My Planted 75 gallon discus tank

[Plumkin]

so I just got 2 more discus and they are just gorgeous all of my discus seem to be picking on each other I'm honestly not sure why they are doing this if anyone has any input on why that would be great also if you could tell me the type of discus I have that would also be great heres a video enjoy :)
Heres some pics

First pic of my white butterfly her left eye which is pictured below looks really strange the pupal is super small its been like this since I bought her any Idea why?

http://i51.tinypic.com/r6zgqt.jpg

Second Picture of the new orange one I just bought today [she? looks gravid]

http://i53.tinypic.com/15g45mo.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/ogf3vo.jpg

Next Pic is of Big Blue I call him hes my favorite he looks pretty stressed in the picture and video sadly.

http://i56.tinypic.com/30b38g6.jpg


I have 2 blues the female is in a Q/T for her cloudy eye trying to get that all cleared up before I put her with the other fish.

Also the one Discus im pretty sure is a gravid discus and it looks like my white butterfly is trying to pair up with her.. what do you think?

1st video of my new discus that looks gravid with my white butterfly lip locking or nipping they are still doing this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paRp8diQGhg


2nd Video is of my entire tank ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgnQuQgGYg8

[x2h]

awesome tank and nice discus. how did you keep the swords low? mine would grow straight to the top like weeds.

[Plumkin]

I been trimming them when i first got them they would grow so fast they would lift the glass up a little bit heh but now everything is slowed dowed on growing

[discuspaul]

How many discus do you have together now ? And all together when you add the QT fish ?

Re: Your discus picking on each other - number of discus kept together matters a lot when experiencing aggression and pecking order problems. But it's a natural genetic trait and normal behavior - generally causing very little harm, if any. Keeping just one, up to 5 fish will very likely give you dominance/aggression trouble. Six or more is usually fine - but they will still display some of this normal Cichlid behavior - Keep at least 6 and don't worry about it.

[Plumkin]

with my sick fish i have 6 fish i was thinking of getting 1 more so i would have 7 all together since i herd to keep them in groups of 5 / 7 / 9 /11 like that should i remove my angelfish and some loaches because my discus are not really aggressive eaters they hide in the plants more than anything

[discuspaul]

Well IMO, if you're trying to make a success of keeping discus, it wouldn't be a bad idea to remove your angel and loaches, and get some more discus - to make it 9 in total if that's what you want. I'm quite sure that would reduce the aggression problems. Then give them some time, a few weeks, to get accustomed to their new surroundings & comfortable, and I think you would be pleased with the result.

[Plumkin]

some of the aggressiveness could be because some are breeding pairs or were breeding pairs?

[discuspaul]

That is quite possible - I wouldn't discount it.
If it is, you should know soon enough.

[Plumkin]

I really hope to see a spawn that will be just gorgeous :)

[Plumkin]

ill be getting 2 more discus tomorrow this time for free! =]