Reply With Quoteseems like u did not read up much b4 entering into fishkeeping?
hi guys,
i really need help here, so i'd appreciate replies regarding this.
what's happened is that two of the discus i bought last tuesday have been hiding in the back of the tank ever since. and when offered bloodworms, they don't exactly eat it (which is unusual, because they were fed bloodworms at the shop too).
my temperature is 28 degrees, and the rest of the tank is doing fine, so the water parameters should be ok. is it normal for them to not eat and hide for almost a week already?? and could it be due to the three other discus that died last wednesday (the day after the above two were bought) due to oxygen deficiency, and they became traumatised? i've heard that cichlids are quite intelligent and know what's going on.
please help.
time is running short. i hope the discus won't die 'cos of starvation!
seems like u did not read up much b4 entering into fishkeeping?
Founder of theWaterBox
is that the advice you can give?
hmm..kinda urgent now?
i've read a whole lot of these forum pages, but can't find any pertaining to this discus problem. and i didn't keep a planted tank until this year.
Did you quarantine your discus to adapt them to your planted tank environment?
Your water parameters may be all perfect but if it is drastically different from where you bought them, any major shifts in pH, lighting conditions, temperature, tank mates may put the discus under stress. Transition should be gradual; discus are sensitive fishes, it is not easy to put discus and planted tank together, but the rewards are immense for those who persevere.
Your discus may take days or even weeks before they behave normally again. Even then, a discus which had been subjected to such trauma are likely to be stunted. If you really want to save your discus, you've got to get them into a hospital tank now, add 1 table spoon of salt per gallon of water, and on the heater to 30C. Treatment may take a few days before you see results.
All the best to you!
He's right on the part of them being not acclimated and will take weeks or even months to get used to your new tank, bright lights make it even longer.....
Don't need to bring them out as moving them around will only make it worse, just make sure your water is in good condition. Try adding some salt or use those "stress reliever" product to reduce some stress on the discus.
You can try a product called easy-life fluid medium.... Do not add within 2 hours of fertilization doses as it neutralized most of you fert if you do so....
[quote:b7473964cf="bigjohnstud"]Did you quarantine your discus to adapt them to your planted tank environment?
Your water parameters may be all perfect but if it is drastically different from where you bought them, any major shifts in pH, lighting conditions, temperature, tank mates may put the discus under stress. Transition should be gradual; discus are sensitive fishes, it is not easy to put discus and planted tank together, but the rewards are immense for those who persevere.
Your discus may take days or even weeks before they behave normally again. Even then, a discus which had been subjected to such trauma are likely to be stunted. If you really want to save your discus, you've got to get them into a hospital tank now, add 1 table spoon of salt per gallon of water, and on the heater to 30C. Treatment may take a few days before you see results.
All the best to you!
Discus are usually bred and raised exclusively on their own which means their tank is bare and devoid of any plants, rocks, decos and any other fish. I had this problem with my discus in a planted tank. They were stressed by the new surrounding so I took out all my other fishes from the tank. Took about 2 mths before I slowly introduced the other fishes again. Hope this helps.
thanks!
the discus are swimming about now, though really shy, and don't eat that much..
If they are showing signs of darkening, hiding and spitting out food then I would suspect Spironucleus, this is treatable if caught early enough by using Anti-Biotics.
hey it can take discus a more then six weeks too to get out of that hiding habit try the feed them a little and get away from the tank they are scavengers and would start findin food once they are sure of nobody around i had the same prob keep a place in a aquarium where the discus can rest with a soft light feed little for 5-6times a day :-) mine are out yours too will be hold thight on them
Hi prats, I wonder whether you know this thread was started 2 years ago?
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