jcarlilesiu
Aquarium Advice Addict
I have 6 discus in my 56 gal. column. I have had them for about 3 months and everything is going well. I do 50% water changes once a week and monitor my Nitrate to not exceed 15 ppm as well as monitor my other levels.
The fish are currently fed Wardley flakes in the A.M. (mostly for my lone catfish) and then a varied diet of blood worms, brine, mysis or beef heart in the evening. They always have a cucumber on a clip to munch on also.
I expressed concern regarding one of my blue diamonds a few months ago because of dark coloring and whitish splotches (not ich). He has since been doing fine and his color is once again stunning and beautiful. I still see white splotches here and there but im not as worried as I used to be.
The reason Im writting this is because of his eyes. They are all black, showing no red like the rest. I understand that this is caused by stress. I did some research on eye coloring and what it means, but turned up no good result.
Anybody with some information regarding weather or not I should be worried about this would be appreciated.
He is the only discuss that hides more, and he is picked on alot by the others. At first I just thought they were establishing their pecking order, however I see him chased more often than any of the others. Not sure what my other options are for him/her.
*edited for confusing content
The fish are currently fed Wardley flakes in the A.M. (mostly for my lone catfish) and then a varied diet of blood worms, brine, mysis or beef heart in the evening. They always have a cucumber on a clip to munch on also.
I expressed concern regarding one of my blue diamonds a few months ago because of dark coloring and whitish splotches (not ich). He has since been doing fine and his color is once again stunning and beautiful. I still see white splotches here and there but im not as worried as I used to be.
The reason Im writting this is because of his eyes. They are all black, showing no red like the rest. I understand that this is caused by stress. I did some research on eye coloring and what it means, but turned up no good result.
Anybody with some information regarding weather or not I should be worried about this would be appreciated.
He is the only discuss that hides more, and he is picked on alot by the others. At first I just thought they were establishing their pecking order, however I see him chased more often than any of the others. Not sure what my other options are for him/her.
*edited for confusing content