trungnguyen
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- Dec 23, 2012
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Hi all,
I have a 55 gallons with 7 discuses (they are about 2 to 3 inches) with 5 neon tetras, 5 rummy noses, and 4 panda corries. I have some live plants in there too. All discuses, I got them from different stores (I got 4 of them 3 days ago, and 3 of them about last week), but they were all healthy when I bought them. My tank has been set up for 2 months, and I think the cycle is done for awhile. The newest parameter I got today is
-pH: 7.2
-Ammonia: 0 ppm
-Nitrite: 0 ppm
-Nitrate: 0 ppm
-temperature: 84-86 degree
I do the water change every two days, it's about 10% with vacuuming the substrate as well. When I do the water change, I always put tap water into the clean buckets (5 gallons bucket), put some Prime water conditioner in there (about 5 drops of Prime in each bucket since Prime is very concentrated), and let them stay at least one day before I use those water for water change. (some fish store owners said that is the perfect way to get the good tap water for discuses, so I have followed that way). I put one full cap of Prime water conditioner and Black water after I am done with water chance.
When the fishes got home, they swam around the tank and ate normally. However, after couple days (like 2-3 days) they stopped swimming around. They have just stayed at one corner or top corners of the tank and barely eaten even though I dropped food in front of them (I feed them with frozen red worm/bloodworm and some discuses floaks. They both ate all at the beginning) . Some of them are still colorful now, but their fins are not straight up. They seem to get skinnier and less color day by day. Other fishes are doing very well, except the discuses. I have not seen any lines or cracks on their bodies yet, so I think there would be no diseases in my tank.
I talked to my friends about this, and some of them said that the discuses need some time to acclimate due to new environment. I don't know it is true or not, but I have been worried about them. I have done some researches about discuses, and some articles stated that when I do the water chance, I should put some aquarium salt and raise the temperature up to 88, so discuses would feel better with their immune system and back to eating, especially the juvenile ones. However, so far nothing has changed much in them.
Is anyone experiencing about discuses, please give me a hand. I don't want to see my discuses getting weaker and die.
I really appreciate your time and help. Thank you so much.
Trung.
I have a 55 gallons with 7 discuses (they are about 2 to 3 inches) with 5 neon tetras, 5 rummy noses, and 4 panda corries. I have some live plants in there too. All discuses, I got them from different stores (I got 4 of them 3 days ago, and 3 of them about last week), but they were all healthy when I bought them. My tank has been set up for 2 months, and I think the cycle is done for awhile. The newest parameter I got today is
-pH: 7.2
-Ammonia: 0 ppm
-Nitrite: 0 ppm
-Nitrate: 0 ppm
-temperature: 84-86 degree
I do the water change every two days, it's about 10% with vacuuming the substrate as well. When I do the water change, I always put tap water into the clean buckets (5 gallons bucket), put some Prime water conditioner in there (about 5 drops of Prime in each bucket since Prime is very concentrated), and let them stay at least one day before I use those water for water change. (some fish store owners said that is the perfect way to get the good tap water for discuses, so I have followed that way). I put one full cap of Prime water conditioner and Black water after I am done with water chance.
When the fishes got home, they swam around the tank and ate normally. However, after couple days (like 2-3 days) they stopped swimming around. They have just stayed at one corner or top corners of the tank and barely eaten even though I dropped food in front of them (I feed them with frozen red worm/bloodworm and some discuses floaks. They both ate all at the beginning) . Some of them are still colorful now, but their fins are not straight up. They seem to get skinnier and less color day by day. Other fishes are doing very well, except the discuses. I have not seen any lines or cracks on their bodies yet, so I think there would be no diseases in my tank.
I talked to my friends about this, and some of them said that the discuses need some time to acclimate due to new environment. I don't know it is true or not, but I have been worried about them. I have done some researches about discuses, and some articles stated that when I do the water chance, I should put some aquarium salt and raise the temperature up to 88, so discuses would feel better with their immune system and back to eating, especially the juvenile ones. However, so far nothing has changed much in them.
Is anyone experiencing about discuses, please give me a hand. I don't want to see my discuses getting weaker and die.
I really appreciate your time and help. Thank you so much.
Trung.