discus not growing

[mikalli]

hi there would anyone be able to help me have 12 discus which are starting to grow immensely .except for one which hasnt grown much really at all which i got with 2 otheres the other 2 have started to grow except for one they all have been wormed and doing great .just one still is small and doesnt seem to of grown in the last 5 months .looks healthy but just know change in size.your help would be appreciated thanks

[mcloughlin2]

What size tank are they in?

What are the water parameters?

You always have a runt in the litter, so i'd say that this one is your runt, and at the bottom of the hierarchy system ...

[samir]

if you seperate the smaller ones and change water a lot they will catch up with the rest

[the_oracle]

There will definitely be runts in a group....... So, the small one is obviously your runt. You can try to separate the smaller ones in one tank while the bigger ones in another tank. Do frequent WC. BH feed to enhance their growth especially the smaller sized group. When feeding, try to disperse the food evenly throughout the tank...........
Hope that helps.


Sanie.