philosophy king Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 here is the story. i finally sold my aro to Jim, Hans picked it up for him yesterday, he has also brought me his tiger fish. neither of us had a net. so we used a pillow case to capture the aro. in the same afternoon, i went to Darrell's place to pick up his 3 discus. the discuses are a bit skinny other than that they were all healthy and sweet. Darrell advised me to feed them well. unfortunately, they were looking very stressed after entering their new home. infact, one of them seems close to dying. other than my old discus, none of them are eating. my old discus is also less active and stressed than before. the tiger is not doing well either. the PH seems to be fine sitting at 6.3-6.4. temperature normal, tank is of course fully cycled. oxygen is sufficient. i can understand that fishes tend to be stressful after transfers, but this is abnormal. anyone have any knowledge of whats going on here? any obvious problem to you guys? is it because the pillow case we used contain some left over traces of washing powder? which is fatal? dont have any other clue, appreciate any advise. thanks :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Note:incase of any hardfeelings lol, i am sure the fishes i brought, i.e the discuses and the tiger were all healthy fishes. its just me and my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Having googled 'aquatic community' datnoids are very sensitive to nitrates, regurlarly go on hunger strike and fast eating fish in the same tank would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 dunno about nitrate. nitrite is 0. which one is the harmful one again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Discus like their pH to be around 7. find out what the pH was in their last tank. this might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Dat will take some time to settle in. Put some plants in the tank or at least some wood to break up the tank Your tank looked a bit empty to be honest Have you given them somewhere to hide yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Do a big WC to improve water quality and let them settle in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Dat will take some time to settle in. Put some plants in the tank or at least some wood to break up the tank Your tank looked a bit empty to be honest Have you given them somewhere to hide yet? yea, i did some reserch of my own, dats are generally shy, i havnt had time to go to a lfs to purchase plants/proper hiding place. any common custom made hidding place which i can create? i throw in a tea cup, but he doenst seems to like it, its 2 white and shiny. any other ways to encourage him to come out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Do a big WC to improve water quality and let them settle in. will try to do wc as you said. just a Q, wouldnt wc's stress the fishes more? but i well give it a go. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Terracotta pot?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 yea, i did some reserch of my own, dats are generally shy, i havnt had time to go to a lfs to purchase plants/proper hiding place. any common custom made hidding place which i can create? i throw in a tea cup, but he doenst seems to like it, its 2 white and shiny. any other ways to encourage him to come out? When they are not with their own species they are out and about more. Is it still hiding in the corner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 When they are not with their own species they are out and about more. Is it still hiding in the corner? Yes, he is. was he previously like that? but i am sure he is healthy, or at least not sick. should i buy some guppies to encourage him? or just let it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Yes, he is. was he previously like that? but i am sure he is healthy, or at least not sick. should i buy some guppies to encourage him? or just let it be? No its was fine It loved its terracotta tube It should be happy as long as it could hide when it needed it It probably feels exposed Dont waste $ on feeders yet. Buy some tank decorations such as wood/tubes/hiding places Is it eating yet? Got msn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 No its was fine It loved its terracotta tube It should be happy as long as it could hide when it needed it It probably feels exposed Dont waste $ on feeders yet. Buy some tank decorations such as wood/tubes/hiding places Is it eating yet? Got msn? msn is [email protected] , n yea, it ate some shrimp meat yesterday, however he didnt when i offered somemore today. n yea, gonna get some proper decorations ASAP, use to have heaps, decent ones 2, e.g. big divers helmet, broken barrel etc etc, but all given away, thought i will never need them :-? :-? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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