when the fallow is up, you have a nice looking tank.

[CajunAg]

It's worth noting that some antibiotics kill the (gram-positive) bacteria inside the filter, the ones doing the ammonia and nitrite breakdown. Water changes will have to be increased in volume and frequency, as well as re-dosing medication, for effective treatment and toxin removal.

[Warlock]

you need to do water changes every day.. maybe every other day.. 50% min.

most discus problems are caused by poor water quality..

most discus problems are solved by great water quality..

think of it like this next time.. only flush your toilet in your house on the days you do water change for your discus tank... would 1 or twice a month be acceptable?! or maybe daily.. :)