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Hi Everyone, Thanks for good suggestions. I will change the tank size. Any possibility of having discus, pelco and some neons,this would be my favorite pack! and if I want to have 3 to four discus plus 1 pelco, how many Liters the tank need to be?
I will post some photos of the current tank.
200L MINIMUM!!!!
with a pleco in there bigger is better!, i gave up my 2 big plecs cause a 300L wasn't big enough for them :(
Nice clean tank Alan. It looks bigger than 60 litres. What are the dimensions?
I know you love your pleco, but there's no way I'd have plecos in with discus. Once they get a taste for discus slime (and it's only a matter of time) the nocturnal pleco will spend their nights chasing after the discus to suck on their slime. The poor discus is unable to sleep, and unable to get away from the pleco. Eventually the fish sickens and dies.
Just a thought, are you sure you've got a pleco, or is it possible you have a bristle nose catfish or peppermint catfish? Both of those stay small, around 10 cm and are quite safe with discus.
Post a pic or do a google and see which species you have.
Hi,
Tank size: 60cm W x 30cm D x 35cm H.
To be honest the tank looks empty now as you can see!
The discus has red rashes below the eyes, you can see it on the photos.
If you can not see it clearly from the photos that it is a pelco or not I can post some more photos.
Hi guys, thank you everyone for great suggestions, I tried to get more photos and also did get a better test pack for NH4/NH3
according to the tests ph is 6 and Ammonium/Ammoniak test says :
0.17mg/l if ph is 7.5
0.06mg/l if ph is 7
The ph of my tank is 6 so I believe the level should be 0.015 or 0.02,
(sorry the chart didn't have mesures below ph of 7, so I had to do average).
I give the pelco algea wafers.
I hope the above info helps.
Your discus has some serious defects/damage Alan. The fins are or look eaten away. :shock:
Bad news I'm afraid. It's a pleco (can grow to 2 feet) and not a bristlenose catfish.
Hi Guys,
Thanks for helping me, I've seperated discus from Pleco and still no improvements, the red rash on the discus makes me believe that probably there is something wrong with my water quality and the poor discus is breathing heard.
Maybe gill flukes?
Ado