Teshi
03-03-2012, 10:33 AM
Hi Everyone,
This forum has already helped me a great deal in setting up my first ever discus tank and the whole fishless cycling. I've been lurking a while now.
But now i need some advice because I'm a bit paranoid. Last week I finally stocked my tank with 4 discus (2 blue diamond and 2 blue snakeskins) They all died within a week. It broke my heart. My water tests were ph-7.8 amm-0 and nitrites-0. I wound up with a faulty heater and digital thermometer. When I had the heater set at 97 the digital thermo read 86.7 but when that was even fishy to me I went and got a good ole reliable mercury thermometer and that read 79. My LFS replaced the thermometer and took back the digital thermometer. When I returned the thermometer I looked at the discus again debating whether to purchase more or wait a while. After looking at the fish I decided to go someplace else to look at discus because they were all schooled up in one corner of the tank, some weren't swimming well.
After waiting another week, I finally went yesterday to a different LFS that isn't too local for me. About a 2hr drive. I wanted to check out their discus. OMG what a difference in how the fish looked. SO much healthier. A bit more expensive but if they Live I don't care! I think Discus are so awesome. I adopted 1 blue diamond and 2 blue snakeskins.
Now here's the part that I am paranoid about. I've had them about 12hrs now and decided to try some food out. The 2 snakeskins are eating just fine but the Blue diamond is just kind of hanging out with them and not eating a thing. Should I be worried? And at what point should I worry? And what should I do? I tried some frozen brine shrimp because that is what they were feeding at the LFS.
This forum has already helped me a great deal in setting up my first ever discus tank and the whole fishless cycling. I've been lurking a while now.
But now i need some advice because I'm a bit paranoid. Last week I finally stocked my tank with 4 discus (2 blue diamond and 2 blue snakeskins) They all died within a week. It broke my heart. My water tests were ph-7.8 amm-0 and nitrites-0. I wound up with a faulty heater and digital thermometer. When I had the heater set at 97 the digital thermo read 86.7 but when that was even fishy to me I went and got a good ole reliable mercury thermometer and that read 79. My LFS replaced the thermometer and took back the digital thermometer. When I returned the thermometer I looked at the discus again debating whether to purchase more or wait a while. After looking at the fish I decided to go someplace else to look at discus because they were all schooled up in one corner of the tank, some weren't swimming well.
After waiting another week, I finally went yesterday to a different LFS that isn't too local for me. About a 2hr drive. I wanted to check out their discus. OMG what a difference in how the fish looked. SO much healthier. A bit more expensive but if they Live I don't care! I think Discus are so awesome. I adopted 1 blue diamond and 2 blue snakeskins.
Now here's the part that I am paranoid about. I've had them about 12hrs now and decided to try some food out. The 2 snakeskins are eating just fine but the Blue diamond is just kind of hanging out with them and not eating a thing. Should I be worried? And at what point should I worry? And what should I do? I tried some frozen brine shrimp because that is what they were feeding at the LFS.