black spots in my discus

[shifnie shizard]

Hi friends,
there are some black spots in my discus i don't know what is that pls help me

[Jason.M]

Do you have a pic? I don't think the people that can help you( sorry I'm not one, just getting prepared to take the plunge into discus) will be able to make a diagnosis without a pic. Do you suspect disease or pigmentation variation?

[rickztahone]

Without a picture it will be difficult to help you. Additionally, if you are concerned that it may be illness, please fill out the questionnaire:
Please complete this questionnaire if your fish are sick (copy and paste). The more details you can provide, the better we are able to diagnose and help you treat your sick fish.

DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE


Problem

1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?


2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds).


3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.



Tank/Water

4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.


5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).


6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?


7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.


8. Parameters and water source;


Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.

- temp _____

- ph _____

- ammonia reading ____

- nitrite reading ____

- nitrate reading ____

What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.

- well water ____

- municipal water ____

- RO water ____


9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.


10. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.

[jmf3460]

MIGHT IT JUST BE PEPPERING? google discus peppering. if that is it its normal and does not mean anything is wrong.

[rickztahone]

MIGHT IT JUST BE PEPPERING? google discus peppering. if that is it its normal and does not mean anything is wrong.

yup, that is what I think it is as well, but without the picture it is difficult to make sure.

[shifnie shizard]

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[shifnie shizard]

60L fish tank
16 discus fries
I am new to fish keeping , i bought fish tank and fishes before a month

[John_Nicholson]

Couple of thing the plural of fry is fry. Second you have a pigeon blood discus of margin quality in the terms of color. What you are seeing is called peppering. Breeders have worked for years to remove that issue. High quality PB's show almost none at all.

-john

[jmf3460]

its peppering. your fish is trying to camouflage to the darker objects in your tank like your background and possibly substrate. it is what they naturally do, which is why many people keep pigeon blood strains in tanks with white/light backgrounds and substrates. many people do not like peppering but some people think its just fine bc its a natural occurance. think of it as freckles and how in the sun they come out more.

[bluelagoon]

You're cutting it short for that many fish of any kind in a 15 gallon tank.

[shifnie shizard]

thank you friends for help in my trouble

[bluelagoon]

60L fish tank
16 discus fries
I am new to fish keeping , i bought fish tank and fishes before a month


thank you friends for help in my trouble

No problem ,see you shortly in the disease section.Not trying to be an ***,but you're going to learn rather quickly that fish need more than to just stay wet and eat.I just cannot imagine that many discus in a 15 gal. tank.

[jmf3460]

No problem ,see you shortly in the disease section.

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