Discus Turning into PARANA???

[Arkangel77]

My are Discus Turning into PARANA! :hypnotized: I bought 20 Adult Cardinals home last week and THEY ATE THEM!!!!:thud: Picked them to death. I noticed one of my corie's was dead and floating with some nips a few days back. I figured maybe he died and then got Picked on? WELL today as I was looking at the tank I saw a few fish picking on something in the corner. WELL they took out another Corie and he was still alive, They ate him alive!!!! I feed these guys like 6 to 8 times a day so there is no way they are Not getting enoughf food! They are greedy killers!!!! CANABALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rant2: This has only just started to happen? SHould I try to rescue the other inhabitants of this tank? ARe they gona kill everything?:flamed:

Is this normal - Have I got sycko fish? I dont think I like this.

Arkangel77:jaw:

[fishorama]

How big are your discus? I've been doing lots of reading, being a new discus owner, & read of similar fate to newly introduced smaller fish.

[Arkangel77]

I have med to Large fish. 4" to 7"fish

[The Zigman]

typically any fish will eat another fosh if it is big enough, and hungry enough.

What are you feeding the discus? Are they wild caught discus, or did you get them from a breeder?

[Arkangel77]

They all came from breeders and I found the corie - they ate off hit tail? I am sure hi will die but he is Of other than no tail. I feed them Flakes, Bits, BloodWorms, Beefheart, Delight, and Brine. Really - How much do I need to feed these guys? I have had them for 6 months and this is only now just starting?

[The Zigman]

How many discus do you have?
Are you sure they are all getting enough food?

Discus are slow eaters, and it is easy for them to not get enough food if there are other fish in the tank..

[Arkangel77]

I have a 180 - I have about 18 fish - nothing besides clean up guys ans some RN tetras which only pick up scraps. ITS not a lack of food.

[pinkertd]

They are not piranhas, and yes it is nature for big fish to eat little fish. BUT.....I explained this in another thread quite a while ago......it's the fright and flight of the newly introduced fish that makes them seem like live food. I watched it happen in my own tanks....especially with cardinals and neons. When the little tetras lay eyes on those discus it scares the beejeezus out of em, and rightly so! So they emit fright and flight signals to the rest of the tank and they are seen as food, not tankmates. I took molly babies and threw them in the discus tank so the discus WOULD eat them, and the tiny molly babies weren't the least bit afraid of the discus. Several weeks later I had to chase those mollies to heck and back to catch them and get them out of there!

Since the cardinals and neons are famous for this, it makes them difficult to add to the discus tank.

Is the tank heavily planted or not?

[msjinkzd]

my discus shred my cories. I still have not found an answer

[Arkangel77]

I understand that - Thanks, Debbi

[Arkangel77]

my discus shred my cories. I still have not found an answer

But it just started? They have bin with albino cories for 6 months with no problems. These guys have bin there for 2 weeks and they are spotted cories. After a week 1 went now the 2nd one is getting eaten.

[The Zigman]

Mine will occasionally chase my smaller Clown loaches, But I have never seen them attack anything other than live cherry shrimp.

then again I do not have any coreys either.
Maybe thats what happened to all my otos....

[Arkangel77]

:pc:

[pinkertd]

I always have otos in my discus tank and cories and rummies and amanos and have never had them go after another fish. When i do water changes the amanos scurry all around the tank all disturbed, sometimes right in the faces of the discus and the discus pay them no mind at all. I kept albinos in with them for a couple years, moved them out to get smaller false jullies and still have no problem. But my cories never exhibited any fear of the discus. The amanos stay under cover as do the rummies. The rummies live in the plant thicket full time. And I have a few black neons that are not afraid and swim out in the open freely. I think that a lot of smaller fish cannot overcome their fear of bigger fish possibly eating them. It's in their genetic makeup, part of their survival. So if they act frightened, they are sending all the wrong signals in that tank.

You should see how fast an ember tetra can eat a newly hatched baby pleco!

[PopPopsfish]

Discus are Cichlids!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arkangel77]

Discus are Cichlids!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know they are but this was NEW - so it cought me off guard.

[Arkangel77]

ALSO I got Rummy's in there and they are doing fine BUT I see a few other Corie's with messed up tails. I guess Corie's are NOW on the Menu?

[Star_Rider]

Discus are Cichlids!!!!!!!!!!!!

BINGO!!!!!

remember as a result of this, sometimes they may exhibit those characteristics associated with Cichlids.

;)

[Arkangel77]

Well they don't like my spotted Corie's! They took out a 3rd one today.

My albino's Corie's seem to be not on the menu - at least for now.

[Star_Rider]

makes me glad I keep my cories in an Angel tank... but No oto's there..mine like oto's...for food.:mad2:

[Arkangel77]

I got 2 OTO's and they are NEW and they are fine!!!!!

[Arkangel77]

Well looks like one of my oto's are gone also. O dang

[Arkangel77]

:angryfire:Well I lost 2 more Corie's today. They keep eating the tails of of them But not the Albinos. They don't mess with them for some reason? I am gona run out of cories soon - those things are NOT cheep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arkangel77:irked:

[Arkangel77]

I have not lost anything new in the last few days. Crossing fingers!!!!!!!!!!

[Arkangel77]

I am down to 4 Cories - My Rummys; seem to be doing fine. What can I try to replace the Cories??? I have lost 8 or so to my Discus

[Antinostact]

I agree susie, i was really into the discus hobby a few years back. I found to often that people dont research this fish enough before purchasing. I hope many people will look at this and realize that these are not the average convicts.
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[Arkangel77]

BTW - so far they have stop'd Killing there mates - LOL