Recently, my discus had got the white spots on them, I was told that raising the temp and adding salt would cure the white spots. I rise the temp to 31c and added 10 tablespoons of salt for my 50 gallon tank. The white spots are gone now. But for the last few days, my fish has been acting weird. They tend not to move so much, have some trouble of balancing, and sometime lay on the gravel. After seeing that, I quickly did a 1/3 water change. The fish would be back to normal after the water change. It had happened twice in the last 3 days. I was thinking that maybe the ammonia level in the tank is too high. I also noticed that there is a lot of white things attached on the glass and heaters. Was it because that the ammonia level was too high, so that the bacteria died? If it is, is there anyway I could get the tank back to normal without moving my discus and re-cycling the tank with a hardy fish?
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Treatment for discus white spot infection White Spot
1. The white spot will not be cleared in one or two days.
2. Apply Methylene Blue solution plus salt.
3. Raise temperature to 30 C
4. Carry on the treatment at least for one week.
5. Suggestion is to do it for ten days.
6. Though you killed the parasite in 7 days, the remaining eggs will hatch out and continue.
7. To treat white spot you must have patience.
8. Methylene Blue is the best and safe.
9. Salt – 100 liters of water add 1 tablespoonful.
10. The color of water should be blue in color.
11. NO FEEDING: You are going to kill the fish if you do that because you are feeding and producing the white spot as well.
12. Do not change water, as you will stress the fish.
13. If water is dirty, you can siphon the dirt out. Only � and replace with the clean water.
