brishe Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 I have just found out that Kapiti coast water is not great for discus and i am having alot of trouble with these babies and i am desperate to get this right!! I will list the problems and any help or advice will be greatley appreciated. 1. Only two out of the 6 will eat, and they will only eat blood worms and a little grated beef heart, the others dont show interest in anything, i have tried, mysis shrimp flakes, tropical flake, dried tubifex worms. The local lfs is getting me some discus tucker to try. 2. The water perimeters are as follows PH 6.2 this has changed as it was 6.8 and stable but now i cant keep it at 6.8. nitrite 0, ammonia nil, gh moderatly hard, kh 60 3.today most of them are doing a bit of twitching almost like they are irritated by some thing. 4.i do 30% daily water changes 5.the little one that was getting picked on has got a small bit of tail rot i think, the tail is freyed with a slight whitish edge, can i use furan 2 on discus?? 6. The temperature is 29.2c and the tank is 40 litres we will up grade the tank as they grow, the babies are about 4cm and three are starting to colour the last three i recieved are more of a slight orangy tinge even though they are blue turqs 7. I thought discus are meant tp be a round shape but the three i recently recieved are more of a triangle shape?? will they change? I am sorry for all the questions but i am really stressing out about these fish so i am putting it all out there so i can help these little guys, thanks so much in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 have you tride Baby Brine Shrimp Reduce the level of water so that the food is more concentrated then add water after feeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebag Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 honestly first thing id do is get a bigger tank. hard work growing out small discus in a small tank, and hard to keep things stable. i have found buying the biggest possible fish to start with makes things easier.you wont always pay heaps more for a 6-7cm fish, for instance in the weekend i picked up 2 for $15 each, that even though theyre smaller than the other fish in there, theyre big enough to hold their own. hope you have some sucess with them mate, every fish i bought at that size didnt last long at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brishe Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 honestly first thing id do is get a bigger tank. hard work growing out small discus in a small tank, and hard to keep things stable. i have found buying the biggest possible fish to start with makes things easier.you wont always pay heaps more for a 6-7cm fish, for instance in the weekend i picked up 2 for $15 each, that even though theyre smaller than the other fish in there, theyre big enough to hold their own. hope you have some sucess with them mate, every fish i bought at that size didnt last long at all. Yes i wondered if the tank size was part of my problem, i will start looking for a bigger tank. That was a good price for the discus, we have a lack of discus in Kapiti and buying over the internet seemed like a good idea at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brishe Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 have you tride Baby Brine Shrimp Reduce the level of water so that the food is more concentrated then add water after feeding. No i havnt, i will try that, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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