colinchaffers
12-02-2017, 04:45 AM
I have had my fish and tank 3+ months now, I have 12 discus of various ages from two different sources. I don't have any bio filters yet, but will get some. The routine that seems to work for my fish is as follows:
1. daily debris removal (2 buckets of water)
2. 30% water change every other day, and check change first filter stage change if necessary
3. weekly deep clean tank (30% change) and all filters cleaned
So far the fish have been healthy and tank looks bright and clean
Feeding is in two ways. 1. Tetra food, which they love 2. a composite of pig hearts, shrimps and garlic, they also loved this too.
About a week ago they stopped liking the composite food, at first they just took longer to eat it and then they rejected altogether.
I few days ago I thought I try some fresh shrimps (which I feed live to my Flowerhorn)
The next day my biggest fish 4 - 5 cm was dead and the tank was cloudy. This fish was the less stressed, meaning he always was the last to hide and the first out after a water change. All the other 12 fish are fine and eating well.
So my thoughts are:
1. Could he died of old age? not likely I think
2. Could the shrimps have killed him? maybe
3. Was something bad in the tank due to the composite food which he ate?
4. Something else?
Any comments would be most welcome
Kind regards
Colin
1. daily debris removal (2 buckets of water)
2. 30% water change every other day, and check change first filter stage change if necessary
3. weekly deep clean tank (30% change) and all filters cleaned
So far the fish have been healthy and tank looks bright and clean
Feeding is in two ways. 1. Tetra food, which they love 2. a composite of pig hearts, shrimps and garlic, they also loved this too.
About a week ago they stopped liking the composite food, at first they just took longer to eat it and then they rejected altogether.
I few days ago I thought I try some fresh shrimps (which I feed live to my Flowerhorn)
The next day my biggest fish 4 - 5 cm was dead and the tank was cloudy. This fish was the less stressed, meaning he always was the last to hide and the first out after a water change. All the other 12 fish are fine and eating well.
So my thoughts are:
1. Could he died of old age? not likely I think
2. Could the shrimps have killed him? maybe
3. Was something bad in the tank due to the composite food which he ate?
4. Something else?
Any comments would be most welcome
Kind regards
Colin