Discus Fish Question

[ThomasLC]

This is Ninja, He is a well eating  , good behavior growing fishy.  

My question is , he has these holes?? on the back area of his upper fin.  

They are in a pattern and doesn't seem to be fin rot or anything like that.

No other fish have any fin issue.  Ninja has no other fin issues.

Any ones else has a dicus with this hole pattern.

[Fish Folk]

On 8/16/2021 at 9:48 AM, ThomasLC said:

This is Ninja, He is a well eating  , good behavior growing fishy.  

My question is , he has these holes?? on the back area of his upper fin.  

They are in a pattern and doesn't seem to be fin rot or anything like that.

No other fish have any fin issue.  Ninja has no other fin issues.

Any ones else has a dicus with this hole pattern.

Probably fine. I find mine have occasional fin issues. As long as I (1) feed a healthy variety of foods, and (2) change water frequently enough (ca. 50%, 1x per week) the water quality stays up and anything that could lead to problems down the road clears up. Young discus like this take time to fully develop their final fin formations.

Now . . . maybe this is just something I've never encountered before. I'd be glad to learn! I enjoy watching the videos and tutorials posted over at Jack Wattley Discus. Good lessons there -- and some common ailments are addressed.

Here's ours . . .