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Cory21
Sun Feb 22, 2004, 03:05 AM
Seeing how I have 3 medium sized Disucs already, do you think it would cause problems if I introduced several more small discus in with them? I can't find anything their size thats under 120$, and I don't really want to spend that much on one....

Proteus
Sun Feb 22, 2004, 03:19 AM
apparantly the larger Discus excrete a hormone into the water that does not go to well with the smaller Discus, or so I have been told...

Does anybody know anymore about this???

discusdude
Sun Feb 22, 2004, 04:09 AM
I hear that only the young discus do this, as in the fry, hence the need for plenty of water changes in discus fry tanks. I doubt the larger discus would excrete enough hormones to actually slow down the rate of growth of other discus..... Even so regular water changes should remedy this porblem.

Cheers
Alistair

Proteus
Sun Feb 22, 2004, 04:12 AM
Thanks Alistair... I was about to do some searching on it, but you have pretty much summed up what I was pointing out...

cheers

Cory21
Sun Feb 22, 2004, 04:21 AM
I do daily water changes, or if not daily, every 2nd, or 3rd day at the most, so I wouldn't think it would be a problem. The tank is 108gal in capacity.