80/90 degree

[CN]

ok...this just pop into my head and i was just wondering if the temperture make a different on how the discus act? because it seem to me like at 90 degree it makes a discus lazy and react really slow? what do you guys think?

cn

[jrpatter]

well the higher temps raise the metabolic fuctions of the fish. One would think it would be more active not less. though it maybe stressed a bit from 90 (yes i know they can take it, it doesnt mean they like it) and therefore is acting sluggish

john

[Fish Addict]

I've been keeping my tank temp. at 90 F for two weeks.. My discus are more active and eat like pigs........

[lesley]

I find the same as Fish Addict, I use the higher temp when I first get new ones to make them hungrier and get them eating quicker.

I sometimes find that my heaters are bringing the temp up higher (depending on room temp) and have only noticed because I check the temp, not because the fish have been behaving differently.