Discus not eating and hiding

External Since: Jul 30, 2003 Posts: 3

Hi,

I would like to ask a question to the group. I have recently purchased 3
diskus for my 80 gallon tank, which I keep together a group of lemon tetra,
neon tetra and a few blue rams. I have got 2 wild browns and one pigeon
diskus. In the beginning the biggest of them all (a brown) was the boss and
fought about space with the pigeon one. Now that has changed. The smallest,
but also the one with nicest colors has taken over and is bullying the big
brown one. The pigeon was also bullied in the beginning, but they are no
going well together. It has come so far that the big brown one does not eat
anymore and is hiding especially when I feed them, which I do with flakes
and bloodworms. i also started to keep in the background, just in case the
fish is affraid or stressed by my movements. He/She seems also to be out of
the good company of the other two diskus, still. I am wondering whether
getting another brown diskus could change this as I do not want to loose my
little "investment". Bullying from the others was especially strong in the
beginning, when feeding.

The fish should be fairly young. All of the diskus I was told by LFS are
about 4-5 months old.

I would appreciate some advice!

Sven

External Since: Jul 14, 2003 Posts: 134

"Sven Furstenberg" <elitewalker_sven.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3f279cfd$1@clear.net.nz...
> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask a question to the group. I have recently purchased
3
> diskus for my 80 gallon tank, which I keep together a group of lemon
tetra,
> neon tetra and a few blue rams. I have got 2 wild browns and one
pigeon
> diskus. In the beginning the biggest of them all (a brown) was the
boss and
> fought about space with the pigeon one. Now that has changed. The
smallest,
> but also the one with nicest colors has taken over and is bullying the
big
> brown one. The pigeon was also bullied in the beginning, but they are
no
> going well together. It has come so far that the big brown one does
not eat
> anymore and is hiding especially when I feed them, which I do with
flakes
> and bloodworms. i also started to keep in the background, just in case
the
> fish is affraid or stressed by my movements. He/She seems also to be
out of
> the good company of the other two diskus, still. I am wondering
whether
> getting another brown diskus could change this as I do not want to
loose my
> little "investment". Bullying from the others was especially strong in
the
> beginning, when feeding.
>
> The fish should be fairly young. All of the diskus I was told by LFS
are
> about 4-5 months old.
>
> I would appreciate some advice!
>
> Sven
>
>

Here is a link to a decent forum for Discus:

www.simplydiscus.com

From your brief description my guess is a heximita infestation On the
forum their is a disease and medication area that will detail the
diagnosis and treatment options. Perhaps you can read up and decide on
how to proceed. There is much to learn.....