kashif314
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What kind of discus breed is this?
https://youtu.be/tVnw4dhQUV8
It belongs to a friend of mine who had to leave suddenly for two weeks and i am suppose to take care of this pair.
I put them in my tank. Tank temperature is 80F and i can't raise more because don't want to fry my HC. Tank is 16 gallon which i know is small for them. They are adults and almost size of my palm but please have a look if there is enough space for them. I made a video to give you some idea.
https://youtu.be/EuWJo8SJrwk
Here are few questions please.
1) What kind of discus this is? Doesn't look like red melon as red melons are more red. They have same colors with him as well so its not that there colors are faded with stress or something.
2) I have harlequin rasboras which are not very skittish but fast. I switched siamese algae eater to my other tank to not cause discus any stress because siamese may suddenly become very fast. So now tank have 9 harlequins and 3 dwarf rams. Rams I am not worried about as they are ok with discus. Please let me know if harlequins are ok with discus?
3) I know they are super finicky eaters. What and how i can feed them and how often. How to induce there appetite to eat if they don't eat? I do have some terta discus bits in my stock which i feed to angels. Shall i try that or something else?
4) how many times i need to change water and how much?
5) They don't seem stressed even though the tank is small and they are swimming and moving all around tank and swimming together. But please let me know if any special precautions i need to take.
6) Are they fine with pressurized co2?
Please help. Thanks
(PS: Please don't say me about animal abuse as i know they need to be in groups and require bigger tanks but i could let them to fish store where they would be highly stressed so I took them to my home)
https://youtu.be/tVnw4dhQUV8
It belongs to a friend of mine who had to leave suddenly for two weeks and i am suppose to take care of this pair.
I put them in my tank. Tank temperature is 80F and i can't raise more because don't want to fry my HC. Tank is 16 gallon which i know is small for them. They are adults and almost size of my palm but please have a look if there is enough space for them. I made a video to give you some idea.
https://youtu.be/EuWJo8SJrwk
Here are few questions please.
1) What kind of discus this is? Doesn't look like red melon as red melons are more red. They have same colors with him as well so its not that there colors are faded with stress or something.
2) I have harlequin rasboras which are not very skittish but fast. I switched siamese algae eater to my other tank to not cause discus any stress because siamese may suddenly become very fast. So now tank have 9 harlequins and 3 dwarf rams. Rams I am not worried about as they are ok with discus. Please let me know if harlequins are ok with discus?
3) I know they are super finicky eaters. What and how i can feed them and how often. How to induce there appetite to eat if they don't eat? I do have some terta discus bits in my stock which i feed to angels. Shall i try that or something else?
4) how many times i need to change water and how much?
5) They don't seem stressed even though the tank is small and they are swimming and moving all around tank and swimming together. But please let me know if any special precautions i need to take.
6) Are they fine with pressurized co2?
Please help. Thanks
(PS: Please don't say me about animal abuse as i know they need to be in groups and require bigger tanks but i could let them to fish store where they would be highly stressed so I took them to my home)