black spots on discus?

[scap331]

thanks...
mine has minimal....hopefully it will stay like that!

 

[marcello]

i have read somewhere that they develop peppering when they are stressed or not happy about theyr environment


possible??

 

[Mystix212]

heres a photo of my discus!
photo quality is bad (celphone cam)

Not to be rude but its a low quality colour discus. With so much peppering, that should of been pretty cheap, no?

 

[marcello]

yep too

 

[hillbilly]

Not to be rude but its a low quality colour discus. With so much peppering, that should of been pretty cheap, no?

Yes, I agree. A Good breeder would have culled that fish before it ever left the growout tank. However many such peppered fish are pawned off on the LFS to make a quick buck. A high quality pigeon blood fish will have very little peppering as stated above. Marlboros have pigeon blood genes, so yes peppering is common on them. The peppering, or black spots, will be darker and more pronounced if the fish is stressed.

 

[kikoman]

Not to be rude but its a low quality colour discus. With so much peppering, that should of been pretty cheap, no?

yea... i got it for $10 but i don't care w/ the peppering thingy... as long as he is healthy and doin fine....

 

[hillbilly]

The peppering is in no way harmful to the fish. It's just an undesirable trait.

 

[Pellegrino80]

I just noticed that my adult Blue Discus has a few black spots, a new one about an inch above his right eye. He never had these black specks till I got 5 new baby discus... He's always had 2 black specks on his left side, but wasn't that bad and faintly showed, but now on both sides it's showing more darkness to it. Is that good or bad?...

 

[Joyce Tausch]

mine has peppering! I got the pigeon blood! i just learn it here by reading!? is it bad for the discus? i bought the discus with that black spots...