espitzer
04-04-2003, 06:23 PM
Hi. I read the useful info in the following thread regarding skittish discus, but I am still not sure what to do. http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index.php?board=21;action=display;threadid=7914
I have 9 2-3 inch discus in a 55 gallon tank. The water parameters are the following:
pH=7.6-7.8
TDS=175
KH=3
GH=3
Ammoni=0
Nitrite=0
I use R/O water and add back some filtered well water and do 50% water changes 4-5 times/week.
I feed CBW, Hikari frozen Bloodworms, and Ocean Nutrition I and II flakes, feeding them between 5-6 times/day.
I have 3 sides of the tank covered.
I've had them for about 5 weeks now and they were not skittish at all when I first got them. About a week and a half ago I lifted something close to the tank and it freaked them out. Now any time I go near the tank, 1 or 2 hide and the rest follow. They then start flying around the tank, trying to jump out or just running into things.
It is getting very frustrating!!!!!!
The strange thing is, I have another 55 gallon tank, also with 9 discus of about the same size, and I do everything the same with them and they only hide when I do the water changes. But they come back out right away and never freak out when I get near the tank.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I have 9 2-3 inch discus in a 55 gallon tank. The water parameters are the following:
pH=7.6-7.8
TDS=175
KH=3
GH=3
Ammoni=0
Nitrite=0
I use R/O water and add back some filtered well water and do 50% water changes 4-5 times/week.
I feed CBW, Hikari frozen Bloodworms, and Ocean Nutrition I and II flakes, feeding them between 5-6 times/day.
I have 3 sides of the tank covered.
I've had them for about 5 weeks now and they were not skittish at all when I first got them. About a week and a half ago I lifted something close to the tank and it freaked them out. Now any time I go near the tank, 1 or 2 hide and the rest follow. They then start flying around the tank, trying to jump out or just running into things.
It is getting very frustrating!!!!!!
The strange thing is, I have another 55 gallon tank, also with 9 discus of about the same size, and I do everything the same with them and they only hide when I do the water changes. But they come back out right away and never freak out when I get near the tank.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.