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Discus not eating / hiding
Hey i'm brand new to these forums and don't know if this is the right post to be in or not.
I just got back into the hobby and keeping discus after about a 6-7 year break i used to breed fish and was unable to continue my hobby for quite some time. With that said i just got back in and have a 75 gal planted tank.
tank parameters:
75 gal planted
ph 5.4-5.9
co2 injected
ammonia and nitrie undetectable
nitrate 5ppm before wc
wc once every 2nd day about 35%-45%
2-200 watt heaters set at 84 F
fluval 406 can filter with quilt batting bottom biomax 2nd bio balls 3rd and mix of carbon and purigen in top
tank is fully cycled and stable
Before i started keeping discus i had the tank running with some cory cats and guppies for about 2-3 months to fully cycle media before removing and adding discus to aquarium.
My problem is as follows i bought a few fish from a LFS and added to aquarium let them settle in for about 4-5 weeks they were slow to start began eating about a week after intro and it was going well
After 5th week went and grabbed 4 more from different LFS and after 3 week quarintine added them to tank. Now two of my discus are not eating and hiding almost all the time it has been a couple weeks since i added to aquarium.diets are mixed (one day blood worms, one day flakes, one day pellets and rotate. 5 of the discus come out eat happily and are actually way more friendly then i remember them being in past one even comes to top of tank and likes to be pet. The two that hide and wont eat don't look particulary unhealthy (fins erect, no heavy breathing , dark colors) but i cant get them to eat the smaller of the two looks like its starting to pit on sides (doesn't look like a salb of meat, bad reference but best way i could describe it) and the bigger one was eating and now stopped. i'm wondering if its just an acclimation issue or i have an underlying issue in my tank.P.S it doesnt seem like a bullying issue the little one maybe but the large blue not so much.Please help!!! they are all beautiful fish and i dont want to lose any. Thanks in advance.
I was just looking at small fish in question and it has a long thick white poop could this be beginning or mid stage of hex?
Last edited by ziggypop; 08-21-2017 at 05:19 PM.
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Re: Discus not eating / hiding
Welcome to SD John. You are in the right place to get help and we are glad to offer our advice. I have a couple questions for you first:
What size discus do you have?
Do you have any pictures?
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Re: Discus not eating / hiding
Three are about 2.5 and 4 are about 3.5-4 the big blue started eating and I'll try to get a pic of the little guy this afternoon
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Re: Discus not eating / hiding
Update: discus still not doing well ammonia is back under control nitrates are at 0nitrite is at 0 discus seems to hide in corner white stringy poop going to continue water changes and change to flake food to rule out bloodworm casings hopefully see signs of improvement in about week if not go to medicating?
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