Hi I really need assistance.
1 week ago I bought a tank with the equipment, deco and fish - I got 1 orange discus - the marlboro version i believe, 2 angel fish, 8 small pale fish with a stripe of colour along their backs and 1 that mainly stays at the bottom - not a cat fish. I can't recall all their names and i'm trying to search for them online as i need to be educated! At the time both stores i visited said the discus is fine on its own, from reading websites I can see this is not ok. I did go back the next day and buy him a friend as he seemed very nervous and hid. So now theres 2 discus in my 60x30x60 tank. The stores said this is not too many fish for this tank however i'm starting to wonder if it is! After 3 days the fish started gasping and the tank went cloudy. I researched it and thought it was ammonium poisoning - so i called the pet shop expert out and he found the ammonia and nitrate levels were fine but the pH was wrong and he gave different meds to sort the tank out and get it right. The temp had been at 29 degrees however he said to bring it down to 27 degrees to help the pH balancing and make the discus better. The orange discus is not eating and hasn't for a few days now. The new discus is fine and the rest of the fish are fine. The orange discus now has what i believe is peppering. Some sites say increase the temperature of the tank in these instances. I'm really unsure of what to do for the best. the pet shops have said leave it alone for a few weeks however he's not ok and seems to be getting worse. i feed them frozen bloodworm and also pellets that the pet shop said is the best thing for them however they dont eat the pellets and these are making the tank a complete mess. I've been advised different things and I want to do whats best for the fish. Please help!
1 week ago I bought a tank with the equipment, deco and fish - I got 1 orange discus - the marlboro version i believe, 2 angel fish, 8 small pale fish with a stripe of colour along their backs and 1 that mainly stays at the bottom - not a cat fish. I can't recall all their names and i'm trying to search for them online as i need to be educated! At the time both stores i visited said the discus is fine on its own, from reading websites I can see this is not ok. I did go back the next day and buy him a friend as he seemed very nervous and hid. So now theres 2 discus in my 60x30x60 tank. The stores said this is not too many fish for this tank however i'm starting to wonder if it is! After 3 days the fish started gasping and the tank went cloudy. I researched it and thought it was ammonium poisoning - so i called the pet shop expert out and he found the ammonia and nitrate levels were fine but the pH was wrong and he gave different meds to sort the tank out and get it right. The temp had been at 29 degrees however he said to bring it down to 27 degrees to help the pH balancing and make the discus better. The orange discus is not eating and hasn't for a few days now. The new discus is fine and the rest of the fish are fine. The orange discus now has what i believe is peppering. Some sites say increase the temperature of the tank in these instances. I'm really unsure of what to do for the best. the pet shops have said leave it alone for a few weeks however he's not ok and seems to be getting worse. i feed them frozen bloodworm and also pellets that the pet shop said is the best thing for them however they dont eat the pellets and these are making the tank a complete mess. I've been advised different things and I want to do whats best for the fish. Please help!
