Mad Tube Sock
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Aug 19, 2013
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Here's the deal. I currently operate a 40 gallon planted discus tank. It is ran with an ideal Aqueon heater and an Aqueon Quietflow 55/75. The lighting is a single tube Tropical Fish light, somewhat better than what came packaged originally. There are around 3 small plants and 2 medium. I keep the ph around 6.6 and temp. at 84*F as recommend by a reliable source (my not-so-local discus breeder) Ammonia and nitrite are 0 while nitrate is 40ppm.
I started my tank roughly 6 months ago having 2 medium size discus. They did fine for about 2-3 weeks until i started having forever lasting issues. One would start losing an appetite for the Hikari frozen bloodworms I feed them 3 times daily even when put directly in front of. Then would constantly cower away at all times behind the filter in the corner of the tank. I called my discus seller and asked them. I ended up purchasing $40 of Dr. Discus meds. I treated for parasites among others and still no reconciliation with the fish. My discus eventually lost energy and will to live. It's body showed no signs of aggravation. I called back telling asking what could have happened. They told me a supposedly heart attack or kidney failure could have took place. I didn't believe that and later purchased 2 more discus soon. So then i had 3 medium size discus in doing well in the tank. The same thing happened to one of the new ones and the existing one by one. 3 lived for 3 weeks until one slowly died and then 2 weeks after that death the other died. I didn't purchase another discus for 2 months while the one i had in the tank lived on healthy but lonely.
I decided to purchase 3 baby discus for the tank. They lived for a while (month or so) until the cycle started again for the youngins. Soon I am left with 1 baby currently cowering away but still eating; body appears healthy along with my long-lived medium discus. It seems the odds are against my darling baby discus. Help please!?
I started my tank roughly 6 months ago having 2 medium size discus. They did fine for about 2-3 weeks until i started having forever lasting issues. One would start losing an appetite for the Hikari frozen bloodworms I feed them 3 times daily even when put directly in front of. Then would constantly cower away at all times behind the filter in the corner of the tank. I called my discus seller and asked them. I ended up purchasing $40 of Dr. Discus meds. I treated for parasites among others and still no reconciliation with the fish. My discus eventually lost energy and will to live. It's body showed no signs of aggravation. I called back telling asking what could have happened. They told me a supposedly heart attack or kidney failure could have took place. I didn't believe that and later purchased 2 more discus soon. So then i had 3 medium size discus in doing well in the tank. The same thing happened to one of the new ones and the existing one by one. 3 lived for 3 weeks until one slowly died and then 2 weeks after that death the other died. I didn't purchase another discus for 2 months while the one i had in the tank lived on healthy but lonely.
I decided to purchase 3 baby discus for the tank. They lived for a while (month or so) until the cycle started again for the youngins. Soon I am left with 1 baby currently cowering away but still eating; body appears healthy along with my long-lived medium discus. It seems the odds are against my darling baby discus. Help please!?