Azazyel
12-05-2004, 09:54 PM
how common is it for discus to kill each other?
I have 4, 2.5 inch discus in a 20 gallon (will move them to a 55 gal, when they get a little bigger) and a small cory and a small bristle nose pleco. besides that tank is empty except for a piece of driftwood.
One of the discus has always been somewhat "not right"(not as pretty, shape not as good, more gaunt and overall looks to me it probabaly should have been a cull).
I had him in the tank for two months with two other "nice" discus and they always seem to pick on him. Last week I added a fourth discus (nice one, but a tad smaller than the other three). Everything seem to be ok, but tonight the "not right" discus is floating on his side, fins frayed, while the other discus are taking shots at him. I moved him to a quarantine tank and will see if he survives the night (he looks really bad).
Is it common for discus to kill off the "defective" ones?
I have 4, 2.5 inch discus in a 20 gallon (will move them to a 55 gal, when they get a little bigger) and a small cory and a small bristle nose pleco. besides that tank is empty except for a piece of driftwood.
One of the discus has always been somewhat "not right"(not as pretty, shape not as good, more gaunt and overall looks to me it probabaly should have been a cull).
I had him in the tank for two months with two other "nice" discus and they always seem to pick on him. Last week I added a fourth discus (nice one, but a tad smaller than the other three). Everything seem to be ok, but tonight the "not right" discus is floating on his side, fins frayed, while the other discus are taking shots at him. I moved him to a quarantine tank and will see if he survives the night (he looks really bad).
Is it common for discus to kill off the "defective" ones?