jasondai
03-20-2007, 10:05 PM
Hello everybody, I'm a newbie here. I'm super excited about discus.
Tank
To begin with, I have a 55 gallon tank that has been cycled for two months.
I used danios and barbs to cycle it for the first 2 weeks and then removed them and replaced them with glolite tetras (5) and albino cories (3) for the next 6 weeks. I have black gravel substrate, various plastic plants, and a potted amazon sword plant. The back and sides of the tank are covered.
Water parameters:
The water is at 86 degrees. Nitrites are zero, Nitrates are at 10 (the second lowest/ lightest color bar on my chart, Ammonia is at zero. PH is at 7.8. No carbon. I just did a 20% change today.
Discus:
Last Saturday I added 4 discus to my tank: 1 blue diamond, 1 snow white, 1 pigeon blood, and 1 melon. 3 of my discus are 3.5 inches and the melon is 2.5 inches.
Behavior
They are all eating. The snow white today has one fin clamped and has been super scared for the past three days. Runs away whenever there is any noise and hides. He also faces the other way. The others are fine. They shake their tails and ruffle their dorsal fins at times, however. Very little rubbing against objects. No white stringy feces.
Could the snow white be coming down with ick or have flukes? Should I quarantine it and treat it? :confused: Please let me know and what I should do thanks a lot!
Jason
Tank
To begin with, I have a 55 gallon tank that has been cycled for two months.
I used danios and barbs to cycle it for the first 2 weeks and then removed them and replaced them with glolite tetras (5) and albino cories (3) for the next 6 weeks. I have black gravel substrate, various plastic plants, and a potted amazon sword plant. The back and sides of the tank are covered.
Water parameters:
The water is at 86 degrees. Nitrites are zero, Nitrates are at 10 (the second lowest/ lightest color bar on my chart, Ammonia is at zero. PH is at 7.8. No carbon. I just did a 20% change today.
Discus:
Last Saturday I added 4 discus to my tank: 1 blue diamond, 1 snow white, 1 pigeon blood, and 1 melon. 3 of my discus are 3.5 inches and the melon is 2.5 inches.
Behavior
They are all eating. The snow white today has one fin clamped and has been super scared for the past three days. Runs away whenever there is any noise and hides. He also faces the other way. The others are fine. They shake their tails and ruffle their dorsal fins at times, however. Very little rubbing against objects. No white stringy feces.
Could the snow white be coming down with ick or have flukes? Should I quarantine it and treat it? :confused: Please let me know and what I should do thanks a lot!
Jason