Dealing with discus aggression

[@frankschannel2642]

So much wisdom in this practical advice. Kudos, Gabe.

[@WildFishTanks]

Excellent info Gabe for discus aggression and cichlid aggression in general

[@drScorp1on]

As always, clear, concise, just gold.

[@MARKLINMAN1]

Love these guys, NO BS, truthful and accurate info. 👍👍👍👍

[@craigslade2766]

Thanks Gabe, you talked about exactly what I experienced with my Discus when I first got them. I've had them since late November of 2018. Feeding time can get quite roudy. I use two cone feeders now, and it's the wierdest thing, the second most dominant fish tries to dominate the second feeder. I really only notice the aggressive behavior when I use the cone feeders. I intervene when necessary to make sure all 6 fish get the food they need. Thanks again for the video. You nailed it!

[@pokeellen3820]

Thank you so much for the advice 😊, it's been a while I'm looking for a solution on this topic. These information really helps me a lot to improve my self on caring my discus . My discus were under crowd at the moment I watched the video but, now I have 8 of them on my tank , now I'm having a peaceful discus troop in my tank. I hope more videos will pop up like this which helps people like me who likes to keep discus fish with a healthy diet and happy environment . Thank you so much for the information 😍

[@johnday8204]

Very good sound advice gabe

[@cindyannohara]

Awesome video as usual your topic is spot on! Gabe you know your stuff!! And it’s awesome that you also love to share your love! We all appreciate it. There is so much info out there and much of it is not that great. Your videos are exactly what anyone who loves discus need to know. Gabe as you know I’ve definitely had this problem and your advice is totally true. I move them around and add one but generally keeping tanks with similar colors seem to be my magic in large group (but I never over crowd) ! Great video and thank you so much for sharing it is appreciated! I watch every one!

[@mahoney2002]

When i see your Videos it allways remembers me when my friend had his big Discus Tank. It was 3.6m long and 0.8m high and with. I rembember bringing that in through the window and three years later it was the beautiest tank i have ever seen. The whole lengs with plants everywhere,40cm plants in the background are high plants. Some times you cant see any discus and people asking " Are there big fishs in? ". Then he brings some food and out of the green coming 10 beautiful and big pairs of discus, then the eyes of the people getting bigger and bigger. He paid here in germany round 5000€ only for plants the most expensive pair of discus was 1400€

[@markadams9401]

How can anyone give Gabe a thumbs down? Gabe, I'm just beginning my research to have a tank of Discus and you'll have a customer in me sir.

[@joshmeldrum27]

So True. Just let them sort it out.

[@mustaqahmed9812]

Love the way you explain things, it's easy to understand. Your video is informational & educational for beginners.

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Thanks enjoy.

[@Obiter3]

Exactly my problem, just 2 discus. This confirms the third that should be arriving today will likely chill out the aggressor. Thanks very much for posting

[@jordanwhiteley3002]

Hi i am currently having the same problem, on got 2 discus today. did getting a 3rd help with the aggression?

[@Galaxy-vk2vk]

Just got 2 new discus for my tank and now I have 3 discus and an angel fish in my 60 gallon and i now see my old discus chasing down my 2 new ones smh. Thanks for the video, I had no idea about pecking order

[@arunnarayanmal]

Thank you explained acurately about my doubt thank you.

[@Alex_Correa]

The same happens with Altums. LOL! Yup, food all over the place and move stuff around. Thanks you so much for all the tips!

[@jonb705]

Thank you just answered my question 100% 👍🙏

[@janicerosenthal8798]

Gabe love watching all your videos , even going back and watching the older ones . Thank you for helping in fish world especially with the beautiful discus ❤️

[@josephkent3238]

Thank you for your time

[@syalalaputri1802]

Wow. This is really on point. You really undestand them huh

[@rreingold]

Great advice. Can learn a lot from these vids.

[@younga.d172]

This video is so helpful “Thank you”

[@EastCoastPGS]

Great videos Gabe! No flashy fancy stuff straight to the point and you know what your talking about. So many novice people nowadays making fishroom videos giving crappy advice.

[@elimecham4858]

Got 6 in my 75 gal and constantly am moving rocks around. Always have a bully controlling half the tank

[@EnragedSeaCow]

i just commented on another video of yours how i have a brown discus with black stripes... he looks just like a baby version of the brown and blue one you show clips of. i looked at mine and i swear my mind must be playing games because he has a light blue outline on his fins! i am in the boat right now that i need more discus...i have a 55 with only 2 and one is clearly dominant. no harm done just pecking order for sure. Love the channel!! so informative

[@Av987]

Thanks man, good info and straight to the point

[@subbayarai1464]

Damn I should have found this video yesterday. I just replaced my discus because of this. It was a beautiful black one

[@aldrintumbiga4413]

Nice info Gabe...

[@hakimyusof55]

Very impressive,

[@gezeb8323]

thank you so much for your video /cheer

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Enjoy

[@jamesclough2638]

I love your videos. So much help. Thank you.

[@dhanaraja2735]

Well explained. Thank you

[@1stexecutiveconstruction]

Got one bully!!! Getting 3 more so he can stop all the crap lol

[@akshaynaidu2070]

Thank you so much for this.

[@lucifermorningstar-lk9ow]

Please sir make one video about feeding discus other than heart mix. ...best flake food best pellets

[@pnw_element9822]

Awesome this guys knows it all when it comes to discus

[@MRBOBBY8706]

Are ya'll going to Aquashella in Dallas? I like that Wattley Turq and would like to see them in person. Also, love the video and the practical conversational language used to deliver the message. Very effective and more understandable. Good job!

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Thanks. Don't see how we're going to have time to attend. We were invited.

[@MiguelSanchez-lp4uf]

Enorme la sabiduría adquirida con el paso de los años pero la comunidad de latinos parlantes en español le agradecemos los subtítulos

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

No hay necesidad de subtítulos amigo. Acabamos de hacer 9 vídeos completamente en Español para ustedes. Mañana sale el primero.

[@MiguelSanchez-lp4uf]

@@JackWattleyDiscus Muy agradecido soy su seguidor número uno en la entrevista con acuario tv resolvió Varias dudas respecto al cuidado de los peses saludos cordiales y gracias por tomarnos en cuenta

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

@@MiguelSanchez-lp4uf síganos que ahora empezamos con los vídeos en Español.

[@Vedhas_DadsDiscus]

Thanks Gab❤️

[@TONY_FEZ]

I had one big red discus (more or a purple really) who was so aggressive, he was like a Red Devil. I tried everything that Gabe is suggesting here but he would continually pick on another male in the tank to the point where he was totally beaten up, his lips were frayed from fighting all day and he had scales missing. In the end, I got rid of the big male who was a fish that i loved - he was so tame he not only eat out of my hard, he would swim into my hand like he wanted me to nurse him!

[@CrowntailHalfmoon]

Thank you Mr Gabe Could you explain how you culture red worms that u fed in video? Correct me if I'm wrong but From my experience it's best to have about 6 to 8 individuals when starting discus at various sizes some big some medium and so on. Everyone wantes big discus even myself but after learning hard way most of bigger ones from spawn tends to be males and with a tank of only males testosterone grows into aggression. Also as you mentioned of the ranking status i had one that wouldn't grow beyond a certain size and would get bully by rest. I felt sad and removed it. Know what next happened the smallest size one got bullied. Key is to have appropriate stocking requirements and various sizes. Definitely not 2 in one tank unless its a pair. IMO If you want to grow the 2 individual they should be separated. Hope this helps some1.

[@JoseLuisSariegoPérez]

Mi saludo desde cuba, muchísimas felicidades.me gustan mucho sus videos, pero solo entiendo el español

[@MBBTigger1357]

I have 4 adult discus. One is obviously smaller though. She is very thin. The other discus chase her away if she tries to eat. I try to play the psychologist and put food in two opposing sides of the tank. She is definitely going to die if I let it continue. Should I put the 3 aggressors in a separate tank or the one that is getting torn apart? The 3 aggressors are beating the heck of her. They also mob attack her.

[@ib4296]

Thank you i noticed my discus chase my angel fish during feeding or the other discus so i was concerned if that was normal.

[@lokilou2010]

Gonna be moving soon, could you do a video on how to keep your discus safe n stress free from a move??? Thanx!!!

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

I like that one. Looking forward

[@valentinak5420]

Thanks for the video, very helpful. You are amazing 👍😆

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Thank you for watching. Glad it helped.

[@seansaunders1694]

Great video Gabe!

[@sandeepawanigasekara4526]

👍👍👍 Thanks!

[@ychsing12]

Smart solutions 👌

[@nadeemshah5613]

Nice advise sir keep it up My discuss was aggressive to other I m worry but now I don't worry

[@josemontalvo4532]

Discus are the best! Thank you for sharing! Can you house two breeding pairs in a decent size tank? What is the ideal temperature range for the Discus. I’m a Tetra guy, so I know my water is too cool (78 Degrees ) for the Discus.

[@romcapprotti7477]

I just started keeping discus have a mini quarantine tank the first for five days they were getting along great but I noticed the last couple days when I was kind of hiding under the hang on filter and then I could see why. The other one was nudging him just kind of bumping into him and this has been going on for the last couple days. The funny thing is I just went to the store and came back and they’re swimming side-by-side like buddies fish drive me crazy.But by listening to you I need to get at least one more that’ll make it three and then maybe two more because I only have a 55 gallon tank

[@barrabass69]

Buenas Por que no lo haces tambien en castellano? Seria genial

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Ya hemos hecho 9 vídeos que están editando.

[@javinuclear]

Estoy de acuerdo. Este en particular me interesaría muchísimo

[@adamkabalec9593]

Thanks again , 4 yes

[@elgezouliabdul4973]

Thanks all your vedios help thanks Gabe . I hope your are fine during this covid19. I wish you health and safety you are the master of all discus breeders. Stay safe Nasir from belgium

[@gabrielbrensjimenez3191]

Excelent brother

[@Orlycuba4ever]

En español también sería bueno o subtítulos como dijo alguien un abrazo Gabriel

[@Druzielduran]

Por favor.

[@amitshankar1437]

Sir, Excellent information....kindly suggest good medicine for black beard algae...and also way to remove algae from drift wood Thanks

[@nathanmccook133]

So I have a 350gal tank(8'×3'×2'tall) its not pure discus but a mix peaceful new world tank. Have a few angels, some small acaras and dwarf cichlids like rams and apistos, and then the center piece is a big adult pair of true parrots. I currently have six 4.5" or so discus in that tank. 3 were recently added so they are currently learning their spot in the pecking order. With that size tank how many discus would be the ideal balance?

[@cesarmerlos2440]

Buen día, ojala pudieran hacer estos videos también en español

[@Chinitocuba]

Nice video!!! Again😃👍🏻

[@aaronboner1181]

I have a 55 gallon with 3 discus and 9 tetras. Would it be too much to add 2 more discus?

[@elgezouliabdul4973]

Thank you very much, once you gave me an advise about stressed fish and it works perfect, now I have 6 discus in 240 L aquarium 5 of them came together but the last one just I put it 2 days ago and I can tell you the 5 are against this poor one , shall I add 2 more or what shall I do ,please note I am not having lot of decoration also no tank mate . Thanks

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Never add just one.

[@elgezouliabdul4973]

@@JackWattleyDiscus So Shall I go ahead and add two more, would that help then total is 8 in 240 L Please advise Thanks

[@ThePsantos2397]

question how many discus in a 110 gallon with angels

[@melaniegonzalez5547]

Is it ok to have 2 discus and 2 angelfish in a 55 gallon?

[@R1313-p6d]

What if I have a 40 gallon tank, what is the recommended number of discus fishes

[@Acepilot2k7]

1 per 10 gallons so 4. If you can do a 55 gallon, 6 is okay.

[@sonubumbak4266]

Sir I have 6 Discus 3inch size I feed only one time in a day I feeding Australian Blackworm it is good for Discus and Sir who time Can I change the water in one day

[@MakoyUnggoy]

Australian Blackworms are a good choice for feeding

[@clemmahabir]

My male Discus is 4yrs now and when I bought him there was two of them one male and one female. I have never kept Discus before but other tropical fish I've kept. The Discus were young juveniles at the time and I had known Idea they were going to grown so big and beautiful. One day as they got older the male started picking on the female and I thought oh well breeding is on and I've experienced Angels breeding before. The male just kept bullying the female eventually she died lack of food and became very thin from the stress. I had no other tank at the time to move the male Discus. Latter on I added some younger Discus to tank and He started to bully them too and they ended also dying. This Discus lives on his own in a nice planted community tank and is the boss of the tank. I would love to add more Discus to this tank or move him in eventually to my Altums tanks planted. I think I will start the Altums tanks with new Discus first and see latter on If he wi'll adapt. My Discus is a pigeon blood and of good quality too it would of been nice if he had a female to mate with this Discus came from a good breeder in Asia as I'm told.

[@lawg2909]

I have 6 healthy discus, all are active and eating a lot. But 1 of them is always chasing the same discus. It's just the 2 of them(both golden yellow) that are agressive with each other. What should i do? How do i stop them? I dont have an extra tank to separate them. Any advice please.

[@rahul9787]

Hello Gabe I have 6 of them in my 40G growout, but the smallest one that is a Red Refflesia is taking nuts out of all and he is always aggressive, one of my Scribble discus is turning black becuse of him. Is there any cure for that or I have replace it. FYI the aggressive one is the last that I dropped in the tank.

[@lebonestevez4828]

i have a 75 gallon tank. what would be the recommended amount of discus

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

6-8

[@jasonthompson8147]

Hey was just wondering how many would you say would be good for a 75 gallon tank.

[@jasonthompson8147]

And would you say it is ok to plant the tank

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

@@jasonthompson8147 yes on the planting and 6 being the maximum.

[@jasonthompson8147]

@@JackWattleyDiscus THANKS FOR INFO

[@heathercurtis3428]

How many discus do you recommend for 170 gallon tank (has cardinals and cory's too)?

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

15 max

[@heathercurtis3428]

@@JackWattleyDiscus Thank you!

[@jaroslawgruszka7013]

How much of them i can have in 200 l akwarium? I have 4 of discus . 2 of them i added yesterday. The hed discus is bulling them badly. .

[@zaferyavas4224]

pls make a video on fry gill fluke treatment. other than deworming the adults what medications would u recommend. pp or prazi. thanks.

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

We will. PP treatment

[@michaeldunner7891]

How to stop discus from breeding?

[@ndk6987]

Hello, what should I do to pair up dicus any tips for fast pairing up

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

No such thing as fast pairing. When it's time and when the conditions are correct they will pair off for you.

[@Ezunit1991]

How many discus for a 125 gal, also 8 angelfish

[@saadmaanshahrier]

hey can i keep a single discuss in a 30-40g tank/?

[@adithya4993]

At what size do discus begin to breed

[@bendalton18]

I have 2 discus that have got on for over 4 months now! Best friends it looked like always together never leaving each others side, always wiggling fins at each other! Over the last 2 days the one I presume a male seems to be chasing and giving the other presume a female a good old beating? Any ideas anyone please

[@igorlukovic]

Could you please do a video on Discus Plague, also known as Black Death disease? I just lost one of my discus 2 days ago, due to this condition. Have you ever experienced this and is there way how to cure/deal with this nasty disease? Thank you

[@shahidfishworld1632]

Hello sir my name is Shahid, and I'm from India ,I beg to say that I have 5 discus fries, and one of them very naughty, started to bullying every fish and injured them. What to do please suggest me ,

[@robertoromero8053]

My discus have claimed little areas of the tank and 1 has no place. No matter where it goes it gets attacked regardless. They are young, only 3 inches. The big one is 5 inches and does not hurt the other smaller discus. I've separated the most aggressive discus because it would go out of it's way to attack the other small discus. Even so, the one discus that has no place of it's own is still getting beat up and not eating. I've never seen a starving fish until this discus, because it's gotten to the point where it just doesnt eat. Even when I put food in a spot where only it is at, it'll try, fail to eat, and just go back down and look stressed.

[@tillyatales5542]

True

[@rai.shraavan]

What kind of worm can I feed my new 3 cm blue diamonds with? I feed them with pellets right now and my aquarists tell feed them blood worm for faster growth . Is it okay to feed them with worms?

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Forget worms. Beef heart and pellets

[@rai.shraavan]

@@JackWattleyDiscus I appreciate your comment

[@steverogers9275]

@@JackWattleyDiscus Totally agree. I started feeding a small runt cobalt discus exclusively the D 50 pellets and your beef heart mix after separating him to another tank while the agreesors continued to be fed frozen brine shrimp and CA blackworms. After just a couple of months this cobalt now eats far more than all other 7 discus combined! And he does so with gusto! His eyes went from black to vibrant red, his color popped and he has grown in diameter. I now want to condition the other discus to the pellets and beef heart as well.

[@sajika.k308]

Can I use power head in discus tank 3.5 x1.5 x1.5 ? Does the water circulation /w. Current give them discomfort?

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Discus don't like too much current they will hide under the pump where it's dead current

[@ectoninja]

Maybe undercrowding is our problem. I have a 55 gallon tank set up and 2 full grown discus in it with a few mollies. One discus is always a complete douche to the other one and the other fish in the tank. He got removed to a tank by himself for a good while and we are trying to reintroduce him to the community tank again.

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

One always sits with a bullseye on its back. You need a third or a fourth to real the monotony

[@nppazcar4426]

my Silver dollar fish developed black dots - who knows what it is and how to treat it

[@SuperFishbreeder]

I find the more discus u have the less bully because bully can't get every discus so everyone get to eat

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Agreed. The volume controls the bullies.

[@szabocsaba3821]

Can I keep discus with green neon tetra?

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Yes you can.

[@szabocsaba3821]

@@JackWattleyDiscus Nice! :) Thanks for the answer!

[@adamskippy3279]

Do you feed your discus with tubifex???

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Never. The only live food is California Black worms

[@CeboAquatics]

i had 4 discus in a 55 gallon. one fish grew alot faster than the rest.... and it started beating up the rest. i moved all the discus that were bete up to an angel extra tank 40 gallon vreeder and they are doing great. ... so one disucs in a 55 by himlef cus hes too mean.

[@michaeldunner7891]

Can discus eat only frozen blood worms

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

What happens the day you cannot find any and that's all they're used to eating?

[@michaeldunner7891]

@@JackWattleyDiscus ok I understand, tell me how to switch them from worms to pellets

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

@@michaeldunner7891 fast them for 3 days. Raise the temp to 86F.

[@michaeldunner7891]

@@JackWattleyDiscus ok thanks

[@michaeldunner7891]

@@JackWattleyDiscus do both at the same time?

[@varunmoothayil5657]

My discus fishes are attacking on one of my red melon discus and it is not eating , standing at a corner

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Time to add more discus or isolate

[@varunmoothayil5657]

@@JackWattleyDiscus , won't they stop it ???

[@ianferguson4728]

I'm finding that aggression is more prevelant than it was 30 years ago. Especially with pigeon bloods. Interesting to know if anyone else experienced this.

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

You may have the perfect mix of Discus and have achieved this naturally.

[@tittinordstrom3356]

I'm kind of dealing with this right now, part from one discus bullying, four of mine are total a-holes. 264 gallons, 18 discus, 6 young ones. The biggest problems are with the, for a lack of a better word, "third wheels". 1 pair that spawn regularly, another pair were happy for a while until a young female wanted this male, and all hell broke loose. The two girls (seen eggs come out of them both so I know they are girls) fought so intensely, the now ex-girlfriend hurt herself badly on the talawa wood, and had to be treated in a separate tank. She got well and got back in the tank. Things got even worse. Then this other pair, the oldest male and the oldest female, have a young male that tries to get her and is constantly bothering them, and is being very aggressive towards all the other discus when they cross "his" half of the tank. The other half is being ruled by this nasty young bi*#h, so the rest of the pack are so stressed out, they try to hide most of the time. Like this would not be enough, I have 2 orange melon teenagers that seems to be bullying everybody as well as each other. Is there any particular color of discus that has the tendency to be aggressive, ore is it just a co-incident that my white ghosts and orange melons are the most snappy ones, while all the blue turquoise and blue diamonds are trying to stay away from trouble..? This has been going on for a couple of months already, and I'm starting to get pretty tired of this situation, and if things don't cool down soon, the evil 4 will have to move out. Here I was thinking angels were nasty! The age of my discus are between five years and one-one and a half

[@fxb3805]

TOP!

[@Holger-ki2cc]

True words About underpopulation in the tank. This is what i say Always to the People, but most of them dont want to hear that.

[@MrPoohbae1000]

Do having smaller discus in with larger discus stunt there growth

[@JackWattleyDiscus]

Yes