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Hi all I have written before about a pair? of discus laying eggs regularly but always eating them. Now the one has bullied the other until I had to put one in my isolation tank. Its been there for about 2 wks now. Do you think it will re occur if I put it back in or is it best to get rid of...

Hi I'm running a community tank see signiture. Its sand planted and plenty of bog wood and an artificial root. I bought a small bristle nose which I thought I'd lost after no seeing it for weeks. I then bought another and decided to grow it on in my isolation tank. Now both doing well can...

Thanks for that. My stats are am 0, No3 0 - 5, No2 0, gh 5, kh 5, ph 6.5 Its definately the discus eating them always one first then the other helps.

hi Iv'e got an aqua one 180lt corner unit and agree totally with the last reply. I had 4 small discus they all grew for a while then two out grew the other two an made thie lives hell, put them in an isolation tank too late and they died. The other two are now about 4'' and producing eggs...

Hi I found my local maidenhead v good when changing to discus they accepted a variety of fish and gave a third of their sale value in exchange. (Cardiff)

Hi all See signiture for tank deatails. Any way I bought a bristle nose months ago and hadn't seen it for weeks, thought it was dead. I bought another and decided to grow it before putting it in my main tank. You guessed both are alive although the one in the community tank is growing much...

Hi all Iv'e got a pair of blue discus in a community tank producing eggs every two weeks or so. They lay them on leeves of my java fern, a few turn white and the others a browny colour. After two days they eat them? Iv'e tried putting a section of plwant pot in but they still use the leaves...

Hi all Im looking for some filter media for my aqua-one cf 1000. I'm running with the media supplied with the unit. Bottom section black balls, mid section fine white media and ceramic tubes and top 2 layers of sponge. Any one know a supplier in uk.

Hi all My tank seems bare in the upper level. Looking for colourful top dweller companions for my discus, neons, corys and pleco. Any suggestions.

I recently reported bullying and now see why eggs. This is the second time ( 1st in this tank ). The eggs were layed on a large leafed plant, which had a slight brown covering. Unfortunately they are eating the eggs. My two smaller discus have now been removed and only neons corys and a plec...

Hi all thanks for advice. The problem is more apparent. The two blues have eggs again. Starting another post now for more advice.

The two that are doing really well are cobalt blue and solid blue, the other two are striped brown / green. Is 180lt (45gal) really too small? My lfs has some pidgeon blood discus the same size as the blue ones.

yes they look a bit skinny and lack of colour, they feed a bit but the two bigger ones chase them. afraid to add extra food due to polution. Feeding tetra prima granules and flake in morning, frozen shrimp and blood worm and flake late afternoon.

HI all looking for some advice on discus. I've had a tank for about 8 years but a newbie on line. I purchased 4 discus 1 - 2 '' 8 months ago for a 90lt tank had slight nitrate problems. Upgraded to 180lt corner unit. Problem 1 fish grown to approx 4'' one to 3'' both look in v good...

If you really want to do a fisfless cycle, you can get ammonia from homebase stores in the cleaning products section.

:( Hello help confused. My new tank is approx 1 month old (after a full cycle). I completed a fishless cycle and transferred all occupants of my old tank successfully. 4 discus 10+neons and 2 corys all doing fine. My water conditions are, ammonia 0 , nitrite 0 , nitrate 0 - 5 , ph 6.5...

Hi phil got mine there too worked a treat. new 180lt tank, used some mature gravel anf a bit of mature sponge in new filter. Added amonia to get 6ppm reading. left until zero then added amonia to get a 2ppm readind each day until nitritr was zero. Had to do a few partial water changes in the...

HI ALL I've completed a fishless cycle ( 18 days ) and transferred my fish, after 2 weeks added a new plec. My previous tank had an internal filter with sponge media only. My new external filter ( aqua one cf 1000 ) has plastic balls on the bottom, then ceramic tubes with a floss mat, then 2...

Hi Again Thanks for the response both. Im sure i've got my nitrites and nitrates correct. Added my normal 4ml ammonia (enough to raise from 0 to 2ppm ) last night and tested after 12 hours finding 0ppm. I'm now considering adding 2ml in the morning and 2 in the evening to simulate a more...

Hi Have you considered s amarican dwarf cichlids. I'm considering them at the moment to mix with discus. Options macmaster, cockatoo and rams amoungst others, I think they grow to about 3'' max. :thumbs:

Hi all. tried to post this on chit chat but wasnt allowed? :/ Thanks for previous advice on fishless cycling. I startedmy cycle 10 days ago, here is an update. Started with 180l (45usgal)0 conditioned water, sand with some mature gravel, a few plants, some mateure sponge in new filter with...

:hyper: Hi all I've read so many items on fishless cycling and more confused than ever. Im about to set up a 180lt (45us gal) tank and transfer all fish from a 90lt. I intend using some plants and filter sponge as a bacteria seed. I know to add ammonia until I get 4 - 5 ppm. Do I continue...