New Discus Have Arrived + Pictures

[mizzflick98]

Hey guys my new tank arrived on Saturday. Sadly, I only got 1 Discus and 1 X-ray Tetra. He hides a lot but when we're gone he swims around the tank and finds the food I leave for him. I only know this because I saw him swimming around the tank when I walked past the lounge.But when I walk into the lounge he goes back to his spot. Anyway today I thought I should buy him some new friends so I went to the shops and bought 2 discus friends for him. They're quite small but they're big enough to be sold. When I put them in the big one came out but he keeps chasing the little ones and he tries to nip their fins. I think he's just a little territorial because he's just been in there longer than the others. Do you think they'll become friendly to each other? Will it take some time?

By the way I got the Discus for quite a cheap price. I got them for $45 AUD. But the guy said that was because they were small.

Anyway here are some pictures!

The New Tank! It's really cool.

The New Discus! I think it's a brown one.

Does anyone know what gender it is?

1 of the 2 New Discus that I bought today. His tail got nipped by the big one.

This is the other one but he is smaller. He also got his tail and fin nipped.

Again!

The first one.

The 2nd one.

The 2 of them are really close friends.

Again. This was against the reflection so the quality isn't that good!

Anyway thanks leave some comments and tell me what you think!

Plus can anyone answer my questions?

Thanks

 

[simonas]

Hi the discus look decent

One question really did you set the tank up Saturday? If so its far too soon to be adding that many fish and in particular discus!!

Plus the tank looks too small for discus which should be kept in a decent sized group of about 6. what size tank is it?

 

[onebto]

I dont know anything about Discus but the words "UH-OH" come to mind.

As Simonas eluded to If you set the tank up on Saturday then it means you know nothing of cycling a tank.

You need to do some reading and study very quickly.

I recommend you read this ASAP : http/www.fishforum...howtopic=175355

This page has lots of useful sections: http/www.fishforum...esource-center/

I would advise you study a fishes requirements before purchasing there is a section in this forum that will give you a solid base of fact to start with its called the fish species index this is a link to the discus section: http/www.fishforum...21-discus-fish/

Your very best option would be to take the fish back and see if they will hold them for you.

the reason I say this is that already Ammonia is building up in your tank ( read the links above for an exact explanation why ) But if unchecked it will KILL your fish!

I do believe the size of the tank is also a very big concern in a previous post by you, you mentioned you new nothing of Discus and that you were going to bye a big tank the pictures you have posted show a tank but I would not call it big how big is it your post: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/342805-new-tank-discus/page__fromsearch__1

If you need further help then please ask we are all here to help

Regards onebto.

 

[snowflake311]

The other covered it. Sorry for us to be such downers. We just want to help that's a lot to spend on fish only to have them not make it.

Most of the discus look ok but the first and second discus photo looks like fin rot and cloudy ew that fish might not make it unless you have the best of care for him.

 

[mattlee]

lets not jump to conclusions .... just because its a new tank doesnt mean its a first tank! if people had looked in the op profile they can see that these arent the first fish they have kept so mature media will have been donated
so lets say the tank is cycled and media mature but as a few have stated discus need to be in groups of 6+ ideally. they can be expensive and not everyone can afford 6 discus in 1 hit. ive never bought the full group of fish at once and added them in twos or threes. i have a group of 7 denisoni barbs that cost £15 each and at the time of purchase £105 just wasnt available in 1 hit. all im saying is lets give the op a chance......
the tank does look rather small to house a group of discus though.... can you give us its size etc?
they look like young turks but not 100% and are a very common discus strain and normally one of the cheapest but can grow up to be stunning fish. the first pics of the dark fish do look worrying though unless its just a lighting thing with the tank/picture making it look bad, its hard to tell

 

[onebto]

Hello Mattlee I was aware that this is not her first tank and I had read her other posts in fact I had commented on one other of her posts in the past not the same subject but her name rang a bell so I checked her profile and posts.

In my defence which I feel I have to supply after your post dated 09 November 2010 - 09:23 PM .

I do not think I was jumping to a conclusion in the matter of it being her first tank as you stated!

My intention was to provide some basic facts and resources as it appeared to me that they maybe required my intention was only to help in the best traditions of this forum and the GOOD welfare of the fish namely the aforementioned three Discus.

However my statement "If you set the tank up on Saturday then it means you know nothing of cycling a tank." I omit can be considered as jumping to a conclusion but not the conclusion you accused me off but for that I apologies to mizzflick98 and I thank you for directing me to it indirectly, however you must see from the way the facts were presented by mizzflick98 I came easily to that conclusion on the matter of the tank and its cycling and or preparation.

I would like to point out your statement "these arent the first fish they have kept so mature media will have been donated" is jumping to a conclusion as there is no statement of fact (so far I am sure it will follow soon) from mizzflick98 to state evidence of her doing it in any other of her posts or this post up to the point of my post.

matlee I just wanted to provide some assistance that is all, however I have PM'd mizzflick98 an apology about the statement that I made about her knowing nothing of cycling.

onebto.

 

[the biffster]

how are they doing today

 

[mattlee]

by no means was i subjecting you onetbo... i felt that every one that had commented jumped to the conclusion that as the tank was new then it wasnt cycled! at this point in time none of us know if cycled media has been put in the new tank or not i was just pointing out the fact that it wasnt the op's first tank so mature media would/should have been transfered. it may not and in this case obviously the tank wont be cycled and the fish will suffer and the discus will die but as we know nothing about the tanks filter history we cant comment or advise.

 

[simonas]

by no means was i subjecting you onetbo... i felt that every one that had commented jumped to the conclusion that as the tank was new then it wasnt cycled!

I was the first to answer and read the post that it hadn;t been cycled but I put my comment as a question wary of the fact that it may have been cycled etc. Its a relevant question and I don;t regret asking it because if the OP has just set a tank up andput discus in it we should advise her not to waste any more money or put these stunning fish in jeopardy any further

C.early we can use our experience to help and advise the OP

 

[mattlee]

by no means was i subjecting you onetbo... i felt that every one that had commented jumped to the conclusion that as the tank was new then it wasnt cycled!

I was the first to answer and read the post that it hadn;t been cycled but I put my comment as a question wary of the fact that it may have been cycled etc. Its a relevant question and I don;t regret asking it because if the OP has just set a tank up andput discus in it we should advise her not to waste any more money or put these stunning fish in jeopardy any further

C.early we can use our experience to help and advise the OP

sure simon thats what the forum is all about at the end of the day but with comments like

"If you set the tank up on Saturday then it means you know nothing of cycling a tank."
"I would advise you study a fishes requirements before purchasing"

it seems that people just assume that the tank isnt cycled and the op hasnt researched the fish before purchase. for all we know they may have studied the fish and the tank may be cycled... it may not be cycled and they may not have done any research but as we dont know it just seems like people jump straight in sometimes with unnecessary comments without knowing the facts.
of course i agree with what you said about putting the discus in jeopardy but without the facts we know nothing about the op's intentions, tank, filter etc etc. as they have been keeping fish in the past most would assume that they have a general knowledge about the nitrogen cycle and how a filter works. i know some people are totally oblivious as to what happens in a filter and think its just for cleaning the water but if they have gone to the effort to join a forum then i would have thought this was one of the first things they would have read up on.
maybe im totally wrong but i just think the op of this or any other topic for that matter doesnt need to be jumped on before they have given out all the facts. it seems to be happening quite a bit on here recently......

sorry onebto this is not a personal attack on you although these quotes came from your response, also sorry about typing your user name wrong in my previous post

 

[hillmar77]

Those are nice looking discus's! How are they doing now?

 

[Carlovel1]

Yep, never seen a Discus with black stripes, nice!

 

[the biffster]

the black stripes are stress
lines they only show when they
have or are under stress

 

[Carlovel1]

the black stripes are stress
lines they only show when they
have or are under stress

When I get discus, I'll make sure I stress them to make those black stripes appear!
Obvioiusly Im joking

 

[walkers101]

its not hard to get the black bars trust me its getting them looking beautiful thats the hard part