tom g
08-08-2012, 08:09 PM
hi there i am trying to grow out six juvie discus ,what i noticed was that the six juvies i got were all similar size +/- a little bit of difference .
so i have been feeding them daily up to four times a day variety of food , flakes /beefheart /pellats/nls growth.
two of the discus were getting bigger compared to the other four so i moved them into a differnt tank , and they have grown hugely compared to the four . what have i done wrong feeding schedule has been the same , water changes daily .with reg tap water and prime / water sits for 24 hrs and is airated .
the four that are in the one tank are all pretty close to the exact size allk four of them .can not get an accurate measurement unless i take them out and measure them with a net.
the two larger ones are as large as my one that has been in my tank for over a year .i am sure his growth has been stunted as the two that i got at the same time as the above have matched his size.but all three of them are gettting along in the qt tank.
my other question is can i put the larger ones in my display tank or can i keep them in the qt tank to grow them out larger . i dont want to have the same prob as prior and have them starve to death as my one previous did die i assume becasue it did not eat as much in my 75 gal planted tank.any ideas just curious if there is a growth scale of some sort to see the diff in discus
the first photo is of the juvie , the second photo is with the 1.5 year guy so u can see they are almost similar sizes
the third photo is the size of the juvies to date , again all juvies i got were similar in size except the two that i moved started to bully and noticed there size was doubling .
cheers
so i have been feeding them daily up to four times a day variety of food , flakes /beefheart /pellats/nls growth.
two of the discus were getting bigger compared to the other four so i moved them into a differnt tank , and they have grown hugely compared to the four . what have i done wrong feeding schedule has been the same , water changes daily .with reg tap water and prime / water sits for 24 hrs and is airated .
the four that are in the one tank are all pretty close to the exact size allk four of them .can not get an accurate measurement unless i take them out and measure them with a net.
the two larger ones are as large as my one that has been in my tank for over a year .i am sure his growth has been stunted as the two that i got at the same time as the above have matched his size.but all three of them are gettting along in the qt tank.
my other question is can i put the larger ones in my display tank or can i keep them in the qt tank to grow them out larger . i dont want to have the same prob as prior and have them starve to death as my one previous did die i assume becasue it did not eat as much in my 75 gal planted tank.any ideas just curious if there is a growth scale of some sort to see the diff in discus
the first photo is of the juvie , the second photo is with the 1.5 year guy so u can see they are almost similar sizes
the third photo is the size of the juvies to date , again all juvies i got were similar in size except the two that i moved started to bully and noticed there size was doubling .
cheers