walkers101
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see what you mean about the pb mate he has got a more solid black and more peppering
they were gorgeous but just decided that they werent the fish for me the tank is now filled with denisoni barbs and cardinal tetras and i have moved onto bigger cichlids in my new tank. discus are beautifull but lack interaction i found, others may disagree but they just floated about. very gracefull but i like movement in my tanksooh bonny looking fish matt
it must be an age thingsee what you mean about the pb mate he has got a more solid black and more peppering
my water is medium/hard with a pH of 7.6-7.8. i tried to keep the nitrates below 40 with regular big water changes but my tap water has 10ppm nitrates. asian bred discus seem to do better in tap water as they are grown up in medium/hard water for better growth as fry/juvis and plenty of feedings. german bred discus i think might be harder to acclimatise as im sure they mainly use soft water (not sure on that but think i read it somewhere). all mine were asian imports and did very well, i have since sold them all and they are still kept in tap water and doing well. just take plenty of time to acclimatise them and it should be fine. i added small amounts of water over an hour and a half to raise the water to mine very slowly and all was well. wild discus might struggle with tap water but tend to be quite expensive to buy anyway so i wouldnt advise them for your first discus.mine lived well in tap water so dont think you have to go buying RO units etc unless you buy wild discus.
What were your water stats?
if you go for them i would buy fish of 5+ inches as they seem to adapt better
ive never tested the hardness, all i know is that its medium/hard. i just used straight tap water no special filters etcmy water is medium/hard with a pH of 7.6-7.8. i tried to keep the nitrates below 40 with regular big water changes but my tap water has 10ppm nitrates. asian bred discus seem to do better in tap water as they are grown up in medium/hard water for better growth as fry/juvis and plenty of feedings. german bred discus i think might be harder to acclimatise as im sure they mainly use soft water (not sure on that but think i read it somewhere). all mine were asian imports and did very well, i have since sold them all and they are still kept in tap water and doing well. just take plenty of time to acclimatise them and it should be fine. i added small amounts of water over an hour and a half to raise the water to mine very slowly and all was well. wild discus might struggle with tap water but tend to be quite expensive to buy anyway so i wouldnt advise them for your first discus.mine lived well in tap water so dont think you have to go buying RO units etc unless you buy wild discus.
What were your water stats?
if you go for them i would buy fish of 5+ inches as they seem to adapt better
Do you remember what your hardness was?
Did you use an HMA filter?
I came very close to getting Discus. The main stumbling block was that setting up a quarantine tank was not an option. So introducing fish later on etc would have been a problem.