Trying out discus

[Aquarium advice master]

I got a small discus i know how to feed him and care for him but he's hiding and i think he doesn't like the flakes i am feeding him I just got him today is he just adjusting to his new tank or should I go and buy bloodworms any body's advice on what I sould do?

 

[Aquarium advice master]

Here's a pic he just a baby so not that much color yet.

 

[herp_mommy]

He looks stunted already. His eyes are too big for his body. Don't know where you got him. I feed mine beefheart and bloodworms.

 

[Aquarium advice master]

Here a diffrent pic the other one i zoom in to much i think

 

[herp_mommy]

what will your water change schedule be like?

 

[Aquarium advice master]

If he is stunded what do I do

 

[Aquarium advice master]

Water changes every day or every other day or is that to much?

 

[herp_mommy]

If he is stunded what do I do

you can't really do anything to "unstunt" a fish...

 

[Aquarium advice master]

So I just leave him and will he get better tommarw?

 

[herp_mommy]

So I just leave him and will he get better tommarw?

no, you can't do anything, he is permanently stunted. Water changes every day would be good for him though since he is still young, hard to tell the age from his body size.

 

[Aquarium advice master]

Here's what he look now. He's hiding under some driftwood.

 

[Aquarium advice master]

He's about 1 inch to 2 inch big and will he still eat stunned. And what happens when he is stunned?

 

[herp_mommy]

He's about 1 inch to 2 inch big and will he still eat stunned. And what happens when he is stunned?

it means he's not as big and healthy as he should be at his current age. They eyes will tell his size he should be at. He will still eat, and you can still care for him, he just won't be that pretty of a specimen.

 

[Aquarium advice master]

I read online that if he is stunned and he is small their is a chance of him still growing

 

[Aquarium advice master]

As to how to identify stunted, to me is big pop eyes, skinny body, ultraman fish head and always with a long white poo attached. I read this online and mine just has big eyes not a skinny body,ultraman fish head and always with a long white poo attached i might just be a slow grower

 

[Aquarium advice master]

When will he stop hiding in the corner?

 

[Aquarium advice master]

And if he is stunned will he still get more color?

 

[Mebbid]

As to how to identify stunted, to me is big pop eyes, skinny body, ultraman fish head and always with a long white poo attached. I read this online and mine just has big eyes not a skinny body,ultraman fish head and always with a long white poo attached i might just be a slow grower

Unlikely that he is a slow grower. Fishes eyes don't usually grow out of proportion with the rest of their body.

When will he stop hiding in the corner?

When he is comfortable.

And if he is stunned will he still get more color?

He should color up. It's the full grown size that will be an issue.



It's good to note that a discus is a schooling fish and should be kept in groups.


How much experience do you have with keeping fish?

 

[Aquarium advice master]

Alot of experience I have been keeping fish for 20years. And will he get a little bigger?

 

[Aquarium advice master]

And why does he have big eyes and not the other symptoms?