Sorry, 100% not healthy. Discus should not be black. Very bad condition.
Hi folks I wonder if any experts can help me determine the age of this discus that is about 3" in long. (btw based on photo is it healthy?)
Regards,
B
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Sorry, 100% not healthy. Discus should not be black. Very bad condition.
Others with more experience may chime in, but he looks darker in color than he should be and somewhat stunted. Hard to tell in pictures, but I would guess this fish is 6-8 months of age, but nowhere near where it should be in size.
Darren
No it's in bad shape and really dark. Discus shouldn't be dark like that. It's so sad to see discus in such bad shape
Kenneth
I recommend popping over to the Disease/sick forum for a bit of help with this poor guy. Please don't forget to fill out the questionnaire. It will give people information needed to help you get happy healthy discus!
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumd...and-Medication
We all judge, it's what we do with our judgements that make us who we are.
Margaret
they already did.. a few days ago
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...ht=#post930981
Jester - S0S Crew Texas
OH wow... didn't see that it was the same fish. I hope it is getting better :/
We all judge, it's what we do with our judgements that make us who we are.
Margaret
Its really difficult to tell the age of a fish when it is unhealthy. Sometimes eye size to body ratio can be a good method for estimating age but when a fish has been malnourished or kept in poor conditions, the eyes appear very large due to the fish being thin and sunken in. I'd estimate at least 7 months and anything after that.
Hard to say but my best guess on the age is about 2 weeks prior to death. Good luck with it but it is in really bad health.
-john
The fish was half dead when I got it from LFS and I am doing all my best to save its life with all the resources I can get at LFS.
From 1st week that it was not eating until now (3rd week) it is eating, swimming normally (sometimes chase after my other guppy) , good feces, and comes to me when I show up with foods. I believe I am somehow improving the fish's health.
On one exception on the color, the Color was COMPLETELY DARK right when I purchased it and now some colors came back.
Does anyone has a pic of how this discus should looks like "normally" in terms of color?
Regards,
B
Hard to say without knowing the actual type. What was it sold as?
My guess is some sort of a turq. Here is a real old pic of a red turq.
I was not trying to be mean but I will never understand why people buy sick fish. For the money you spent on that fish + meds you could have bought a healthy fish instead of one that will probably never amount to much.
Good luck.
-john
Well the LFS owner doesn't know...it was sold as "discus fish". The owner bought the discus from a US supplier to have them shipped to Panama. Apparently all the other discus the owner bought died a week ago...he said he has no idea the supplier would ship him bad fishes...
Perhaps there is still hope on my little discus?
Regards,
B
I'd say that picture John posted would be similar. Maybe not as dark as it is in spawning/breeding color.