BigBen's Operation Discus

[Lee_k]

Glad everything is ok! - You'll be nervous wreck on the water change next week!

[Andys temperate tank]

I'm pleased all looks well Ben. You must have been sick as a chip yesterday.

[BigBen]

Glad everything is ok! - You'll be nervous wreck on the water change next week!

Yep! Although they've never gone mental like that before so hopefully never again.

I'm pleased all looks well Ben. You must have been sick as a chip yesterday.

I thought I was going to loose 3 fish yesterday so I'm relieved to say the least! The blue diamond is looking a bit peaky still but I think it'll recover fully. It can swim properly today.

[Lee_k]

my blue diamond sulked for longest after the tank change! - it nearly did a full week of refusing food, maybe there the biggest divas of all

[BigBen]

my blue diamond sulked for longest after the tank change! - it nearly did a full week of refusing food, maybe there the biggest divas of all

They're all eating but the stunted Moonstone is eating but last to the food, but that's nothing new. Just a little slower than usual.

The whiptails are settling in well, both are feeding well but have different habits. The darker (Mrs, I believe) loves frozen food and has no interest in dry foods, however the light coloured one (Mr, whiskers extend further down the belly) doesn't seem interested in Frozen but loves a tablet. Mr Whippy (wife names the fish...) needs to put on a bit of weight really so it's good that he eats the entire tablet on his own. They also have slightly different head shapes but I can't see anything online that would suggest it's an accurate way if sexing them.

[Vale!]

The darker ... loves frozen food and has no interest in dry foods, however the light coloured one ... doesn't seem interested in Frozen but loves a tablet.

Have you been tempted to offer them a sprat, just for the lolz?

[BigBen]

The darker ... loves frozen food and has no interest in dry foods, however the light coloured one ... doesn't seem interested in Frozen but loves a tablet.

Have you been tempted to offer them a sprat, just for the lolz?

Two points from that sentence. Firstly, I've missed the joke . Secondly, I can't say I've ever imagined you as the type of person that would come up with the line "just for the lolz"

[Feather_Borb]

I love the whiptails. Such snazzy looking fish.

[BigBen]

A week of the whiptails and all is going well, feeding and getting on with the discus. One thing of note is that they only use a 30cm area of the tank. Also, Mr Whippy likes to dig to plant roots, and Mrs Whippy is a fan of eating them, as shown by the digs at the base of the Staurogyne.

Mrs Whippy.

[Andys temperate tank]

I think Mr Whippy is after something Ben.

Do you have Cory's in here?