I'm not medicating the fish, I'm simply observing them to see if they're truly skittish or if they are indeed sick. In the main tank they stayed completely together. Never pecking each other and not coming out to eat. I didn't know if they were eating when the lights were out or what. If I was being stubborn I wouldn't have gotten a biggger QT tank. I take everyone's suggestions and together with searching books, the internet, and talking with experts who deal ONLY with discuses I try to make the best decisions. I'm sorry that you're not agreeing with what I'm doing but please don't attack me and say that I'm being stubborn. I could hear your disapproval in your comments. I KNOW that I need more than 3 and I'm fully planning on getting more but I want to assess these guys before doing so. I only have so many tanks so I'm using this 30 gallon to assess the 3, then when they're good I'll get more and QT them.
Transferring my discus to observe them.
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i also agree with 5 or more , young discus will huddle together for protection, once they overcome being skittish it is when a pecking order starts give them time to settle in, it is a good idea to check there poop, it should be short and solid and brown , if any indication of long white streamers they would have worms , i also agree that if they hide it does not mean they have parasites!, hope this helps
As for books i swear by the book called ( Discus The Naked Truth) by Andrew Soh it is a must have book for all discus keepers , it will tell you everything you ever need to know
As for books i swear by the book called ( Discus The Naked Truth) by Andrew Soh it is a must have book for all discus keepers , it will tell you everything you ever need to know
I am sorry you feel I was attacking you. I was not I was just putting it as strait forward as possible.
Your heart is in the right place just the facts you are relying on are inaccurate.
I have been keeping fish since the early 70's and I have never used any meds with exception of rid Ich and I have only use that twice.
The fact that you have had them for three weeks and one is not dead yet is because they are not settled in yet. once they are they will kill one very quickly you will not have time to QT the new ones to prevent this from happening.
Add to all of this the stress from being moved from tank to tank and back again
I am just trying to save you the anguish that loosing 1 or 2 of your discus will cause you.
I appreciate your help. My thinking was that if I had added more discuses when these could possibly have been sick, then I would be infecting those as well. These are not cheap fish and I can't afford to lose them. I see these guys are eating so that's good. I'm not sure if that's poop on the floor or gravel that might have come with them. Hopefully it's poop cause it's brown.
They're going great. I got 3 more discuses tonight. I think they're red turks, at least 2 of them. Not really sure. They are very comfortable in QT tank. Not skittish at all. I see them pecking each other so maybe they won't be there that long. I transferred the original 3 pigeon blood into the main tank and surprisingly they didn't hide like they used to. They stayed out in the open. I hope they stay that way. In the pet store, there was a tank with 2 discuses in them. One was very sick with white poop hanging and you don't need to be an expert to see that is was very sick. The other one was exquisite. I wanted to get him but I figured he would get the same disease so I didn't bother. I told the worker but I don't think they care.
I'm looking at my new discuses this morning and what a difference between the other ones. The other ones huddled together constantly and darted when there was movement. Anything they could hide behind, they would. I never saw them eat. These guys (which are a little smaller) scrounge for food constantly and do not dart when there's movement. The first group never pecked each other while these ones do. These guys never hide.
As long as one of them is not afraid the others will be more relaxed and follow.Could be two months before they get confortable with shawdows and people approching the tank,especially with dark coloured clothes.The first couple months turn the lights off when doing water changes and maintenence.
