New Discus Dark Color??

[beadgal05]

One of my Red Turquoise Discus and one of them seems to have a bit of a dark color--hes swimming and eating is the color going to be normal soon?? HELP!!

[dvarnay]

Discus usually turn dark when under stress. Some information will help. What are your water parameters, Amo. Nit. ph. temp etc. have you changed anything lately in the tank are their other fish in with this one, this info will help greatly.

[beadgal05]

nothing new added PH is 7.0 temp 84 been changing water every day --no amonia no nitrites or nitrates feed 2 times a day?

[dvarnay]

When you do your water changes, do you age your water first or just out of the tap, What type of water conditioner do you use. How long have you had the fish and how many other discus are in the tank, are they doing the same thing.

[beadgal05]

No others are dark there are 5 others and no i use reverse-osmosis from the store and no I don't use water conditioner--should I use it??

[RickMay1]

you need to use something to buffer your water, striaght RO can be very unstable becauses their is nothing to stableize it. To buffer the RO either mix it with tap or use some of the buffers on the market.