R/o Unit For Discus

[rabbut]

Yes please, set-up without baking powder

Don't worry about confusion. I confuse myself sometimes when writing replies

I'm at work through most of tomorrow, so don't be suppried if I don't drop by untill Sunday

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Lord Fishheart]

Yes please, set-up without baking powder

Don't worry about confusion. I confuse myself sometimes when writing replies

I'm at work through most of tomorrow, so don't be suppried if I don't drop by untill Sunday

All the best
Rabbut

Left the bucket overnight with a airline and got a PH reading of 6.6

What now?

 

[rabbut]

That looks workable. I'd try setting up without RO, and seeing how it goes. If needs be, some crushed coral in the filter will make the final 0.4 point adjustment, though I wouldn't think it would be needed if you buy from a local source with the same water conditions (ask before purchase)

You will need to go easy on the re-fills after waterchanges, as there is obviously disolved gasses in there (CO2 in this case I recon) that needs to gas off in the process of re-filling Spend an hour over the re-fill and all will be fine As an added bonus, you can also use a hose for waterchanges to take the effort out

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Lord Fishheart]

That looks workable. I'd try setting up without RO, and seeing how it goes. If needs be, some crushed coral in the filter will make the final 0.4 point adjustment, though I wouldn't think it would be needed if you buy from a local source with the same water conditions (ask before purchase)

You will need to go easy on the re-fills after waterchanges, as there is obviously disolved gasses in there (CO2 in this case I recon) that needs to gas off in the process of re-filling Spend an hour over the re-fill and all will be fine As an added bonus, you can also use a hose for waterchanges to take the effort out

All the best
Rabbut

Cheers Rabbut , just some more questions for the man who know's his stuff.

1. What strains of discus do you have?
2. What is your feeding pattern for discus and what foods do you give them?
3. Do you use automatic feeders?
4. What fish do you recommend to keep with Discus in a amazon biotope?
5. How many discus would you recommend for a 200litre tank?

Grateful for your advice as ever

 

[rabbut]

1. What strains of discus do you have?

I have 3 Red Turks, 2 Blue Diamonds, 1 Marbolo and 2 Red Dragon (basically a variant in the Turk strain), making 8 in total

2. What is your feeding pattern for discus and what foods do you give them?

I feed 2 times a day minimum, but 4 times most days. After lights on, they get Vipakraft Discusin pellets, then 2-3hours later (if I'm in, sooner/later if not) they get a cube of tropical Quintette, then there is a semester period to reduce the algea where lights go off for 2 hours, then after lights on again, there is another frozen food feed, followed by more pellets before lights out. If I am out most of the day, the frozen food gets scratched from the diet The Vipakraft Discusin is basically cheap TetraPrima. It's even made at the same address

3. Do you use automatic feeders?

No. They don't work with frozen food, which is an important part of a Discus diet, and they are also reportedly rather unreliable...

4. What fish do you recommend to keep with Discus in a amazon biotope?

Rummynose Tetra, Cardinal tetra and Neons are the most common. Basically anything that is slower moving and small (not too small or it will become expencive fish food ) from that area should be fine. I also have Corry Adolfi with mine, but I cannot rember where they origionate... Harlequins are nice also, but not shure again of their origins

5. How many discus would you recommend for a 200litre tank?

Hum, 44.4... UK gallons, or about 60US is often rather long and not too tall... What dimentions do you have on it? Usualy you go on US gallons, and the guide is 1 Discus per 10g, so 6 would be the advisable maximum. As ever, that is just a guideline, so there is some flexibility in it. 5 would be your absolute safe and advisable minimum, so 5-7 would be a reasonable number. 5 allows for dither fish upto 15-20 of them. 6 says limited numbers of dither fish. 7 says Discus only

HTH
Rabbut

 

[Lord Fishheart]

1. What strains of discus do you have?

I have 3 Red Turks, 2 Blue Diamonds, 1 Marbolo and 2 Red Dragon (basically a variant in the Turk strain), making 8 in total

2. What is your feeding pattern for discus and what foods do you give them?

I feed 2 times a day minimum, but 4 times most days. After lights on, they get Vipakraft Discusin pellets, then 2-3hours later (if I'm in, sooner/later if not) they get a cube of tropical Quintette, then there is a semester period to reduce the algea where lights go off for 2 hours, then after lights on again, there is another frozen food feed, followed by more pellets before lights out. If I am out most of the day, the frozen food gets scratched from the diet The Vipakraft Discusin is basically cheap TetraPrima. It's even made at the same address

3. Do you use automatic feeders?

No. They don't work with frozen food, which is an important part of a Discus diet, and they are also reportedly rather unreliable...

4. What fish do you recommend to keep with Discus in a amazon biotope?

Rummynose Tetra, Cardinal tetra and Neons are the most common. Basically anything that is slower moving and small (not too small or it will become expencive fish food ) from that area should be fine. I also have Corry Adolfi with mine, but I cannot rember where they origionate... Harlequins are nice also, but not shure again of their origins

5. How many discus would you recommend for a 200litre tank?

Hum, 44.4... UK gallons, or about 60US is often rather long and not too tall... What dimentions do you have on it? Usualy you go on US gallons, and the guide is 1 Discus per 10g, so 6 would be the advisable maximum. As ever, that is just a guideline, so there is some flexibility in it. 5 would be your absolute safe and advisable minimum, so 5-7 would be a reasonable number. 5 allows for dither fish upto 15-20 of them. 6 says limited numbers of dither fish. 7 says Discus only

HTH
Rabbut

Some more questions Rabbut, hope you dont mind.

Can you mix the strains (e.g have one of each strain) or do they have to be the same strain?
Do you buy online or do you buy locally?

Thanks again

 

[rabbut]

You can mix the strains no problem

I buy localy, rather than mail order, can see what you are buying, the general health also... There is an aditional benefit of being able to ask any questions you have about how they are currently being kept

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Lord Fishheart]

You can mix the strains no problem

I buy localy, rather than mail order, can see what you are buying, the general health also... There is an aditional benefit of being able to ask any questions you have about how they are currently being kept

All the best
Rabbut

Cheers, mate

 

[petertr]

Good reading, this ;-)

 

[seanie112]

hi there great reading

thinking abt going over to discus with my L182 bristlenose is this ok

plus i have brought a 5 stage ro water unit been told not to use 50 ro water and 50 tap water is this ok or know

sorry to highjack this topic

tap water is
kh 2 drops =35.8 ppm
gh 5 drops = 89.5 ppm


fish tank is

kh 5drops = 89.5 ppm
gh 9 drops = 161.1 ppm

ph to day is 7.0 to 7.5 in tank
tap water ph is same 7.0 to 7.5
wot does this mean as i have no idea !!!!!!

 

[petertr]

hi there great reading

thinking abt going over to discus with my L182 bristlenose is this ok

plus i have brought a 5 stage ro water unit been told not to use 50 ro water and 50 tap water is this ok or know

sorry to highjack this topic

tap water is
kh 2 drops =35.8 ppm
gh 5 drops = 89.5 ppm


fish tank is

kh 5drops = 89.5 ppm
gh 9 drops = 161.1 ppm

ph to day is 7.0 to 7.5 in tank
tap water ph is same 7.0 to 7.5
wot does this mean as i have no idea !!!!!!

Your kh is 2 and gh is 7 - that's certainly not what I'd call hard - although others would disagree.

pH of around 7 is fine.


Bascially, you can put Discus in your tank using just tap water with no problems.


Rabbut can probably advise you better on the use of the RO Unit - to be honest, I'm planning on using mine to get water stats that are similar to your TAP supply!!

 

[seanie112]

just brought a ro water unit to make the water softner for my L182 bristlenoseas they need black water set up
so i was going to keep discus in with them

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