but a friend of mine who also keeps discus advised that i divide them , and i did now everything seems fine but ill keep an eye for them incase of anything going wrong.
@playboxfan When we buy discus fish we should buy them in a whole group.If you try to introduce to older discus new ones in particular if there is a pair ,it is very likely to have fights.New and small discus may be chased to death.Breeding them it is really difficult and in most cases they eat their own eggs.
and by the way , the tank is not newly setup , its only the design i just made it, the tank has been here for like 5-6 months now containing only the red melon pair and i used it at first as a breeding tank but with no success at spawning even tho i witnessed the pair cleaning the tube , recently i had the pair constantly fighting the snow white and blue diamond as they were newly added to the tank and that caused the new discus not to eat and very shy and cornered
@playboxfan It is very nice but it needs some time to settle because it is brand new.Pay attention to your discus behaviour if they are uneasy it is very possible that your black knife fish or the clown disturb them during the night and frighten them.Wait for some days and you will see.Remember that discus are very delicate fish and they want a quiet life...
@Lassiegreece thanks for the advise , i removed the black knife and the yellow gourami as they are fast swimmers and they do disturb the discus as i observed them following your advise , ill post an update of my aquarium in the near future just waiting for the new discus to finish quarantine time, thanks again lassie.
Beautiful and great job. I'd love to get some discus, however, I need to get a new setup. I'm afraid CJ, my four inch red devil would'nt take to kindly to something so beautiful.
@ILLGRIPSKI Thank you.Yes discus fish are compatible only with easy going fish,even fast swimmers can stress them a lot.Of the best companions are cardinal tetras and corydoras catfish.Mind you if you need algae cleaners choose plecos of the ancictrus family.The others can suck your discus during the night as they get older and drive them mad soon...
Whoa I don't know if it's your camera or what but those first two orange ones look like they have multi-colored splotches, are they discus muts or a special type? Just curious because they look awesome
@Cannonball970 There is chaos in the discus names.Exactly the same discus-fish colour is called in different ways form breeder to breeder so I don't care about the name any more.I look for healthy young discus fish which are as round as possible,I want them to have realtively small eyes (red or amber) and not to be afraid of my hand when I raise it close to their aquarium.These two could be anything betweed "pigeon bloods" or "marlboro",probably discus muts.
@aquiyosoyelrey Just have a look at my answers to the other comments here and you know all the secrets.Keeping hybrid discus (not wild and not breeding them) is like keeping any other tropical fish.In one sentence."Do not overcrowd them,feed them mainly granules two or three times per day only as much as they can consume in a few mimutes,use tap water if it doesn't contain any harmful substances and the ph is no more than 7 and change one fifth of the water every week."
I don't. I use tap water. The ph is 7 .These discus fish are hybrids and not wild,so most of them are grown up in a ph 7.I started keeping discus fish a few years ago and I was driven mad with the advice by all "experts".
If I had followed their advice in everything it would have cost me a fortune without a reason.I also noticed that young discus fish do not grow well in soft water.However,you need soft water for pairs and wild fish.
@je24t2 No,I don't I just add a thick blue liquid that disolves chlorine and I add some vitamins every week that I make a water change of approximately 70 litres.
@ryan12381793 All my plants have been growing really fast although I have never used a Co2 system.Probably the amount of Co2 produced naturally in it is enough to keep them alive and healthy.Mind you that I only keep hardy species like anubias,valisnerias tiger,cryptocorines etc.
They used to grow even faster when I had gravel but it'd fine with sand as well.
@ryan12381793 i use both.. CO2 and air pump. i use air pump with timer not all day. and i use tetra CO2.. they growing fast and healthy.. i think the theory to not using air pump is wrong.. maybe..
i also have discus in my tank so i have to use air pump for circulation
@sapiberbulu think of it this way, your tank is like a big soda bottle If you shake it up enough (surface agitation from filter, air pump, etc...) your soda (water) will become flat (no co2 in the water). It is recommended to use an air pump at night because once the lights go out, plants take up oxygen in the water in place of light to grow. This can drastically cut down the available amount of O2 in the water sometimes even suffocating fish to death. Its just best to not run air with lights on
@iver1985 I bought sand of neutral ph.Actually I was very lucky because I found it not at a pet store but in a store that sells building stuff.He has imported this type of sand especially for aquarists.
@Lassiegreece---you really just use water straight from the tap?you dont use REVERSE OSMOSIS?HOWCOME YOUR WATER LOOK SO CLEAR THEN.how about the PH of your water?did any of your discus laid eggs? i have 4marlboro red,my tank is bare bottom,cuz its easy to clean.my PH is 6.5 water temp 84.
i love discus fish wish i had an aquarium for them right now but your aquarium is amazing very beautiful and amazing looking fish they look very health and ver well taking care of very impressed
Thank you,all you need is a relatively big tank.Discus are not difficult to keep if you don't overcrowd them and your tap water is not very hard.A ph at 7 for hybrid discus is fine.
beautiful tank and fish, if you can help me out lassiegreece i'm new to discus care everyone have different method of water change, was wondering how you do yours to keep your discus that beautiful and health, and also what filtration system are your using if you can help me out thanks
how to you feed on type of fish a particualr type of food without the other type eating? cause i want to get a betta with some tetras and i wanna feed them betta and tetra food
I think that both of them would like to try the same type of food.However,if you think that you want a combination,put the two types if food in the same plastic container and mix them.Feed by hand or put the new mixture in the automatic dispenser.
Thank you,I have had two pairs in here but I haven't been very successful in keeping alive the babies although the fish are very healthy and kept in a seperate breeding tank.Anyway I enjoy them growing up really well in here.
Sounds like have good experience in introducing Discus into the tank. My tank is only 3 weels old and now has 15 Neon Tetra, 11 Harquin Rasboras and 7 Rumminose. When I could add some Discus? Do I have to low down the pH to 6.3 for Discus since now the pH is 6.5. Lower the pH more could harm the small fish? Thanks. How often you change the water for Discus?
if you can keep your tank at a consistent 6.5 you will be fine... its when your ph bounces you normally lose fish.. but if you can keepp it at a steady 6.5 everyone should live happily
Thank you,although they are not the cheapest fish to buy they didn't cost me that much as I tried to look for good prices in different stores.I haven't bought the most expensive specimens but I always looked for healthy little discus as round as possible.
It's a gporgeous aquarium, and i like the music. Based on your experience, how would i go about setting up a discus tank thats about 4-5 ft long, how long would i have to cycle it using small tetras before i could put some discus in?
If you have the right filter for the litres your aquarium holds,fill it up only with the porous material for the good bacteria to settle and put the one sponge at the top,turn on the heater at 29 degrees Celcius and after one week to ten days all cloudness must be gone.Introduce only two cardinal tetras for two days and if they look fine continue with the rest and the plecos.After five more days I would put my first two discus fish.
but a friend of mine who also keeps discus advised that i divide them , and i did now everything seems fine but ill keep an eye for them incase of anything going wrong.
sorry for the long reply.
playboxfan 5 months ago
@playboxfan When we buy discus fish we should buy them in a whole group.If you try to introduce to older discus new ones in particular if there is a pair ,it is very likely to have fights.New and small discus may be chased to death.Breeding them it is really difficult and in most cases they eat their own eggs.
Lassiegreece 5 months ago
and by the way , the tank is not newly setup , its only the design i just made it, the tank has been here for like 5-6 months now containing only the red melon pair and i used it at first as a breeding tank but with no success at spawning even tho i witnessed the pair cleaning the tube , recently i had the pair constantly fighting the snow white and blue diamond as they were newly added to the tank and that caused the new discus not to eat and very shy and cornered
playboxfan 5 months ago
very nice and colorful discus you got there, check my aquariumk and give me your opinion on it , id appreciate it.
thanks and good luck.
playboxfan 6 months ago
@playboxfan It is very nice but it needs some time to settle because it is brand new.Pay attention to your discus behaviour if they are uneasy it is very possible that your black knife fish or the clown disturb them during the night and frighten them.Wait for some days and you will see.Remember that discus are very delicate fish and they want a quiet life...
Lassiegreece 6 months ago
@Lassiegreece thanks for the advise , i removed the black knife and the yellow gourami as they are fast swimmers and they do disturb the discus as i observed them following your advise , ill post an update of my aquarium in the near future just waiting for the new discus to finish quarantine time, thanks again lassie.
playboxfan 5 months ago
Beautiful and great job. I'd love to get some discus, however, I need to get a new setup. I'm afraid CJ, my four inch red devil would'nt take to kindly to something so beautiful.
ILLGRIPSKI 6 months ago
@ILLGRIPSKI Thank you.Yes discus fish are compatible only with easy going fish,even fast swimmers can stress them a lot.Of the best companions are cardinal tetras and corydoras catfish.Mind you if you need algae cleaners choose plecos of the ancictrus family.The others can suck your discus during the night as they get older and drive them mad soon...
Lassiegreece 6 months ago
calculate:οne discus fish per 40 litres
Lassiegreece 6 months ago
I was wondering I have a 70 gallon tank how many discus do u think I can fit in there I dont wanna overcrowed them? Reply plz
mg9174 6 months ago
Beautiful tank, love the live plants and the idea of combining cardinals and neons is very unique.
natedubes1 6 months ago
Whoa I don't know if it's your camera or what but those first two orange ones look like they have multi-colored splotches, are they discus muts or a special type? Just curious because they look awesome
Cannonball970 7 months ago
@Cannonball970 There is chaos in the discus names.Exactly the same discus-fish colour is called in different ways form breeder to breeder so I don't care about the name any more.I look for healthy young discus fish which are as round as possible,I want them to have realtively small eyes (red or amber) and not to be afraid of my hand when I raise it close to their aquarium.These two could be anything betweed "pigeon bloods" or "marlboro",probably discus muts.
Lassiegreece 7 months ago
how do you keep them alive and so healthty? my question may sound dumb but every time talk to an "expert" they all say something different
thanks
aquiyosoyelrey 7 months ago
@aquiyosoyelrey Just have a look at my answers to the other comments here and you know all the secrets.Keeping hybrid discus (not wild and not breeding them) is like keeping any other tropical fish.In one sentence."Do not overcrowd them,feed them mainly granules two or three times per day only as much as they can consume in a few mimutes,use tap water if it doesn't contain any harmful substances and the ph is no more than 7 and change one fifth of the water every week."
Lassiegreece 7 months ago
More like a tetra aquarium.. but hell, its not like my discus tank isn't half tetra ;)
UberFiseh 10 months ago
How much did you spend?
thomashof415 1 year ago
@thomashof415
Not much as I didn't buy the aquarium ready from a company but it was created piece by piece at home.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
How do you keep your water at a soft level
samuelrayniak 1 year ago
@samuelrayniak
I don't. I use tap water. The ph is 7 .These discus fish are hybrids and not wild,so most of them are grown up in a ph 7.I started keeping discus fish a few years ago and I was driven mad with the advice by all "experts".
If I had followed their advice in everything it would have cost me a fortune without a reason.I also noticed that young discus fish do not grow well in soft water.However,you need soft water for pairs and wild fish.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
@Lassiegreece
Do you filter out the fluoride from your tap water?
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je24t2 1 year ago
@je24t2 No,I don't I just add a thick blue liquid that disolves chlorine and I add some vitamins every week that I make a water change of approximately 70 litres.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
i love these fish
samuelrayniak 1 year ago
im using 1:37 as my desktop pic! Its beautiful... ty.
RCGeek1 1 year ago
@RCGeek1 Thank you for telling me,you are welcome. :-)
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
Im guessing you dont have a co2 system seeing you are using an air pump and air stone cuz that would just outgass all the co2 in the water.
ryan12381793 1 year ago
@ryan12381793 All my plants have been growing really fast although I have never used a Co2 system.Probably the amount of Co2 produced naturally in it is enough to keep them alive and healthy.Mind you that I only keep hardy species like anubias,valisnerias tiger,cryptocorines etc.
They used to grow even faster when I had gravel but it'd fine with sand as well.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
@Lassiegreece either way your tank is absolutely beautiful! great job
ryan12381793 1 year ago
@Lassiegreece Thank you!
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
@ryan12381793 i use both.. CO2 and air pump. i use air pump with timer not all day. and i use tetra CO2.. they growing fast and healthy.. i think the theory to not using air pump is wrong.. maybe..
i also have discus in my tank so i have to use air pump for circulation
sapiberbulu 1 year ago
@sapiberbulu think of it this way, your tank is like a big soda bottle If you shake it up enough (surface agitation from filter, air pump, etc...) your soda (water) will become flat (no co2 in the water). It is recommended to use an air pump at night because once the lights go out, plants take up oxygen in the water in place of light to grow. This can drastically cut down the available amount of O2 in the water sometimes even suffocating fish to death. Its just best to not run air with lights on
ryan12381793 1 year ago
I like it, but I think that there are too many fish for that tank.
milomadzin 1 year ago
@milomadzin i see 8-10 discus and some tetras this is a 100g tank
johntrierweiler 1 year ago
Your tank looks awesome!!! So using sand is better? Isn't that sand increases the ph?
iver1985 1 year ago
@iver1985 I bought sand of neutral ph.Actually I was very lucky because I found it not at a pet store but in a store that sells building stuff.He has imported this type of sand especially for aquarists.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
that must be really hard to clean?
jjgentle1821 1 year ago
@jjgentle1821 No,quite the opposite.It is very easy because you don't have to clean
very often.Actually a number of bacteria accumulated at the bottom are necessary
for the good growth of discus fish.
Now I have replaced the gravel with sand and I almost never clean it.
An easy going aquarium that is filled with water straight from the tap.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
@Lassiegreece---you really just use water straight from the tap?you dont use REVERSE OSMOSIS?HOWCOME YOUR WATER LOOK SO CLEAR THEN.how about the PH of your water?did any of your discus laid eggs? i have 4marlboro red,my tank is bare bottom,cuz its easy to clean.my PH is 6.5 water temp 84.
jjgentle1821 1 year ago
@jjgentle1821
I have sent you the answer through my e-mail
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
i love discus fish wish i had an aquarium for them right now but your aquarium is amazing very beautiful and amazing looking fish they look very health and ver well taking care of very impressed
thefishguy89 1 year ago
@thefishguy89
Thank you,all you need is a relatively big tank.Discus are not difficult to keep if you don't overcrowd them and your tap water is not very hard.A ph at 7 for hybrid discus is fine.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
@Lassiegreece
How would a 55 be, or should i use my 120? (Gallons)
chngngsldr54 1 year ago
It depends on what you like.Tell me the type of fish you like more and send me your e-mail to tell you more.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
@Lassiegreece
I meant... discus
chngngsldr54 1 year ago
Send me your e-mail because I can't give you all the advice needed here.
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
Beautiful set up with very beautiful fish!
sebological 1 year ago
Thank you!
Lassiegreece 1 year ago
only i can say is harmony :)
lapciuchy 2 years ago
Thank you,very kind of you!
Lassiegreece 2 years ago
beautiful tank and fish, if you can help me out lassiegreece i'm new to discus care everyone have different method of water change, was wondering how you do yours to keep your discus that beautiful and health, and also what filtration system are your using if you can help me out thanks
tdpit 2 years ago
a quick question
how to you feed on type of fish a particualr type of food without the other type eating? cause i want to get a betta with some tetras and i wanna feed them betta and tetra food
so how do i do it?
gogomushie 2 years ago
I think that both of them would like to try the same type of food.However,if you think that you want a combination,put the two types if food in the same plastic container and mix them.Feed by hand or put the new mixture in the automatic dispenser.
Lassiegreece 2 years ago
Beautiful aquarium!
venGTti 2 years ago
Beautifull!!!! think that pretty much sums it up:)
jen09adam 2 years ago
file einai panemorfo!
panosor 2 years ago
Σ'ευχαριστώ,αν θελήσεις να φτιάξεις ένα σαν κι' αυτό ευχαρίστως να σε βοηθήσω όσο μπορώ.
Lassiegreece 2 years ago
Όσες προσπάθειες και αν έκανα φίλε τα αποτελέσματα ήταν απογοητευτικά, οπότε είπα να κάνω ένα διάλειμμα τωρα και εχω μόνο ένα χρυσόψαρο.
panosor 2 years ago
Beautiful discus! Looks like you even got a pair in there already! =]
slunkyapple 2 years ago
Thank you,I have had two pairs in here but I haven't been very successful in keeping alive the babies although the fish are very healthy and kept in a seperate breeding tank.Anyway I enjoy them growing up really well in here.
Lassiegreece 2 years ago
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Resoreka99 2 years ago
Sounds like have good experience in introducing Discus into the tank. My tank is only 3 weels old and now has 15 Neon Tetra, 11 Harquin Rasboras and 7 Rumminose. When I could add some Discus? Do I have to low down the pH to 6.3 for Discus since now the pH is 6.5. Lower the pH more could harm the small fish? Thanks. How often you change the water for Discus?
bnguyen923 2 years ago
if you can keep your tank at a consistent 6.5 you will be fine... its when your ph bounces you normally lose fish.. but if you can keepp it at a steady 6.5 everyone should live happily
Impalascraper 2 years ago
Beautiful set up.and discus How big is your tank?
bnguyen923 2 years ago
Thank you,it's 400 litres.
Lassiegreece 2 years ago
Very nice tank and very beautiful discus!
dipas1 2 years ago
Thank you.
Lassiegreece 2 years ago
really nice discus you got there. must have cost you a fortune but it's probably worth every penny!
seel1990 2 years ago
Thank you,although they are not the cheapest fish to buy they didn't cost me that much as I tried to look for good prices in different stores.I haven't bought the most expensive specimens but I always looked for healthy little discus as round as possible.
Lassiegreece 2 years ago
Nice Tank, 5 stars from me =o)
Pellegrino80 3 years ago
Thank you very much! :-)
Lassiegreece 3 years ago
cool tank, nice fish.Great color, did u raise them.
babblandscape 3 years ago
Thank you.I bought them from stores when they were pretty young and I brought them up.Although I am good at it,I haven't produced my own discus yet
Lassiegreece 3 years ago
nice fichtank!
Galoppertje 3 years ago
Thank you very much.
Lassiegreece 3 years ago
Beautiful tank, and so relaxing to watch!
amaya2123 3 years ago
Thank you,it relaxes me a lot after a hard day's work.
Lassiegreece 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing this. Awesome tank and waterscaping, discus are cool but i really love large schools of C. Tetras. 5 star tank all around.
clASicOner 3 years ago
Thanks for your comment.C.Tetras are really beautiful!
Lassiegreece 3 years ago
It's a gporgeous aquarium, and i like the music. Based on your experience, how would i go about setting up a discus tank thats about 4-5 ft long, how long would i have to cycle it using small tetras before i could put some discus in?
Ingiequeen 3 years ago
Dear Ingiequeen,
If you have the right filter for the litres your aquarium holds,fill it up only with the porous material for the good bacteria to settle and put the one sponge at the top,turn on the heater at 29 degrees Celcius and after one week to ten days all cloudness must be gone.Introduce only two cardinal tetras for two days and if they look fine continue with the rest and the plecos.After five more days I would put my first two discus fish.
Lassiegreece 3 years ago