Tankmates problem? Or ??

[DR.V]

Hi all, I just bought 3 Pigeon Blood on the weekend. They were nice and clean. Not a single black spot ! Just realised today, that the 3 PB are getting black spots on the head !!! Whats wrong ? Is is because of the tankmates? Because when i bought them, there were only discus in the tank( in the seller tank). At home i put them with :

6 other discus
6 rummy nose
4 flying fox
1 bristle nose

My tank is 4X2X2 and planted. Could the plant cause this ??

Please help. I dont like those spots.

Thanks

[goldenpigeon]

they should be find. it might just be they are a little stressed. got a photo?

[DR.V]

they should be find. it might just be they are a little stressed. got a photo?

you mean the spots will disappear later ??
should i add some sera aqutan ???
Its an antistress ....

[goldenpigeon]

before you go medicating the tanks and all just do a 30% water change and leave it at that for the day. unless they are covered in the spots i wouldnt worry. do the W/C and see how they r in the morning

[dreamer]

no qurantine for new fish is bad practice :þ

[Merrilyn]

If the spots are showing up now, it means they were always there, although perhaps not evident at the time you purchased them.

Now that the fish have settled into your planted tank, their true colours are beginning to show, and the spots are more obvious.

Spots do not alter the value or the quality of the discus.

[kkiu]

Spots add characters
Correct me if I am wrong, I thought discus tend to speckle more in planted tanks as compared to bare bottom tanks.

[Ben]

The spots are like freckles on people!

Ben

[DR.V]

So if i want to get a solid colour , i need a bare bottom tank ??
And it nothings to do with the tankmates ?

[kkiu]

It would be one step to minimising the speckles.

But it wouldnt be the one deciding factor.