I once had 5 discus in a 55 gallon tank, but after a fairly good run of 5 years, they had begun to die off one by one. I'm down to the last one. He appears to have the longevity have survived the others and seems healthy as ever now.
I know that Discus are a social fish. Heres the problem. My future intentions are to convert to saltwater after he passes. Please do not read this as I'm wishing him along! I continue to do my best to take good care of him!. But I do not want to add more discuss, but I want to try to make the tank a little less lonely for both the fish and and for my own enjoyment. I had tried a school of about 10 cardinal tetra twice. They just seem to drop dead one by one. They are not being eaten because eventually I was able to find the bodies and account for each of them. Something is killing them. Could there be some disease in the tank that my discus has become immune to but that killed off any other new fish? Also a couple of clown loaches I had added to deal with a snail problem died shortly after adding them too. Any advice would be appreciated. Or should I just leave the tank alone?
I know that Discus are a social fish. Heres the problem. My future intentions are to convert to saltwater after he passes. Please do not read this as I'm wishing him along! I continue to do my best to take good care of him!. But I do not want to add more discuss, but I want to try to make the tank a little less lonely for both the fish and and for my own enjoyment. I had tried a school of about 10 cardinal tetra twice. They just seem to drop dead one by one. They are not being eaten because eventually I was able to find the bodies and account for each of them. Something is killing them. Could there be some disease in the tank that my discus has become immune to but that killed off any other new fish? Also a couple of clown loaches I had added to deal with a snail problem died shortly after adding them too. Any advice would be appreciated. Or should I just leave the tank alone?