My first and hopefully not the last discus...what kind is he?

olichka87

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my dream of owning a planted tank with discus is moving forward, today i got my first discus from a person that was moving and could not take his fish and his plants.

he is red with a little black on the fins, can someone tell me what kind he is?

the pictures are very low quality, he much brighter in person.

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Thats a juvenile Pigeon Blood in my opinion... looks a bit skinny is he feeding ok?

Also... as i can see you have him in a tank with some Angels and as far as i'm aware theres a theory that sais that you shouldn't keep them together as the Angels have some sort of bacteria (or something) that the Discus not tolerate... As i mentioned before is just a Theory and i think is the base for a lot of controversy among the Discus Keepers.

Anyhow... good luck with him :)
 
If you can post a clearer picture, that would be great. From the pictures you've provided, definitely looks like juvenile pigeon blood. Keeping him with the angel will probably be ok as long as the angel doesn't outcompete the young discus for food. He does look a little on the thin side. Best thing I would recommend you do is purchase some Hikari frozen bloodworms and feed him the worms alternating with a good flake food at least 4 times a day.

Debbi:)
 
A little Pigeon Blood for sure. His eye looks a little big for his size so keep up with the water changes and get him eating like a pig. Water changes are the biggest thing for Discus. Do at least 30% 3x a week with a target of 100% weekly turnaround rate for the tank water. Some people do 100% daily and it shows in their fish.
 
Discus can be kept with angels.
you should however, qt the new fish.
angels can harbor parasites that can spread to other cichlids.
also be wary of any aggression in the tank.
I treat all new fish for parasites. as a practice.

I don't know what size your tank is..but note that discus are schooling fish and are best kept in small shoals.
it does look like you have a young pigeonblood.
as deb mentioned young discus benefit by frequent feedings..3-4 times per day remove un eaten food= small water changesevery day.
I do also suggest doing 30% waterchanges 3 x per week for young discus(tho daily are better)
 
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he is a little skinny :( i got him yesterday and he hasn't eaten much, i tried giving him some tetramin flakes that he came with, some tetra color graduals and i gave him bloodworms couple of times, he eats the bloodworms better,he picks them off the floor mostly, but still eats very little.
now i see that the discus is very slow at eating their food.

the fish seem to get along well in the tank.

can someone recommend a food that would be good for a picky discus, i heard people feed them beefhart. store bought or home made?

i have a 125 gallon tank, the angels have been there for a year, and they have never been sick.

hopefully i can get more discus into my tank, when i find some good ones.

and i will defiantly try doing those once a day water changes.



and i think he is a pigeon blood i found a picture that looks exactly like him, http://freshaquarium.about.com/b/a/257618.htm
 
I've been keeping discus for 9 yrs. now and im sure many will argue this but i and other discus keepers that i've met through the years all agree that angels and discus together is not the best thing because angels will outcompete the slower moving discus for food. And to become serious about discus keeping set up a quarantine tank for new discus cause this will save you lots of trouble down the road you dont want to introduce any pathogens to your alredy excisting population. Enjoy discus keeping they are wonderful cichlids and even better pets.
 
Pigeonblood - what strain of discus is that in your avatar? They are beautiful!
 
I have been keeping Discus for 3 years with angels a good friend of mine has been breeding discus for over 40 years (since he was 13)
he also keeps his wild heckels with wild altums.
we both keep Discus with angels with no issues. however, you do need to do so with caution. I am currently keeping wild scalare with domestic discus.
Pathogens are a real problem. both my friend and I keep wild fish..it is imperative that you follow a good quarantine regime.
all our fish are treated for parasites prior to release into big main tanks.
also angels do tend to be faster to the food. the discus tend to be foragers.
I use floating food to distract the angels and drop in sinking pellets for the discus.
Discus can adapt to compete with the other fish..mine will out bully my angels.(they are pigs)
that said..some discus are a bit more shy..using food to distract aggressive feeders will allow food to get to the not so aggressive feeders.
I taught my discus to eat colorbits by mixing them with bloodworms. (that real bloodworms add colorbits let soak a minute or two add to tank)
now they eat everything I put in the tank including algae wafers. man does that **** off the BN.
 
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