Having come back from holiday after 3 weeks away the first thing I did upon arriving back to UK from a 12 hr flight was do a massive water change on my 180l tank.
I rehomed a single red cover discus a year ago and although at times he/she goes black, it usually only lasts for a day or two.
Not only did I do a big water change I cleaned out the external Eheim 2217 filter and the internal Juwel filter pads with the tank water.
Basically Ive been back now for over 2 weeks and have noticed the discus is constantly black and hangs around the Juwel filter.
Ive done daily 25% water changes and always done a mixture of tap water and checked its as close as it is in the fishtank. Fed it bloodworms, brine shrimp (live and frozen) and the only time it goes red again is during feeding.
After feeding it will head back towards its favourite hiding place.
Why is this? Ive turned down the flow on the spray bar and upped the temp to 30. I dont want to up the temp even more as I have 30 cardinals, 2 rams, 6 amanos and a few corys.
I live in London so the hardness of the water is hard. However all the fish are used to this water now and Ive always added water straight from the tap.
Can someone please shed some light for me
I rehomed a single red cover discus a year ago and although at times he/she goes black, it usually only lasts for a day or two.
Not only did I do a big water change I cleaned out the external Eheim 2217 filter and the internal Juwel filter pads with the tank water.
Basically Ive been back now for over 2 weeks and have noticed the discus is constantly black and hangs around the Juwel filter.
Ive done daily 25% water changes and always done a mixture of tap water and checked its as close as it is in the fishtank. Fed it bloodworms, brine shrimp (live and frozen) and the only time it goes red again is during feeding.
After feeding it will head back towards its favourite hiding place.
Why is this? Ive turned down the flow on the spray bar and upped the temp to 30. I dont want to up the temp even more as I have 30 cardinals, 2 rams, 6 amanos and a few corys.
I live in London so the hardness of the water is hard. However all the fish are used to this water now and Ive always added water straight from the tap.
Can someone please shed some light for me