kim457
03-26-2019, 07:54 PM
Hello,
so I had a spawning pair that laid a few rounds of eggs, and there was a decent amount of aggression between these two and the other discus. Now I do not have a separate tank for the spawning pair, and I wouldn't have been able to raise fry anyways with my work schedule. A little time goes on and the female ends up with another male! Starts laying eggs with the other one. Now there seems to be a bit more tank equilibrium and even though the female still seems to be spawning with the new male, aggression has stopped. The original male however, basically stopped eating. He'd take bites and would spit everything out. I tried everything: beef heart, black worms, blood worms, and some granules.
Now he just refuses to eat and has long white poops coming out of him.
I don't know what to do. Thoughts?
I do 40-50% WCs every other day. I've got a 55 gallon tank with 5 discus. (The breeder I got the fish from suggested adding more females to decrease aggression but it seems like the aggression has abated)
so I had a spawning pair that laid a few rounds of eggs, and there was a decent amount of aggression between these two and the other discus. Now I do not have a separate tank for the spawning pair, and I wouldn't have been able to raise fry anyways with my work schedule. A little time goes on and the female ends up with another male! Starts laying eggs with the other one. Now there seems to be a bit more tank equilibrium and even though the female still seems to be spawning with the new male, aggression has stopped. The original male however, basically stopped eating. He'd take bites and would spit everything out. I tried everything: beef heart, black worms, blood worms, and some granules.
Now he just refuses to eat and has long white poops coming out of him.
I don't know what to do. Thoughts?
I do 40-50% WCs every other day. I've got a 55 gallon tank with 5 discus. (The breeder I got the fish from suggested adding more females to decrease aggression but it seems like the aggression has abated)