Discus journey

[Jessiicaxrosex3]

First time with juveniles..

Eating, pooping, machines. Three days in and so far so good. Very active, but 2/3 are still people shy. They learned how to use the black worm feeder today thought Going to keep this thread updated to look back on, and in case anyone else is interested.

 

[coxy1988]

Just curious what your routine is for your juvies ie feeds per day, feeding times, what food, how many water changes per week and what percentage?.....with my new tank trying to decide weather to go down the juvie route or get some full grown discus.


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[Jessiicaxrosex3]

Im doing 75% wc per day, feeding them black worms small bits three times a day, so in the morning noon and night. And after hours if they look interested

 

[Jessiicaxrosex3]

And with the wc i make sure to vacuum up all poop everyday and any spare food they dont eat i vacuum up after a few minutes

 

[treemanone2003]

Go full grown adults. A little easier on the water bill and a little less time on maintenance and more time to sit back and view. ??


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[Jessiicaxrosex3]

If you have the money for adults!! Over 100$ each by me

 

[coxy1988]

I'm doing enough overtime at the moment to spend the extra money ha! Prices are expensive here aswell depends on actual size and strain. Some of the 17cm discus fetch about £110+ not sure what that is in $


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[Jessiicaxrosex3]

I mean the big ones are a lot less maintenance ! If thatd work better for you

 

[Jessiicaxrosex3]

these are my bigger guys. Starting to get some beautiful coloring

 

[mikem691]

Looking good.

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[treemanone2003]

If you have the money for adults!! Over 100$ each by me

Very true !!!! The adults in this tank were in excess of $150. Each. ??


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[Jessiicaxrosex3]

Do you have photos of your discus ??

 

[treemanone2003]

I do have some somewhere. They're in threads and have exceeded my upload quota so I can't post anymore. I'll try to find the threads and send the links.


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[Jessiicaxrosex3]

Ok sweet!

 

[coxy1988]

What are people's favourite strains and why?.....


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[Jessiicaxrosex3]

Personally, i like a variety. No two of mine look alike. One is speckled, not a huge fan of that and im not sure about others. Not really sure what being speckled really means on a discus

 

[Mebbid]

Beautiful discus! I can't wait to start my tank in a year or so.

 

[coxy1988]

I have a pair of these at the moment but am moving on due to a change of plan


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[Jessiicaxrosex3]

Pair as in mating pair??

 

[Jessiicaxrosex3]

Treeman i went through my old topics I've participated in and found one where you posted a photo and said to be very hands on with the discus. They're beautiful! And you were right. I put my hand anywhere near the top of the tank and they all flock to me and love to be hand fed (Bigger of the two sets of discus)