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RE: driftwood: I didn't realize it at the time but i guess I lucked out when I got this. It develops some sort of slimy algae so I take it out and clean it every two weeks.

Hi Sabrina:

Your Melon is beautiful, I love the color. Is the other a Red Turq? That one is going to be especially beautiful when full grown imo. How big are they right now?

Kenny

Ok, getting impatient waiting for my daughter to take photos of my new fish, so here are a few until she does. They're not the best. The new five: two 5.5" Mercury Blues, one 6" Red Dragon, one...

Hi Sabrina,

My fish are all doing really well, they all look so comfortable and all eating really well. I've contracted my daughter to take the pics as soon as she's able, she's so busy these...

Hi Sayid:

Thanks for the info. I now have a time frame in mind that it might heal in. If it doesn't it's fine as he/she's still a beautiful fish.

Thanks,
Kenny

Hi Sayid,

So I take it that your PB's flared gill never got better.

1. Do you know what originally caused your PB's flared gill? (netting injury, fighting, etc)
2. Did it ever improve at...

The bullying has settled right down, all fish are eating and swimming actively. The new ones have settled right in so quickly, almost like they've been in the tank from the beginning. And it's like...

Hi Sayid,

I'm re-adding any salt taken out when doing water changes. My Red Dragon's gill is still flared, but otherwise he's eaten at all three meals today, swimming and acting normal. I'll...

Ok, received the new five and put them in the tank yesterday @ 3pm. My White Butterfly was giving these (larger) new fish a hard time (bullying) as soon as I put them in. I put salt in the water,...

Will get them tomorrow mid-afternoon, can't wait. Just did a more thorough tank cleaning (filters, tank walls, sand, driftwood, etc) + 70% water change, so I'm ready to receive them!

Hi all,

Update: I should receive five more fish from DiscusUSA in two days (Thursday). He sent me below pics & video of these in his holding/shipping prep tank:

Two Mercury Blue Angels 5"-6"...

Hi Sabrina,

AL's FDBWs are blackworms and, as Sayid pointed out, the same as Austrailian FD Black Worms.

I receive my new five tomorrow, did a post with pics on Simply a few days ago. I'll...

Sabrina,

I have had some recent success with my slow/picky eaters that weren't eating much. I heard about AL's Freeze Dried Black Worms being extremely popular so I finally ordered some last...

Hi Sabrina,

Well I hear the Discus hobby/addiction is one where you never 'stop getting new ones':) I'm hoping this order is my last for awhile. Since I have to import them I go through this...

Sabrina,
I can see the difficulty in getting them all the same size, which helps tremendously. I tried the first time, but even when succesful some have growth spurts and after that the bigger ones...

Hi Sabrina,

I think the larger Discus are more mature, mine still chase/bully each other sometimes but not nearly as much as the first group of eight 2.5" ones I had in my 55gal. Sold these the...

Sabrina,

So sorry to hear about this. You really did all that could be done.

Regarding giving up, I know the feeling. This past weekend my solid blue scorpion of the pair that was getting...

Ok well I guess once they mate they'll continue to do so given the right conditions. I'll need to read up on this then.

The pair continue to pose next to each other with heads tilted downwards and shimmying, though not nearly as much today, and I don't see them cleaning the piece of wood they were hanging around...

Wow I'm not sure a beginner like myself is up to that task... but I do have a second tank - 55 gallon, which I know is not optimal for breeding purposes, but I may just give it a go:) I guess it...

Thank you Hollowman, I will take a look at these books. I did watch that 'how to keep Discus' video from Al Sabetta, and this was really good. In my limited time with Discus I've seen conflicting...

Thanks for the info, I've learned a great deal in the 2 months since I've been keeping Discus but I lack the experience. I used to keep mostly south american cichlids, etc., for years, but I can...

Thanks for letting me know. I read a post where a spawning pair kept all the other fish in the tank corners, but maybe this was in a comparatively smaller tank.

Would raising the temp to 84...

Hi Hollowman:

I've attached pics of the two - one is 'patterned' the other is 'solid blue', sorry don't have a better pic of the solid. What I'm really concerned about is the agression toward the...

#13 you're right I hadn't thought of that! I will send more photos after the next group is here and all are settled.