Dave+Amy Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 It wasn't until recently (last month or so) that all my 4 larger Discus have started playing up and fighting over a corner covered in Indian Fern. Both my Electric Dream and my Blue Diamond are adamant in chasing every other Discus away from it to a point where only one of them would feed/come out at a time and what makes it worse is that they're not eating as much as they should because they're so infatuated with keeping others away. Them picking on my other larger Discus has also caused the larger ones to take up positions throughout the tank which means the smaller ones (3) are constantly being picked on by the others and also not getting to the food Have no idea what's happening but everyone's crabby and not getting enough food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 How big is your tank and how big are the discus? From your description its hard to tell how many you have in there.. Do you have 4 bigger ones and 3 smaller? Sounds like typical cichlid behaviour have any of the larger discus paired off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 I can solve your problem. All i need is the discus being picked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Pay to check the area properly for eggs or wrigglers that they are protecting. If there is , you'll have to get another tank. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Ryan - I have four big and four small (one seems to be a loner and doesn't associate with the rest), tank is 1.5m X 0.7m X 0.6m. Phoenix - I might consider downsizing (if Dave's sis doesn't end up wanting hers then you can have them) Ron - I thought it might be a pair but I've checked multiple times and no eggs or wrigglers, but I really don't think a mix between an Electric Dream and a Blue Diamond would look good anyway? I thought maybe they had worms so I poured some Prazi into the tank after the waterchange and now no one's happy. And no one's poo'd out any worms - so I know it's not internal parasites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 maybe they just dont like each other? personality clash??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 But all these fish have been together since october last year - no problems until now, would've thought they would've clashed earlier on? Thinking about downsizing to just the 4 larger Discus (getting rid of the smaller 4 ) and maybe adding two more adult Discus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Id leave it at 4 if that number works. they could be "pairing up"... that causes aggression toward other fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Oh man the last thing I have time for any way to discourage pairing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Nopes. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Oh man the last thing I have time for any way to discourage pairing?? You're pretty safe. Of the last 3 spawns in my tank with other fish the furtherest they have got is to the wriggler stage before another discus has made a meal of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted February 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I don't think they're a couple afte watching them, because the Electric Dream prefers the top corner while the Blue Diamond takes the bottom corner with aggression directed against each other when they cross the boundary. Is there a disease that could make them isolate themselves?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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