black spots on my discus is it from stress or is it bad quality i got them from a friend who ddnt want them any more
black spots on discus quality or stress?
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It's called peppering which is quite common in pigeon blood strains or any strain carrying the genetics of the pigeon blood (PB for brevity). It will be there for life although it can be minimized by putting in a tank with light background or doing plenty of water changes to keep up with the clean water quality. Peppering is not necessarily a bad thing for aesthetic reasons but it tends to show up more when the specimen become stressed although as I said earlier, it can be avoided. Sometimes the peppering diminishes when the discus appears to improve in its health condition or to clarify matters, not stressed.
ok then its just the one on the right he is the only one who has it i have had them for a week i think he has lost a few dots but yer hes always happy waits for food all the time hes the only one who isn't skittish when we walk up to the tank
My experiences is that you changed his foods from Frozen blood worms then to constantly feeding them just Tetra Bits, they'll end up getting a few black spots but then it goes away after awhile as they get older.
Lupin;3094421; said:
X2. I would say the same thing. that is peppering/peppering effect. keep up with the water changes, only give good food.use a light back ground, and take out any really really dark decor.
well he's in a tank with black grvel be a mangrove root and heaps of green plants he loves his blood worms and flake they were in a bare tank with the other person
the big discus is brown but at night time and sometimes during the day he goes orane with black stripes and blue lines on his face
why does he go brown ???
the big discus is brown but at night time and sometimes during the day he goes orane with black stripes and blue lines on his face
why does he go brown ???
ohhsweetness;3097366; said:
Mine also change color at night when they're sleeping, I think it's when they are at their most comfortable moment they change color when sleeping. Like my little guys during the day their eyes are red, but then at night you don't see the red around their eyes while they're sleeping, they turn a little bit pale. I've seen this a lot, my cousin's discus does the same thing at night too while sleeping. I also used to have Cherry Barbs, they did the same thing they'll be bright red in the day time then at night they turn sort of pale while sleeping. Only one of my discus changes color during the day my adult blue discus his black strips shows up when I give him Frozen blood worms, I think maybe he gets excited because he's getting blood worms haha... But also he'll get black strips if he gets scared like my little cousin will tap on the glass...
If the discus gets really dark nearly black that means they're getting sick, that's when you need to raise the temp.[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Disease Control, by Vern Archer[/FONT]
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