Hello folks,
I have some concerns as to why 2 of my discus stopped eating. I will list as much info as I can. I have 4 discus and two are dominate for sure. one of the less dominate fish hides most of the time. the other less dominate follows the group but is chased when attempting to eat. Here is my set up:
Tank size is 150 XT 48" wide 31" tall 24" deep with corner overflow
trickle filter for 300 gals. 700 gph
30% W/C every 2 days pure R/O water ( probably not good )
CO2- 2 bubbles per second injected in the intake of my pump that is outside of the sump. The impeller is the diffuser and I'm probably not getting much co2due to degassing.
PH = 6.0
kh = 1dkh ( test changes to yellow endpoint with one drop of reagent )
ammonia = 0
nitrite = 0
Nitrate = less than 10 ppm
temp = 84 F
lighting 4- 48" t5 flouros
tank mates = 4 discus 4"+, 2 bristle nosed plecos, 2 fire grouies, 10 cardinal tetras, 3 amazon swords. flourite substrate.
I'm sure I'm doing some things wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
I want to add more discus and ditch the groumies