Sorry to hear, but I agree the previous comments on how if you honestly can't take loosing fish then fish keeping isn't for you. Also I do have to add that I find it funny that you had to rant about quiting. Obviously if you were really going to quit you wouldn't have had anything to do with a fish board at all... Anyways as said enjoy your break and next time try some fish that you know you can keep and then slowly go into new fish... A crash course on Discus isn't really the way to go. Just be happy you didn't jump into salt tanks.
Quiting aquaria after discus experience
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Sometimes it pays more to keep it simple than to try all the fancy gear without knowing what it's supposed to do and why. Black worms? I've never seen anyone recommend feeding discus black worms; it's always been frozen bloodworms and beefheart formula. I think a large part of your problem was the source of your discus. Anyone that's not feeding standard diet, should be steered clear of.
A lot of people try to pamper discus and treat them like they are breakable. They aren't. The do much better when they are challenged. A practically sterile environment is going to prevent them from gaining any kind of immunity to anything as well.
I have my 10 in with 26 angels, harlequin rasboras, longfin blue leopard danios, and an unknown mottled pleco. They bully each other all the time and shove the angels out of the way for food. The angels avoid them even though they are the same size.
A lot of people try to pamper discus and treat them like they are breakable. They aren't. The do much better when they are challenged. A practically sterile environment is going to prevent them from gaining any kind of immunity to anything as well.
I have my 10 in with 26 angels, harlequin rasboras, longfin blue leopard danios, and an unknown mottled pleco. They bully each other all the time and shove the angels out of the way for food. The angels avoid them even though they are the same size.
Sorry to hear that you are leaving. If you ever decide to try fishkeeping again, a big step is to research first, and buy later. Discus from asia can be really good, or really bad. The stress from shipping is going to be a big factor as well. I always recommend a local breeder that is well known.
I say if you really want to quite then quite, but just because you can't keep one kind of the thousands of fish out there is more of a excuse then a reason, you have to have thought about throwing it all in before the discus or you would not be so quick to kill the remaining fish and discard the gear you obviously paid good $$$ for.
We all lose fish especially fish were new too it's part of learning. 3 weeks is not that long, I've had fish sulk for over a mouth from a simple tank switch with total travel of 6 feet and less then a minute out of the water, yours came from god knows where or how long they were in transit.
Best of luck with your next pet, but do some research fist just like fish, cats dogs and reptiles can all hide and be stressed so make sure you know what your doing and have a backup plan for when their not what you expected instead of killing them.
We all lose fish especially fish were new too it's part of learning. 3 weeks is not that long, I've had fish sulk for over a mouth from a simple tank switch with total travel of 6 feet and less then a minute out of the water, yours came from god knows where or how long they were in transit.
Best of luck with your next pet, but do some research fist just like fish, cats dogs and reptiles can all hide and be stressed so make sure you know what your doing and have a backup plan for when their not what you expected instead of killing them.
Peanut, you should have told me if I had known you wanted some because I know someone who sold some of his Satanoperca daemon several weeks back.Peanut_Power;1239737; said:
I think the biggest problem for the fish loss was trying to create the "perfect water" condition. I get that from his other posts. It's almost impossible to create a stable environment for any fish when you are always messing around with the water parameters. A stable condition is always better than one constantly changing in search of that perfect one.
Losing fish is a part of fish keeping, we got a Giant gourami for our large community tank as most of the fish in there had died out of the years and wanted to grow it on as the other fish slowly died out, therefore it would be the remaining tank member. Fed it well the first night, all seemed fine until we got up and it had bullied our two silver sharks and a silver dollar to death, heartbreaking when we'd had the sharks for 6 years. Lost another silver dollar the next night but since then Gg and the remaining tank mates are ok as long as they know who is boss...
You live and learn even after 10 years or so....
You live and learn even after 10 years or so....
