candymancan
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Here are my discus..
I started having discus about 6 months ago. I keep them in my 44g Pentagon which I had just got when I started discus, originally I used a large piece of driftwood I found by the reservoir I live at.. was an old stump with its roots left.. But it took too much room.. So I eventually took it out... The discus I think liked it a lot because of the hiding places though. I changed my tank again after the second pics, new substrates and plants.. just hasn't taken a new pic yet. I have 2x Blue Turqs, 2x Sunset orange, 1 Snow flake, 1x Leopard discus, and 1 Blue Leopard..
Yes I know my tank looks kinda plain right now, but I had just re-sealed this tank after it leaked and I added new substrates so I had a lot of plants die off, and redid the entire layout to purposely make it more open.. I had driftwood and stuff in it and it made the tank too cluttered. I have 22 neons/cardinals with my discus, 3 electric blue rams, 1 german blue rams. I use Power compact lighting, 1 6700/6700 light and one Actinic 420/460 (blue and purple) The actinic lighting really makes discus,neons and my electric blue rams explode in color.
The orange ones I have had only for 2 months, they are about 3 months old now or so.. The white one I got about 3 months ago, the Leopard on the far left I have had about 4 months. The Blue turq on the bottom I have had for like 6 months now. And the 2 that are still coloring I have had for 6 months. Sadly one of them as you can see is still baby sized.. I dunno why his brother is like 4 inches now, but hes still about 2..
Same with my 2 oranges ones.. One is growing very fast, the other isn't.. My white one though is exploding in size.. Hes the biggest pig of all my discus and eats any kind of food I put in there.. I feed them Freeze dried bloomworms and tetra min flakes 3-4x a day, and do a 70-80% water change every 2 days, I use an Eheim 2217 canister, and a small HOB with purigen.
The big blue turq on the bottom is the alpha, the 2nd in line is the white one, then leopard and then goes down from there. I call the Blue turquoise Brutus because hes a bully, and the white one I call Snow flake. Sadly when I started out I purchased discus from Petco, Brutus was very sick, and almost died in their tanks.. I got him for $20, and he is stunted a little.. He has grown about 2 inches since I got him 6 months ago, he is about 4-5 inches now.. But I don't think he will get much above 5 inches.. The orange ones and ones still coloring up I got as babies from a local breeder, sadly one doesn't seem to grow so I doubt hell be more then 5 inches as well.. Snow flake I got in petco only 3 months ago.. By then I learned not to buy discus from Petco.. But he was so beautiful and ate like a pig and was so healthy.. Im very happy I spent the $80 on him.. He is growing so fast and is one my happiest fish I own.. He always greets me at the glass.. watches me when im on my computer and I can hand feed him.
I don't regret buying 3 of my discus from petco.. People bashed me for doing it, but I felt sorry for them.. Brutus had a broken arm, ich, was a heavy white slime coat, he was almost black.. and wouldn't eat he was on sale for $20.. I got him, nursed him back to health and now hes one of my best looking discus.. I don't regret buying a sick discus at all. I feel good nursing him back to life. I mean look at him.. Slightly stunted... but hes so beautiful and looks happy. I love watching Brutus eat.. when he grabs a big piece of bloodworm.. He shakes his head like a dog with a toy in his mouth.. No Joke.. he shakes his head back and forth and tears his food up like a shark !!
I started having discus about 6 months ago. I keep them in my 44g Pentagon which I had just got when I started discus, originally I used a large piece of driftwood I found by the reservoir I live at.. was an old stump with its roots left.. But it took too much room.. So I eventually took it out... The discus I think liked it a lot because of the hiding places though. I changed my tank again after the second pics, new substrates and plants.. just hasn't taken a new pic yet. I have 2x Blue Turqs, 2x Sunset orange, 1 Snow flake, 1x Leopard discus, and 1 Blue Leopard..
Yes I know my tank looks kinda plain right now, but I had just re-sealed this tank after it leaked and I added new substrates so I had a lot of plants die off, and redid the entire layout to purposely make it more open.. I had driftwood and stuff in it and it made the tank too cluttered. I have 22 neons/cardinals with my discus, 3 electric blue rams, 1 german blue rams. I use Power compact lighting, 1 6700/6700 light and one Actinic 420/460 (blue and purple) The actinic lighting really makes discus,neons and my electric blue rams explode in color.
The orange ones I have had only for 2 months, they are about 3 months old now or so.. The white one I got about 3 months ago, the Leopard on the far left I have had about 4 months. The Blue turq on the bottom I have had for like 6 months now. And the 2 that are still coloring I have had for 6 months. Sadly one of them as you can see is still baby sized.. I dunno why his brother is like 4 inches now, but hes still about 2..
Same with my 2 oranges ones.. One is growing very fast, the other isn't.. My white one though is exploding in size.. Hes the biggest pig of all my discus and eats any kind of food I put in there.. I feed them Freeze dried bloomworms and tetra min flakes 3-4x a day, and do a 70-80% water change every 2 days, I use an Eheim 2217 canister, and a small HOB with purigen.
The big blue turq on the bottom is the alpha, the 2nd in line is the white one, then leopard and then goes down from there. I call the Blue turquoise Brutus because hes a bully, and the white one I call Snow flake. Sadly when I started out I purchased discus from Petco, Brutus was very sick, and almost died in their tanks.. I got him for $20, and he is stunted a little.. He has grown about 2 inches since I got him 6 months ago, he is about 4-5 inches now.. But I don't think he will get much above 5 inches.. The orange ones and ones still coloring up I got as babies from a local breeder, sadly one doesn't seem to grow so I doubt hell be more then 5 inches as well.. Snow flake I got in petco only 3 months ago.. By then I learned not to buy discus from Petco.. But he was so beautiful and ate like a pig and was so healthy.. Im very happy I spent the $80 on him.. He is growing so fast and is one my happiest fish I own.. He always greets me at the glass.. watches me when im on my computer and I can hand feed him.
I don't regret buying 3 of my discus from petco.. People bashed me for doing it, but I felt sorry for them.. Brutus had a broken arm, ich, was a heavy white slime coat, he was almost black.. and wouldn't eat he was on sale for $20.. I got him, nursed him back to health and now hes one of my best looking discus.. I don't regret buying a sick discus at all. I feel good nursing him back to life. I mean look at him.. Slightly stunted... but hes so beautiful and looks happy. I love watching Brutus eat.. when he grabs a big piece of bloodworm.. He shakes his head like a dog with a toy in his mouth.. No Joke.. he shakes his head back and forth and tears his food up like a shark !!
