Recent content by jfclk33

I'm fairly new myself. I've had aquariums for about two years now. I got started about 3 years ago, when I lived in Florida and had a neighbor that had tanks her whole life, so I learned a lot from her. I took a little time off when I moved here and got started again about a year ago. I...

Hey Dale. Another member from Ann Arbor here. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Well, here's a quick update. Three of the four sick discus are back to normal. The fourth one is better, but not quite back to normal yet. I do think it will fully recover though. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Tank temp is 82.5 and four of my five discus are infected. I talked to someone at my LFS that keeps discus and she said something bacterial is probably the root of the problem. I am using metro and paragaurd per her suggestion. Two of the four infected discus actually look better today, so...

My Discus are in pretty rough shape. I have attached a picture and am hoping someone can tell me what they have. It looks like some kind of fungus, but I'm not sure. This is a 125 gallon tank I change 60% of the water twice a week My water parameters are good: Ammonia - 0 ppm...

Do you have juveniles or full grown discus in your tank? I was just curious if you were doing that many water changes on a grow out tank, or if that is your main tank? Also, how do you do a 100% water change? Sorry OP, I don't mean to hijack your thread. I just didn't think it appropriate...

I do 50%-60% PWC twice a week in my tank and I vacuum the full tank bottom each time and I have never had any problems because of this. There are a few times I've gone a week between changes and I couldn't imagine going any longer than that without vacuuming the bottom. BTW, I change that...

OK, Thanks. I'll get the 50W.

I was wondering if a 100 watt heater is too much for a 10 gallon tank? I am getting one to set up as a hospital/QT tank (will thoroughly clean between uses). My concern is that if I need to raise the temp to 86 or so for ICH in the winter time, a 50 watt heater won't keep up since room temp is...

I did Google the turquoise jewels and they are really nice looking fish. Also, I do have a fake coral for a centerpiece in that tank, so hopefully some of the fry make it. Thanks again for the advice. At least now I know which ones shouldn't be together in there.

Dragonfish, I actually thought about making it a jewel tank like you suggested. I do like those fish, especially when they color up like the two I've got now. Of course, that probably has a lot to do with the breeding. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I actually had a community tank before I moved with discus and and a few other types of fish, so I'm familiar with keeping them. The main thing with them is frequent water changes and stable ph. I agree that they are definitely not as forgiving as some other fish.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I guess it's time to consider finding a new home for some of my fish. I just have to decide which way I want to go. I've actually been considering re homing all of the cichlids and getting some discus. The only problem is that it's hard to find some nice discus...

Right now, the jewels, the jack, and the oscar are pretty close in size. They probably range from 3-4", the jewels being smallest, and the Oscar being the biggest right now. So what you're saying is that the mixing of those fish is normally not a problem, but now that the jewels are breeding...

I was checking out my tank this morning and was shocked to see that my jewels had a bunch of fry. I didn't even know they were male and female, let alone mating. If I want to try and keep them, should I get them out of there or just leave them and let the parents protect them? They seem to be...