New 90 Gallon Discus Shots

[Carter]

beautiful fish you have there. We sell them at the shop... it has been really tempting to get two of them, but i don't think my tank would be able to handle them...


but they look amazing... especially with that lighting.

Thank you! Lighting is Coralife marine lighting compact fluorescent.


Trust me, Discus are so tempting. You would not believe the self restraint it takes every time we get in a new shipment

yeah, we have a one like your blue one. has been in for about 2 weeks, a while for a discus, but i'm kind of getting attacked to him... so i think i should buy him before someone else with no idea about fish does... but we shall see...

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

beautiful fish you have there. We sell them at the shop... it has been really tempting to get two of them, but i don't think my tank would be able to handle them...


but they look amazing... especially with that lighting.

Thank you! Lighting is Coralife marine lighting compact fluorescent.


Trust me, Discus are so tempting. You would not believe the self restraint it takes every time we get in a new shipment

yeah, we have a one like your blue one. has been in for about 2 weeks, a while for a discus, but i'm kind of getting attacked to him... so i think i should buy him before someone else with no idea about fish does... but we shall see...

Definitely better if you have the right aquarium for you to keep him.

 

[theshadowinc]

I heard they love heavily planted aquariums is this true or a myth, also I was thinking of getting into them and exchangine my fish i have now, 55gal 24 high 18 wide 48 long. In a fully planted tank, would new borns do okay in growing i read you said they need bare bottom ??

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

I heard they love heavily planted aquariums is this true or a myth, also I was thinking of getting into them and exchangine my fish i have now, 55gal 24 high 18 wide 48 long. In a fully planted tank, would new borns do okay in growing i read you said they need bare bottom ??

Another person asked me that same question. I don't really see why Discus would like a planted tank any more then a regular tank? Most people who keep them in planted tanks do so because they think they look good in them.

Juvenile Discus do not work so well in a planted tank. Better to grow them out in a bare bottom and once full grown move them, or buy full grown fish for your planted tank.

 

[sivabiot]

wow nice tank, mine is a 20g looking at urs i should have opted for 50g, great looking discus.

 

[theshadowinc]

I heard they love heavily planted aquariums is this true or a myth, also I was thinking of getting into them and exchangine my fish i have now, 55gal 24 high 18 wide 48 long. In a fully planted tank, would new borns do okay in growing i read you said they need bare bottom ??

Another person asked me that same question. I don't really see why Discus would like a planted tank any more then a regular tank? Most people who keep them in planted tanks do so because they think they look good in them.

Juvenile Discus do not work so well in a planted tank. Better to grow them out in a bare bottom and once full grown move them, or buy full grown fish for your planted tank.

I was looking at the fact that a planted tank is expensive why not go with discuss, but what effect does it have on Juvenile Discus in not getting them fully grown is it they just die ???
and is Juvenile the word for baby fish because really it sounds funny but I know not a damn thing about them cept for they would need lots of filtration and lots more feeding and lots more care as in water perameters. What would be the max size on a full grown one?

Sorry so many questions but it arose when i red the post well skipped through a few lol, and how many for a fully planted tank?

 

[shaz-killie]

the smaller fish require alot more work and I do have mine in a planted tank, your looking at least 50% water changes a day and your tank being exceptionally clean. And a properly fully grown out adult your looking at a size of a small dinner plate. even if you buy a 1yr old discus they tend to live for around 7-8 years so it won't just die of old age

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

wow nice tank, mine is a 20g looking at urs i should have opted for 50g, great looking discus.

Thanks! I think you should have gone with a 50g too.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

I heard they love heavily planted aquariums is this true or a myth, also I was thinking of getting into them and exchangine my fish i have now, 55gal 24 high 18 wide 48 long. In a fully planted tank, would new borns do okay in growing i read you said they need bare bottom ??

Another person asked me that same question. I don't really see why Discus would like a planted tank any more then a regular tank? Most people who keep them in planted tanks do so because they think they look good in them.

Juvenile Discus do not work so well in a planted tank. Better to grow them out in a bare bottom and once full grown move them, or buy full grown fish for your planted tank.

I was looking at the fact that a planted tank is expensive why not go with discuss, but what effect does it have on Juvenile Discus in not getting them fully grown is it they just die ???
and is Juvenile the word for baby fish because really it sounds funny but I know not a damn thing about them cept for they would need lots of filtration and lots more feeding and lots more care as in water perameters. What would be the max size on a full grown one?

Sorry so many questions but it arose when i red the post well skipped through a few lol, and how many for a fully planted tank?

No, Juvenile Discus would not just die, they will get stunted. Stunting side effects include odd looking fish, mad regeneration of slime coating and other side effects. Stunted fish normally only live a portion of the age non stunted fish live to.

I definitely wouldn't recommend growing them in a planted tank. Buy some big ones. Might cost you 30 or 40 dollars more per fish but you will be able to keep longer then a stunted fish anyways. Discus can grow anywhere from 6-10 inches. 10 is not very common at all but I have seen some HUGE guys. 6-8 is more common size to reach.

It really depends on how big the planted tank is for your last question.

the smaller fish require alot more work and I do have mine in a planted tank, your looking at least 50% water changes a day and your tank being exceptionally clean. And a properly fully grown out adult your looking at a size of a small dinner plate. even if you buy a 1yr old discus they tend to live for around 7-8 years so it won't just die of old age

Even 50% daily in a planted tank might not be enough. Better to just grow them out and then put them in the planted tank.

 

[shaz-killie]

I do mine 50% twice a day

 

[beechey]

i clean mine every 50% every 4 days lol , i like how all your discus are different, ive also got marine lighting in my tank

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

I do mine 50% twice a day

Yeah that would probably be enough.

i clean mine every 50% every 4 days lol , i like how all your discus are different, ive also got marine lighting in my tank

Marine is nice. I prefer the spectrum of the marine lighting, the blues in it make the fish look really amazing. At our work all of our planted tanks are CoraLife Marine instead of freshwater. We set up a planted tank and used a freshwater system on it and the algae growth was unbelievable, that was even with C02. We switched out the bulbs and the algae died off.

 

[Jim Curtis]

I used to do daily 50-80% water changes on my barebottom tank. Most of my fish are over 5" now and I've cut that down to everyother day water changes.

Id call an 8" discus a monster and say they are quite rare. 6" is average.

Also, the fish dont care if they are in a bare tank or a planted tank. Wild discus come from dark brown murky Amazon tributaries that are for the most part plantless.

 

[Miah002]

Nice discuss. My lfs specialize in discus.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Nice discuss. My lfs specialize in discus.

Oh that's really cool!! Are they breeders or something? I wish mine specialized in Discus!!