Finally Happy

[Piltdownpaul]

Nice discus matey, recognize those tetras too! Keep posting the pics....

 

[markandhisfish]

nice looking discus

 

[walkers101]

he is a nice one but in hiding hopefully his new friend will bring him out a bit

 

[ajs2294]

he is a nice one but in hiding hopefully his new friend will bring him out a bit

They usually stay quite shy until they get older. If there's places to hide then they will find and utilize them. Many people choose to use bare bottom empty tanks to raise younger discus so they can't hide and they can monitor feeding. Personal I find that kind of cruel and unnecessary. But I do have a tip, try to keep hiding spots to a minimum maybe 1 or 2 and then some plants and keep your background color and gravel/substrate color light. Discus are like chameleons and light colors in your tank go a long way when it comes to brightening them up. When they get a bit older though they will be following you around the room. Their vision is very good apparently and I have read on other discus forums that people swear they sit in the front of the tank and watch tv

 

[walkers101]

there is only one hiding spot since matt has dropped the other round he has been more active

im very happy

cheers Matt once again

 

[mattlee]

no problems Chris, i hope they both settle well and get on mate

 

[walkers101]

well they have had a few fisticuffs nothing major just playing around they have now settled pics tomorrow

 

[mattlee]

glad your happy with him/her.....

 

[walkers101]

 

[snowflake311]

Are they getting along well? Keep us updated on how they do together. how big are they?

 

[walkers101]

yea they stick together like glue i have added some dwarf gouramis as they are supposed to spread the discus aggression and its working prefect i would say they are 4-5"

 

[walkers101]

Both now eating frozen bloodworm happy days

 

[mattlee]

glad to see and hear it mate. if you can try getting some other foods too. he/she loved bloodworm, brineshrimp with garlic, beefheart, frozen discus food when in my tank. never would go for flake or prima..... although all the others did

 

[walkers101]

yea i will do when i can im gonna get the mrs to make some beefheart lol

 

[mattlee]

yea i will do when i can im gonna get the mrs to make some beefheart lol

you have to make the cow first.....

try these out, very good quality beefheart mate

http/www.yorkshirebeefheartproducers.co.uk/