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i put a large piece in my tank after only soaking it for a few days, took ages to calm it down, do like to colour in the water now

mine are a little smaller than that, my largest like i said is 5 inch. as with everything you can find many veiws on the internet, ive also spoke to breeder i know. i would say 60 percent of ppl agree with u, the others change less, due to my stock levels, i am gonna up my changes, well i...

wc can only be good.. this is just my opinion, huge water changes in 1 go i dont like...just me... many do it all the time i know. ima little and often guy smaller more regular changes

i feed twice a day, and there is never any leftovers, bloodworm twice a week beefheart twice a week, tetra prima every morning the other 3 evenings its a mix of flakes with a protein food

what would say is full grown for discus, 12 to 15 cm ive read, thats 4.5 to 6 inches in 18 months, after that they will only thicken a little, if this is the norm for captive discus, i reckon im not far off, i ve spoken too who i got the first ones from, i can now say mine are 9 months old...

none are wild, the 4 ive had the longest have grown a bit about an inch in 6 months, they eat twice a day, they poop by the book (none hangs from them). i dont buffer ph however i am interested to see if it makes a difference, so im going to try raising to 30% 3 times a week. also i believe im...

This might be important, tank is planted, and i run co2 unit when the lights are on

i was doing 30% daily when i started keeping them, i mentioned this to the guy at the lfs. He said he was surprised they were alive. ive just tested my water now the reading is nitrate 30 nitrite 0 ammonia 0 ph 6.2 kh 20 mg/l gh 60 mg/l i live in a seriously hard water area so they live in 90%...

I am ready for the lynching....... but in my opinion if ur tap is reading 30 nitrates and ur tanks is 40 to 80 nitrates that isnt really drastic. changing that much water in 1 go?? really, i can see that being good for the fish

i had 2 angels in my 55 gall community tank a while ago, they did real well in my opinion, i actually sold them at profit to a japanese fella i met at the lfs, he thought they were wonderful.... sorry what im here to say..its your tank, see whats available, see what u like.. if ur really after...

thanks, so im not getting any more discus, maybe even moving 1 on

i currently have a 55 gallon tank with 8 3.5 to 4.5 inch discus, i understand this is too many... Im upgrading to 70 galls next week (cant wait), i do regular water changes 15% 3 times a week. Also in tank is: 4 cory 4 glass cats 3 black widow tetra...

Hi there (again) i keep tropical fish. bout 18 months now i guess, kept a few dif things, Im now keeping Discus i have 7 4/5 inch mixed discus mixed in with 6 glass catfish 3 black widow tetra, 4 young ancistrus, 3 rams bolivian red and blue 2 banjo cats 4 cory 1 lemon tetra ( he came out of a...