Discus Rediscovered

Colin_T · May 16, 2022

itiwhetu said:
Exactly, in the morning I always pour my first Coffee before feeding them. I'm the Boss and they know it.

your the caretaker, not the boss

itiwhetu · May 16, 2022

Colin_T said:
your the caretaker, not the boss

Thank you. Yes, I'm the caretaker and I will now use that word in the future, thank you for realigning me

itiwhetu · May 17, 2022

The Discus playing on the early morning sun,

itiwhetu · Jun 1, 2022

kribensis12 · Jun 1, 2022

"But Discus can't live in planted tanks" =)

So happy to see them thrive for you! Gorgeous!

Colin_T · Jun 1, 2022

kribensis12 said:
"But Discus can't live in planted tanks" =)

The only people who say that are the commercial breeders who don't want any competition, and who have to treat their fish constantly because they are artificially reared away from the parents.

itiwhetu · Jun 1, 2022

Colin_T said:
The only people who say that are the commercial breeders who don't want any competition, and who have to treat their fish constantly because they are artificially reared away from the parents.

It is such a shame thats what has happened to such a magnificent fish. More people should be able to enjoy them like I do.

Colin_T · Jun 2, 2022

itiwhetu said:
It is such a shame thats what has happened to such a magnificent fish. More people should be able to enjoy them like I do.

Discus should be kept in planted tanks with gravel or sand. It's how they were kept years ago when they bred and reared their own young. They look so much better and act much more naturally when they aren't in a bare glass box dying from internal protozoan infections.

itiwhetu · Jun 12, 2022

Tea time, I took this photo to show the size difference. The fish bottom left is the size all the Discus were when I got them, he just isn't growing. Sometimes for no reason you get a fish that will eat and act normally but just grow. Then for no reason it will have a growth spurt which is what I'm waiting for from this guy.

Rocky998 · Jun 12, 2022

itiwhetu said:
Tea time, I took this photo to show the size difference. The fish bottom left is the size all the Discus were when I got them, he just isn't growing. Sometimes for no reason you get a fish that will eat and act normally but just grow. Then for no reason it will have a growth spurt which is what I'm waiting for from this guy.
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Or it's a genetic defect and you breed the small ones to make "dwarf discus" that can live in 10 gallon tanks!
(that honestly sounds like something a greedy fish breeder would do)...

itiwhetu · Jun 20, 2022

The reason you keep Discus is because when you come home from work sit down in front of the tank with a Beer, they are there telling you about their day.