buzzy Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 hi im thinking of changing my tank layout, but dont know if it will stress my discus out too much.im planning to swap my wood in the tank to other side, any ideas on how to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 I think the best method would be to lift the peice of wood up, move it to the other side of the tank and put it back down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 or if you have enough friends you could hold the wood, and they could move the tank to the correct position...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 on perhaps a more serious note, I would change things around in the evening with the lights dim. it may give the fish more time to get used to the changes and not panic - unless they are in the habit of charging round after lights out - in which case new geography may lead to bumped noses and embarassed fishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzy Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 haha i knew i was in for that , if you have a look in MY TANK post you will see the wood on the right the discus hide behind there and thought if i swapped it to the other side they would'nt be able to hide in the corner?what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 If you put the driftwood round the other way would they not just hide in the other corner, I had this problem in my tank, but not with discus, but with fish hiding behind things, so I have put the driftwood diagnolly(sp) across the tank going from top to bottom it seems to work quite well and I have no trouble now with fish hiding, other than those that hide due to thier nature. HTH B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzy Posted January 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 thanks B, i have moved all the wood around, i took awhile as i had to re position all the plants as well.will leave it now and wait for things to settle.will post pic when its all settled down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Have you considered other causes for your Discus moving behind the log? I found that mine always spend most of there time at the end of the tank that has the least current. If yours are going behind the log to hide they would likely be out in the open till they see you coming and then take off behind the log, if they are spending all there time hanging out there then there is proberly another reason for it. Also if Discus are under stress there colour will change (the happens in seconds), depending on the type they will go dark, or get stripes. So this is another way to tell if they are hiding because of stress or just like it better there for some other reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzy Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 suphew, i had considered that so had checked before moving everything, there was no colour change or sign of stress, i also thought of the current from the return hose but the corner they were hideing in was were the return came out?, now after the change they are out in the open all the time and even if i walk up to the tank they dont dash off to hide, they will just swim around or swim upto the frount of the tank and look at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 The more plants you have, the more secure the fish feel and will stay out in the open more readily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Mine seemd to like plants that grow over the surface blocking off the light a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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