pepering on my discus

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I have a 175g tall tank with 16 discus in there. I dont know why or what makes them start pepering. It is really bad. I will post some pic. later. Water is fine, Ph 6.5, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, nitrate 10ppm. I change the water two times a week, 50% at a time. I use tap water. I got them when they are baby about 8 months ago. I got them from Jack Wattley. Any info or help you guys can give me?? :confused:
 
peppering is somewhat genetic, but stress, background color, substrate, can all play a role. I kindof like the look of peppering myself..........Best bet to have the least is white sand for the bottom, and as light of a background as possible. Have any pictures?
 
Funny you just post this because I was gonna post the same exact question. Bought a few discus from breeder couple weeks back and got a small silver pigeon. When he was in the bare bottom tank he didn't have any pepper spots but as soon as I bought him home he got spots on him. Don't think its stress cus he was eating hours after arrival and is bolder than most of the existing discus I have in my tank. Maybe its a natural camoflauge thing, I have dark substrate and dark colored plants. My pigeon blood red has it to and posting makes me realize when I bought him almost a year ago, he didn't have as much pepper on him.
 
Peppering is 100% genetic. It is a trait of the Pigeon Blood genetic line. It comes and goes, just like stress bars do on a non-PB discus do. Though most PB discus show their peppering all the time. The best way to reduce it is to put a lighter background on the tank, use a lighter substrate on the tank as well. Increasing your lighting can help sometimes too. It will never totally go away, but you can control it somewhat.

-Ryan
 
dirtyblacksocks;1696711; said:
Wait'n on those pics, be sure to get all angles of the tank so we can see what sort of substrate and backgrounds they're dealing with...
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It will be tomorrow before I can post some pic. my tank is bare bottom and I use black background.
 
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