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Urgent update*** The fish is almost certainly about to pass away, taking her final breaths - unfortunately I have no way to euthanise right now 😢. I have also noticed problems with with the remaining discus. The blue tiger has turned almost black in colour. One of the red discus had white poop...

I have a group of 5 discus in a 300 litre. They have existed peacefully for about a year and a half now. The partner of one of the males has recently (past week) been hiding behind the driftwood not moving much. I assumed this was her new breeding spot as I had rearranged the tank recently, so...

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Appreciate the post but most epiphytes can survive anything - looking for specific helpful information to my situation with a heavily planted, stem plant discus tank

As the title suggests, I am really struggling with algae and my plants just don’t look great at the moment. This has been an ongoing issue for the past couple of months and I am at a loss. The tank is far from high tech - root tabs and liquid ferts. I aim for 6-8 hours lighting a day but...

Confirmed to be the discus. Witnessed them tonight hunting and killing the tetras. They managed to take out 2 of the rummy nose as well. I guess at this point I have no choice but to rehome the tetras. Such a shame as I’ve worked towards being able to keep a planted display tank of discus and...

Sure thing - my thoughts were the discus. The cardinals normally shoal throughout the front of the tank but they have been relatively stationary on the left hand side of the tank behind the plants. The discus pair that breed frequently lay their eggs on the right hand side of the tank. My only...

They are not disappearing; I am finding the bodies. Nothing has changed in terms of visitors, addition to the aquarium or change in routine.