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I have thick skin so no harm in telling me what’s real.
3 of the discuss are 3 years old and the other two are over 1.5 years old. Not sure that’ means there is an issue.
They all seem to thrive and act correctly.
If they were in a poor setup I would have had issues over the past...
1 year old tank moved from a 60 gallon tank.
I have
5 discus
2 angel
To of glow tetras
And a few other fish pictured
Algae eater
Tap water has seen TDI of 350+ and also 120 and less. So I switched to RO just so I didn’t have to battle with chemicals all the time to fix the numbers.
Never...
I have a Discus a tad sideways and larger white skin rot. I need help from the pros on the best way to treat this to save his life. He is my pride and joy. I also noticed he is a tad darker than usual.
Ammonia is 0
GH is 50
Free chlorine is 0
Nitrate is 25
Nitrite is 0
Carbonate is 40
PH...
As of tonight my TDS is 613. Looks like by Wednesday I should be where I want to be and then I can fine tune a couple other perimeters and then maintain it this way.
Thanks for you and potroasts help. I feel 100x better about how it all works and what everything does. Most groups just smash on newbies so it’s impossible to learn. But people like you guys spend a lot of time helping strangers and now I can start to enjoy my tank instead of stress out.
What a great improvement in numbers and fish movement. Excited it’s getting closer to being correct. All fish acting and looking healthy so hopefully no death.
Yeah I started out with some cheaper fish to make sure I could do it. I actually got mine for $18 each when they were young. Discuss were the money. But I have never lost a fish to that point so I went for it. Then I goofed up this RO setup and hope to recover and get used yo great...
I kind of got this same info from my source.
Mine were tank bred and have been fine even with my recent crazy numbers so far. The plan was by the time they are adult they will be retiring in a 125 gallon tank this year.
Absolutely I appreciate all the insight:
I am absorbing like a sponge and just what I am learning from this help post is awesome. I made some idiot mistakes but am learning from them and will succeed. It’s tough out there asking fish stores opinions because they want to sell you those $200...
This barb is not timid at all. Both discuss were local bred and they are super mellow even my two angels are mellow. But also my plan was to perfect this 60 gallon tank which I goofed already, then move to the 125 gallon corner tank. So I hope to perfect this tank in the next two months...
There are two in there and several other types of barns. They really like the bubblers and current it creates but seem to act normal. Those are my first two fish I bought over a year ago. 3 times their original size.
I have a guy near my house who has a garage full of these discuss and he told me they just won’t grow huge but it won’t harm them my current way. If you want them to grow huge then daily major water changes and lots of food. Same with angel fish kind of. But 6 months so far and they seem to...
Working on the nitrate issue now and will fix it once I get to low numbers. Discuss I have had for 6 months now with no issues. They actually do the best it seems out of all fish. Water is roughly 80-81 most of the time:
Bubblers and water moving
Ok as of tonight with a 5 gallon water change so I don’t shock the fish.
PH 6.2
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 50
TDS 1162 (confirmed tap water is 384)
GH 50
I used my handheld meter to test the output of the RO system also and it matched my HM inline tester and also compared it to two other sources before I trusted its calibration.