After the 4 hour drive from Delaware back to Long Island City I floated them for about 20 minutes to temp acclimate them which is 85 degrees Fahrenheit, and than slowly added my water to theirs for about another 30 minutes. The only thing that worried me was that Hans PH is in the mid to high 7’s and my PH is in the mid to high 6’s usually sitting at about 6.8
Nether the less they went in pretty smoothly and I left the lights out for about 24 hours and it was time for the game of let’s all hide in the corner for a few days. Slowly but surely they began to explore their new tank and I was able to snag a few pics of them in all their glory. As for feeding it hasn’t been anything to out of the ordinary for new discus. I tried to feed them some Tropical D50 flakes on day 2 and 1 of them sort of went for the food while the others sat back and didn’t show any interest. Day by day since adding them I’ve been using 2 different types of food, both flakes. One is the D50 flakes and the other is from a company Ocean Nutrition and this is their reef flakes which are high in protein and my previous group liked very much. I will also be using Sera granules once they settle in…right now I feel they sink way to quick into the sand and would rather that be a food I’m using once all are really going for the food.Attachment 134577
We are on day 6 and as of this morning 3 of the the 6 went right at the flakes with no hesitation while the other 3 didn’t seem ready to make a go at them yet. I will try Al’s Freeze Dried black worms this evening and monitor who eats and who doesn’t. From my experience and all the advice I’ve gotten this is some what normal behavior, I mean I remember it taking weeks for one of my Wild Greens to become interested in food, but after we did he never skipped a meal again. Hopefully they get more and comfortable over the next days and really begin to settle in.
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