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pennex1
10-02-2011, 12:38 AM
I bought 2 goldens and 5 leopards from a great local breeder here on Long Island 2 weeks ago. I liked the goldens so much that i went back and pickup 2 more today. By far, these are the best looking discus i have bought to date. They are all young and 3" in size. The goldens have zero peppering. Not one black dot. They eat everything i feed them! I mean everything! But their favorite food is Al's FDBWs. They are all in a 55 gallon tank. When i put the 2 new goldens in this evening, within 5 minutes, 1 of the goldens i bought 2 weeks ago immediately cornered 1 of the new golden. They pecked at each other and then all of a sudden, they just tilted their heads up and kind of stood still gliding in unison in the water. They swam side by side for a while shaking at each other and then decided to clean the intake tube of my HOB filter and the sponge filter. They shook their heads often and both of them took turns humping or hugging the intake tube going up. It was like true love at first site. Well, they were all in the same tank at the breeder 2 weeks ago. I guess they rekindle their love. Sorta. Here is a crappy video taken with my phone of today.


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x205/pennex2112/th_bondingpair.jpg (http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x205/pennex2112/?action=view&current=bondingpair.mp4)

Now, the other 7 discus are being chased from time to time by the golden pair. It looks like the pair is staking claim to the right side of the tank, the sponge filter and the filter intake tube. The question is should i give these 2 love birds their own tank now? They are way young and still need to eat and grow. I bought a 40 gallon breeder tank from Petco last week during their sale. I didn't get the chance to paint it yet. Would it harm them to isolate them so young? I guess i need get some cones too.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x205/pennex2112/IMAG0169.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x205/pennex2112/IMAG0173.jpg

Sorry about the black thing hanging from the belly. He was going while i took the picture. I think he is a leopard snakeskin. Not too sure.
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x205/pennex2112/IMAG0176.jpg
strawberryblonde
10-02-2011, 12:36 PM
I had the same thing happen when I introduced some 4" discus to my established tank. Mine was a wee little brilliant turq who fell in love/lust with my huge red scrib. I kept them in the main tank for almost 3 months in the hopes that she'd eat and grow.

Sadly, she hasn't grown at all and is likely to remain a wee little fish. I finally decided to put them into their own tank last week when the big scrib started attacking my cardinal tetra's and killed my male GBR. I figured he'd had enough time to figure out the spawning thing and was no longer willing to put up with any intruders into "his" domain.

If I was you I'd try to keep your new pair in the main tank for as long as possible while they take some time to figure things out. New pairs need to practice before they get it right and hopefully yours will continue to eat and grow while they do that. I've read that young pairs do usually grow out, I just seem to have the one discus who thinks she's plenty big enough and doesn't need to eat. LOL
Darrell Ward
10-02-2011, 05:46 PM
I'm afraid your "pair" could be older than you think, and may not grow much more, if at all. Notice the tail fins in the pictures. They have color, and pattern, instead of having a clear tail. This is the sign of a mature fish.
pennex1
10-02-2011, 06:46 PM
The one in the picture is about 3.5" and the other one is about 3.25". I will keep an eye on there growth. I do know that the one in the picture has grown a bit since i bought him 2 weeks ago. One good thing is they all eat as much food as i throw in the tank.
hedut
10-03-2011, 06:13 PM
I'm afraid your "pair" could be older than you think, and may not grow much more, if at all. Notice the tail fins in the pictures. They have color, and pattern, instead of having a clear tail. This is the sign of a mature fish.

+1


The one in the picture is about 3.5" and the other one is about 3.25". I will keep an eye on there growth. I do know that the one in the picture has grown a bit since i bought him 2 weeks ago. One good thing is they all eat as much food as i throw in the tank.

well if you said that they are 3.5" - 3.25" total length than I'm sorry to say that they are stun, I do have albino pearl diamond only grow to 4" and stop growing:(. and That is Red turk not LSS . Red turk you will see true color after 6 to 12 months depend on their gen and don't get me wrong they do still look beautiful ;)