markwill
10-28-2005, 11:33 AM
Well, of the 9 discus I have I have finally accepted that two of them are just destined to a life of smallness! Based on suggestions here, I took them out into a seperate 29 gallon tank for a few weeks, gave them plenty of food, did water changes regularly, etc, etc. No change at all. They were also very skittish in their new tank, although they stuck next to each other the whole time.
Aside from the overhead of maintaining two tanks (in completely different parts of the house), I've now just accepted that they are unlikely to grow much, if any, from here. So, I've dropped them back with the rest of the crew and now I'll just consider them the babies of the pack (they are about 3", by the way, but have stayed that way over several months while others of the same initial size have grown very well).
One of the two is a Scribbled Red and he has a "brother" that came with him (same batch - looked almost identical when bought). The other has grown very nicely. It is interesting to note that when in the large tank both have always had a significant amount of peppering. However, the smaller one - having spent a few weeks in the other tank - has dramatically reduced his peppering. It'll be interesting to see if this changes now he's back.
Thanks.
Mark
Aside from the overhead of maintaining two tanks (in completely different parts of the house), I've now just accepted that they are unlikely to grow much, if any, from here. So, I've dropped them back with the rest of the crew and now I'll just consider them the babies of the pack (they are about 3", by the way, but have stayed that way over several months while others of the same initial size have grown very well).
One of the two is a Scribbled Red and he has a "brother" that came with him (same batch - looked almost identical when bought). The other has grown very nicely. It is interesting to note that when in the large tank both have always had a significant amount of peppering. However, the smaller one - having spent a few weeks in the other tank - has dramatically reduced his peppering. It'll be interesting to see if this changes now he's back.
Thanks.
Mark