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I used to keep angels with my discus but found that at feeding time the angels were very boisterous and tended to eat more of the food than the discus. Therefore I returned the angels :blush: I now have only one solitary cory left out of 6! I think it manages to hide from the discus greedy...

I thought that was the ones, the CAE's that is...I have never seen my SAE's show any interest in the Discus or any other fish either. :good:

I've not noticed them do this at all and I've had them for about 18 months or more. They are now a good 3 inches or so long. It seems to be one of those open to debate subjects within the discus world. Some say if they are the true flying fox/SAE then they are fine whilst others say the same as...

They were only small cory's and I think they may have been coming down with something as I have just seen one of them hiding in a corner with what I can only describe as "odd looking eyes". They seem to be protruding more than usual and it has what appears to be a wound on the side of it's head...

Anyone else seen or had their discus attack and eat other tank mates? I've just seen my lot attack and devour a peppered cory! I wondered where they were going, now I know. I used to have about 20 cardinals but the "killers " would pick off one every now and again over night till I have 2 left...

The spotted Danio may have been a leopard danio, as you noted it looks the same but has spots instead of stripes. Must have replied at the same time as orange shark...like him don't know the answer to the other q's

Don't know about yawning but my discus watch TV in the evening when their lights go out!!

Lovely looking fishes and tanks there guys :good: My turn to show off-I mean share :blush:

I don't know what it is, sorry. But I do know its not neon eggs as they are a scatterer, just drop them out as they swim around. Curious to know what it is though!

I'm in agreement with Anglelmouse on this one. :good: Discus do prefer to be in groups and my LFS, when I got first started with discus, refused to sell less than 3 to me for the reasons described. They are a shoaling fish, if there is bullying then it can be spread a bit more, and they are...

I keep a shoal of about 25 rummy noses with mine, as well as a few clean up fish consisting of cory's and bristle noses. I did have a dozen cardinals but they started to vanish over night till there are only 2 that seem to be able to hide from the midnight snacking of the discus, watched them...

Just to play devils advocate here. Some tanks are designed NOT to have stuff under them. I know my 5 foot Rena tank doesn't have anything under it as it designed that way ie the glass base does not touch the surface of the stand. The same with my smaller 18 inch tank. I think you are advised...

Don't you just hate it when that happens :angry:

Looks like the one I run on my planted tank. I got it because it was good value for money, couldn't afford the other setups. I find it works well, although I use a DIY reactor as I couldn't get on very well with the little ceramic thing they supply. One bit of advice though. Make sure you...

There is on-line manual in a pdf format here http://aquarium-supply.biz/PDF/Fluval_series5_manual.pdf Hope that helps :D

I've seen these filters on e-bay and wondered if they were any good? What do you guys who use them think of them as they are far cheaper than the Vecton ones...sorry to but in, but just curious to get the views of those who have actually got them.

Going back to the original post. I have wormed my Discus in my planted tank with a product called Wormer Plus with no ill affects to the shrimp I have in there. Any snails on the other hand seem to be have been irradicated which is a bonus!! Granted my shrimp hide an awful lot but much to my...

Hence my belief that it's now knackered! Coupled with the rise in TDS that is...

I've been using an RO unit for a couple of years now as I keep discus. I use a ratio of about 2:1 of RO mixed with tap for my water changes and have found that my water remains nice and stable and the fish seem fine with this. It's time to replace the RO membrane as the TDS is starting to climb...

Hope you like :blush: Tank - 500 litre Rena Filtration - Fluval 405 and Rena Filstar XP2 Lighting - 2x Power glo, 2x Aqua glo, Interpet Twin 55w T5 compact tri plus Substrate -sand and small gravel Decor - Plants, couple of stones and bogwood. Maintenance - 2 or 3 20%ish water changes...

One of the reasons I'm considering a UV steriliser is the fact that through not having a quaretine tank when I introduced some new discus to my tank I also introduced some nasty illness that killed of 5 of my discus. Out of 13 I'm now left with 8, the LFS has agreed to replace the ones I've lost...

Hi, I've been toying with the idea of getting a UV steriliser for my tank for a while now as I've heard many good things about them in the way that they are meant to help maintain water quality, both its clarity and the reduction of nasty bugs. I've worked it out that I would need the 15w...

I've got the D&D CO2 which I thought was the best value that I could find on my budget, around the £100 for the regulator, needle valve, pressure gauge and solenoid to turn it off at night. The little diffuser that came with it was not to my liking but I use a home made reaction chamber so that...

Just looked at the Machine Mart prices and they are certainly cheaper than the aquarium CO2 you buy. :huh: so will probably get one from there (I'm assuming all the disposable bottles have a standard thread size?) for now unless anybody knows somewhere cheaper? sww -I never thought of Halfords...

My disposable CO2 bottle has run out and like a mug I don't have a spare :crazy: My LFS where I usually purchase them from has non in stock and is having problems getting them at the moment, I've phoned round the other LFS's in my area and no luck SOOOooooooo where do you lot get them from and...

So I've heard. I'm assuming that all the time the water quality is good that their colouration is nice and bright, and if the water quality slips then their colouration fades(?) accordingly. Is this the correct assumption? I currently have 18 and am thinking of increasing their number when...

I've ran a fluval 305 for ages and the only media I think I've ever changed was the poly wool I put in the top basket to polish the water. In fact I have just binned the 305 and gone for 405 as the motor died and wouldn't restart but I've had for quite a few years now and was toying with the...

Rummy nose tetras look pretty cool with them as well!

I think I've read something as well saying that the fat content was bad for fish and their fertility...or something like that. I would of thought a local butcher's shop would be able to provide what you need (assuming there are still Local butcher shops?) I feed my Discus frozen food from my...

Looks like the same CO2 set as I got, D&D I think it was. The ceramic diffuser I couldn't get on with as it kept spinning round on its single suction cup thingy. Soon gave up on this and went with not very clear here but as I said in the earlier post its a gravel vac connected to my filter...

Just my quick pennysworth... For a CO2 reactor I have made up one from a gravel-vac with 2 end caps, one end is connected to the outlet from an external filter and the other is connected to a spray bar that runs along the bottom of the rear of the aquarium. The CO2 enters the chamber by forcing...

The more I read about the EI method the more it seems to make sense, although as someone else mentioned on here somewhere it does seem to go against everything that I/we have read and been advised to to do. I think I shall have to be brave and take the plunge as the tanks on here that use this...

I've been reading up on the EI method of fertilizing as I have a planted discus tank in which the plants survive but do not necessarily thrive. I would love to see the plants become more of an impact, in the visual sense of looking at the tank, and as a way of eradicating the annoying traces of...

You could always change the direction of the holes on the spraybar, I mean either point the them towards the back glass or angle them down into the water further if it is agitating the water surface to much. My spray bar sits about an inch below the water surface and is angled so that it barely...

Hi all, I've kept fish on and off for a number of years and have finally realized my dream of a largish tank with some Discus and other tetras with a few algae eaters thrown in for luck. I would like my tank to look more like some of the planted display tanks you find when surfing this magical...