Discus Hiding

[DiscusKeeper403]

Don't seem like they are hiding in the pictures anyways, which is a good sign!



As others said, live foods could coax them to eat. You might want to ask the breeder what he was feeding them before hand. They may not be used to the foods that you are trying to feed them. If you are feeding them dry food this might be the source of the problem. Even some frozen bloodworms may work if you have not tried them already.

 

[rabbut]

I wouldn't get live food online, it would likely be dead by the time it arrived with you Your LFS is the best place, preferably on the day they get it delivered, to get live foods from

As Discuslova says, they look to be out in the pictures which is re-assuring 4 is a moderately small group for that size, but they are still in resonaly good company. Give them a few weeks and speak to the breeder about what he/she was feeding them and go from there

Might I say those Marbolos look to have good colour and the Red Turk has good shape They will grow out to be realy nice specimins when they finish developing their colours

With regards to them not eating, a healthy adult discus can go for a good while (moe than a month) without food, and youngh also for supprisingly long periods of time (more than 2-3weeks at the size of yours) so even if they still haven't eaten, I still would not be too worried. After a week solid, I'd then mebe start to worry more Some of my 5-5.5inch fish will often "strop" for a few days after any changes in the hirachy, and fish that moved down sometimes won't eat again for about a week. One of the first things these fsh do when upset by something IME is refuse to eat for a while. They pull through eventually though, so don't worry yet

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Tag2008]

Hi Chris,

Given your situation accesing the LFS If your struggling to get frozen bloodworm I will probably have a pack of the wee frozen blocks you could have to try if needed..

How are they getting on today?

 

[djceri_g]

buy a white worm culture from ebay, only about £2!!