Hi folks,
After MONTHS of reading and research, I finally got discus! I do not go into things without a lot of research. But I have had my discus for 2 days now, and I have some questions. I am at the stage where I am worrying about everything they do! Some help would be appreciated!
I got my discus from a guy who seems very clued in. When I walked into his “discus house” (he built a second house at the bottom of his garden haha) I wa amazed by the quality and size of the discus.
I came back the following day after thinking about it and bought 4.
I got a breeding pair which were in a tank of their own, as well as a male and a female from a tank with around 15 discus in it. So, I have 2 males and 2 females.
Most of the time the two females hide in the back corner of my aquarium as could be expected. But the male who WAS NOT in the breeding pair keeps ‘making friends’ with the female that WAS in the breeding pair! So the 3 of them are together all the time.
The male from the breeding pair stays at the other side of the tank all on his own, and occasionally gets harassed by the other male!
So questions
1) should I be worried that this male is on his own after being replaced by the other male?
2) The male on his own fits peacefully, but seems slightly tilted down. When ever swimming or when he gets to be with the others, he is fine. Maybe this is 100% normal for them to aim at the substrate slightly?
3) Every now and again some of the fish rock horizontally…..never totally horizontal, mostly just a few degrees (30 degrees maybe) I guess, but sometimes more so than other times. Again, normal?
4) The female which was not in the breeding pair looks like she has a bruised nose! All other colours and markings are fine! Is this a known issue, or maybe just as she’s still stressed after moving? I’d get a photo, but she never moves much from behind the shelters just now!
SO, a few concerns which I hope are just paranoia?
Thanks
After MONTHS of reading and research, I finally got discus! I do not go into things without a lot of research. But I have had my discus for 2 days now, and I have some questions. I am at the stage where I am worrying about everything they do! Some help would be appreciated!
I got my discus from a guy who seems very clued in. When I walked into his “discus house” (he built a second house at the bottom of his garden haha) I wa amazed by the quality and size of the discus.
I came back the following day after thinking about it and bought 4.
I got a breeding pair which were in a tank of their own, as well as a male and a female from a tank with around 15 discus in it. So, I have 2 males and 2 females.
Most of the time the two females hide in the back corner of my aquarium as could be expected. But the male who WAS NOT in the breeding pair keeps ‘making friends’ with the female that WAS in the breeding pair! So the 3 of them are together all the time.
The male from the breeding pair stays at the other side of the tank all on his own, and occasionally gets harassed by the other male!
So questions
1) should I be worried that this male is on his own after being replaced by the other male?
2) The male on his own fits peacefully, but seems slightly tilted down. When ever swimming or when he gets to be with the others, he is fine. Maybe this is 100% normal for them to aim at the substrate slightly?
3) Every now and again some of the fish rock horizontally…..never totally horizontal, mostly just a few degrees (30 degrees maybe) I guess, but sometimes more so than other times. Again, normal?
4) The female which was not in the breeding pair looks like she has a bruised nose! All other colours and markings are fine! Is this a known issue, or maybe just as she’s still stressed after moving? I’d get a photo, but she never moves much from behind the shelters just now!
SO, a few concerns which I hope are just paranoia?
Thanks
