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wowthat's a little overcrowded isnt it? some more with a discus...
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discus raised from juvenile.Originally Posted by johannes
wow
It kinda like the environment. The conditions are good. No water change for more than half a year already. Just top up lost water. Temperature kept at 31C. Discus is very healthty, does not have any of the known "discus" diseases so far. Touch wood
Not bad. The lotus is a bit big though.
Look at those stress bars....talk about being at home.
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Peter Gwee
wat is 'stress bars' ? interest to have some discus in my setup once it stabilize...Look at those stress bars....talk about being at home.
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Peter Gwee
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The 'stripes' on the discus are the stress bars. The bars show when the fish is stressed. Like this case when it is being placed in too small a tank. Peter (hpeter), you really need to find a bigger tank for the discus.
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wow, that means those discus i see @ lfs with prominent stripes r stressed?The 'stripes' on the discus are the stress bars. The bars show when the fish is stressed. Like this case when it is being placed in too small a tank. Peter (
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So sorry guys, quite ignoranceThe 'stripes' on the discus are the stress bars. The bars show when the fish is stressed. Like this case when it is being placed in too small a tank. Peter (didn't read up much before buying and proper preparation. Bought it from C328 as a juvenile.
It looks alert, good appetite, enough shading from the lotus so guess the only stress factor is the tank size. Will create another much bigger tank with similar planted environment for it.
IMHO, always pity those Discus in bare display tanks, despite tip-top water conditions thru constant water changing, it's deprived of its natural biotope. Rather stressful if you were to ask me to stay in a house without a bed, tables/chairs, etc etc.
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Sadly, Peter, the natural habitat of discus is also deviod of plants. There would only be sand and wood (roots). The only time they will see plants is when the river overflows and they manage to swim into the flooded forest...
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dunnoe much abt discus here..but ur lotus is gonna have stress bars soon due to the space constraint
I wan to automate my tank!
Hi Peter, dun wait any longer. Migrate ur discuss and lotus to a bigger tank and convert this to another nano marine species tank.
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stress bars for the lotus? nah, i dont think so bro.dunnoe much abt discus here..but ur lotus is gonna have stress bars soon due to the space constraint
It has started from a very small 3~4 leaves thingy and now it has got 2 "offsprings" and if space allows even more. A new leaf once every 2 days.
ya, saw the documentary on AnimalPlanet on this flooding thing.
But also read that they prefer low light, preferrably with big leaves on water surface?
That and your temperature is waaaay to high! 31 is warm even for humans. Rivers rarely get over 28.
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Wrong, XnSdVd... Amazon river bank water temperatures can go as high as mid-high 30s... That's why discus are usually kept at high temperatures...
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that is what I gathered about the habitat, that is why purposely install a heater to keep temp at 30~31 degCWrong, XnSdVd... Amazon river bank water temperatures can go as high as mid-high 30s... That's why discus are usually kept at high temperatures...
ya, that could be a good idea, JC.
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Previously for my office pico conversion, i use hydrogen peroxide to do the sterilization and removal of any algae residue.
? No shit... but do they like it that way? always thought their environment was similar to ours .. .
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