Peppering?

[bluedimond123]

Hello, i'm brand new to this forum an i've had discus for about a year now. My ph is high an i know that pigeon blood strain discus get peppering is there anyway to prevent this or make them happier so that they dont get it? Any help would be great.
Jeff

[philip69285]

Some pigeon strains are just dirty and cant be helped with peppering. Other just need a light background and normally bare bottom and they will be their true selves. I actually like the peppering on most of my pigeon strains but they are very clean strains so they dont pepper much. Hope it helps.

[Moon]

Peppering is a natural reaction to the environment. It does not mean that they are unhappy. Some PB are prone to heavy peppering and some not so much. Try changing the background to a lighter one.

[bluedimond123]

Thanks i'l try the lighter backround, i was just reading an article in a book I have an it said it could be caused by stress but I will try the backround!

[Yiannisk]

You do, i did a test some years ago razing half of a pigeon babies i had in a dark background tank and half in a white background the deference was amazing

[lkc]

Whenever I take my discus out and put them into quarantine for a thorough cleaning of the display, the pepper goes away withing 15 minutes. The display has a black back and the quarantine just has the white wall behind it......It's amazing how fast they adapt.