danieldaddy
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This is all wrong. Even the decoration.. do some research if you're serious about keeping any fish.. especially discus.
They were previously in a 40 gallon tank with dark substrate and driftwood along with three other discus. The other three were chased and pestered and believe they ultimately died from stress. These three mesh perfectly together even though they aren't the "textbook" number to live together. This tank is temporary until they can get moved back into that tank. Also for whoever mentioned can the fish tell us that they're happy. Can your dog or cat tell you that they are happy? Unless you have a rare animal that speaks a human language the only way to know they're happy is by observation and knowing your animal. So when my discus are in their "ideal" tank barely eating once a day and in the "wrong" tank eagerly eating three and four times a day, yes I would say they are much much happier. Also the angel is 100% non aggressive. He moves around the tank right along with them like he is no different. Thank you V227 for the advice we are working on getting them back to thisDanieldaddy, you obviously know your stuff, successfully keeping relatively fragile discus fish in a smaller tank alive is an accomplishment.
I kept a school of 7 or 8 many years ago, grew them from quarter size to dinner plate size. I remember the need for a very clean tank and very warm water.
As for tank size, discus aren't normally extremely fast or active swimmers so your smaller tank for now is okay. I kept mine in a 58 gal. Oceanic tank with an old magnum 330 canister filter. Not really that big of tank for a large school of discus but they did fine.
Just a suggestion, in the long run you might consider a 55 -75 gal. Tank using a darker substrate and maybe a small peice of driftwood to slightly stain the water. Your discus will look better swimming side to side in a longer tank rather than up and down in more confined quarters. IMO hobbiest who can successfully manage a discus tank are ones who are on top of the game. Good luck.
Did your user name change??yah my dog tells me its happy by wagging it's tail and bouncing around like a nut. My cat purrs.. you can write in your own reality all day long.. fact is that tank is all wrong and those fish will never thrive in those conditionsThey were previously in a 40 gallon tank with dark substrate and driftwood along with three other discus. The other three were chased and pestered and believe they ultimately died from stress. These three mesh perfectly together even though they aren't the "textbook" number to live together. This tank is temporary until they can get moved back into that tank. Also for whoever mentioned can the fish tell us that they're happy. Can your dog or cat tell you that they are happy? Unless you have a rare animal that speaks a human language the only way to know they're happy is by observation and knowing your animal. So when my discus are in their "ideal" tank barely eating once a day and in the "wrong" tank eagerly eating three and four times a day, yes I would say they are much much happier. Also the angel is 100% non aggressive. He moves around the tank right along with them like he is no different. Thank you V227 for the advice we are working on getting them back to this
Guess if you had read the rest of the post instead of only what was addressed to your portion of replies you would have seen this tank is only temporary. This isn't the only tank in our house nor the first time caring for fish. Glad your dog can smile although if you really wanted make your point you would show me your fish smiling nor your dog My discus, my angel, and my long fin ram swim up to the glass and wag their fins to meet me so I guess if that's me living in my own reality I'll be the crazy fish whispering lady lolDid your user name change??yah my dog tells me its happy by wagging it's tail and bouncing around like a nut. My cat purrs.. you can write in your own reality all day long.. fact is that tank is all wrong and those fish will never thrive in those conditions
Show me your discus smiling like this
I got healthy fish too...Guess if you had read the rest of the post instead of only what was addressed to your portion of replies you would have seen this tank is only temporary. This isn't the only tank in our house nor the first time caring for fish. Glad your dog can smile although if you really wanted make your point you would show me your fish smiling nor your dog My discus, my angel, and my long fin ram swim up to the glass and wag their fins to meet me so I guess if that's me living in my own reality I'll be the crazy fish whispering lady lol
The rock is very fake. A replica from Petco actually. As are the discus. My boyfriend who actually posted the pictures so no name changing going on here actually prefers big aggressive cichlids and mostly that's all he's ever had. My love is "colorful" fish although I do love his fish too, discus were ones that I really wanted. He told me to do the research on them and we would see. Petco fish are bred and bred and let's be real they don't typically follow the strict expert conditions to thrive. However we do try to keep their tank and water and decor as close to what it should be although my boyfriend would very well agree with you that conditions are not the same anymore. Obviously I know these are not high quality fish and yes they may very well be stunted but with it being our first time keeping these fish it doesn't hurt as bad to lose a low quality fish as it would be to lose a high quality one. And if we could perfect their conditions then yes we would certainly move on to better quality fish which is eventually the plan. He really just posted the pictures to show off their color and the crispness of the water. We are amazed at this tank because the water always looks like this and is always in perfect parameters with very little effort having to be made on his end. I think everyone was so quick to jump to conclusions. Once their tank is back up again they will be going back in there.Lady2017, my discus had a very ridged pecking order and the smallest few had a pretty ruff go of it. No death though. Only the mated pair where at peace with each other. I fed them frozen blood worms and frozen brine shrimp.
A member mentioned that discus require soft water to thrive. IMO that was true 35 years ago. Discus are bred and raised in soft and hard water now a days. My discus were in water so hard that minerals would build up and flake off the heater. I believe it's more important for the water to be well filtered and the gravel bed kept clean.
As for your holey rock decoration, I'm no geologist but it looks artificial. It's true that limestone will alter your water, buffer and increase ph. But with regular WC' s it minimizes the effects. I hope this helps.
The rock is very fake. A replica from Petco actually. As are the discus.