discus fry have no colour

[icecube]

Hi,
I have bred discus for the first time and the fry are 4-months old.My problem is that the fry havent developed any colour.what can i do for the fry to develop colour?

 

[oshp132]

Normally they will start to develop their color at about two months.....What kind of diet are you feeding them? I would start there....Make sure that they are being offered a wide variety of foods (Frozen brine, frozen bloodworms, high quality flake food, beefheart).
MIKE

 

[sweeTang21]

to add to the diet part, it goes hand in hand with good water quality. you should by rights and by "jack wattley" be doing 20-35% water changes once daily. doing this will increase there growth rate. if there 4 months old and only an inch in size you have a mix of problems. my method is feeding the best food money can buy, make a boat load of deionized water for those water changes. make sure to use discus essentials or something on those lines to replace a lof the elements deinizing and reverse osmosis take out.

 

[Mystix212]

Post some pics.
Do your fry look like this, only bigger? Because these are 18 days old.

 

[apistomaster]

icecube already stated the fry were 3-4 months old. It depends on the strain of discus you have as to when they begin to show their colors although most strains will have some color at 3-4 months, Brown Discus and F1 Wild discus will not show much color until they are quite a few months older.