Shan's First Discus Journey

[fljones3]

Great news!!!

[danotaylor]

Doing well Shan! Good to see you back in the ole proverbial horse...Giddyup mate

[two utes]

Glad to see you back into Shan. I can understand you being nervous, but you know what you need to do. Looking forward to seeing this group grow to their full potential. Wishing you better luck this time round.

Cheers

[Shan_Evolved]

[abijitr]

Great to see you back in the hobby Shan! Good luck, I am sure everything will go well.

[danotaylor]

Shan they were so happy to see you! That's an excellent sign of good health mate. They anticipated being feed when you walked through the door and hammered the food when it went in. Good times!!

[peewee1]

A rejoice-full video. Those fish are like starved pups at chow time.

[Iminit]

Discus look great! What types did you get?

[BrendanJ23]

Love the clean set up!

[Shan_Evolved]

Thanks Dano! I anticipate feeding them as much as they love being fed! And I've never been so happy to see dark poop in my life lol

@Tom I got

-Flachen
-German Wonder
-White Leopard
-PB Red
-PB Snake Skin
-Red Leopard
-Blue Diamond
-PB Silver
-Snake skin Red
-Marlboro
-Dark Angel

I didn't ask for any specific strain as I love them all. Just hoping to get them to grow well.

@Brendan Appreciate the compliment! So easy to scoop up poop and wipe glass down with nothing else in there

[wireless0426]

Hey Shan, I also got mine from Hans 2 weeks ago and they're great! Please keep posting on and share your experience!
Min

[Shan_Evolved]

Appreciate it my dudes and girls.

So this weekend gave me a friggin heart attack. But fortunately everything is okay.

I dosed their second levamisole treatment per Al's quarantine procedure. Put towels over the tank to minimize light and left them alone for 24 hrs with some light feeding. Fast forward 24 hrs the next day, I woke up and proceeded to feed them their food.

This is where I got kind of scared - they acted super skittish and didn't run to me like they usually do. Then I dropped the beefheart in, and to my surprise they barely showed interest.

Full on anxiety check LOL. I talked to Brian and proceeded to finish their treatment 4 hours later with a 50% water change. I fed them after the water change and they barely showed eating behaviors. Still stressing, I did what any sane dude would do - I went to the gym lol. By the time I came back thankfully I saw most of the food was eaten. But compared to how fast they would finish it before, not only did they eat slower but they also had leftovers. Highly unusually.

Thankfully I didn't overreact and just held fast and did the hardest thing - wait. The fish seemed to spook easily for almost the whole day with my just walking by. But I kept optimistic. They ignored foods throughout the day unfortunately.

8 hours later, I walked by the tank once again but this time they all seemed eager and hungry. I quickly ran down to grab some beefheart and dunked it in the tank.

om nom nom they devoured it!

All in all, it seems the levamisole had an affect on their appetite for a day but thankfully they seem hungry all over again. I'll check again today after I get home and hopefully they will still be eating.

I was advised that they can act strange a couple of days after the treatment but healthy water and a clean tank is the proper treatment. Oh and 1000000mg dosage of patience.

[jeep]

This is a good hurdle so far! You have good reason to be nervous and full of anxiety so feel free to shout out any time!!

[Shan_Evolved]

[fljones3]

Great looking Shan. How big are they? They look close to mine in size (averaging 2.75 inches). My F1’s will be 16 weeks on Sunday.