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Anyone Ever Kept Discus?
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Actually, the importer i plan to buy from brings them in from germany. They only use tap water.Discus are nice, I heard they prefer ro water as well. How about just keep one arrowana, this fish grow over a foot long, very nice and they can interact with people too
http://diskuszucht-stendker.de/en/home/
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Yes that true that they can live in tap water, once an owner of a store told me that ro water are better for them so i'm just passing it on, but yeah tap water is just fine
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You need to find out the PH of the importers water.
Discus can do just fine in tap water, but will benefit from softer water like RO. If their water is much softer and lower ph than your own. You need to take the extra time to drip them over slowly.
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The importer said the water they use in germany is quite similar to tap water in southern ontario. The stendker site does list their water params. Of course I didn't save them anywhere, and have to find them again.
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In case anyone is curious...
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Hey Jeff, what their price like for some of the discus
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They average about $100 for a 4" (at which point they are considered trouble free with proper husbandry) from stendker . Price increases with size. Near $400 for a 7".
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We have discus breeding in our 180 display tank and they are kept at about 82 degrees. All plants are doing fine at this temp as well. Jeff next time you are in London have a look at our planted display tank.
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So i've got my source for discus. Anyone know of a local angelfish breeder?
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I had a bunch of wild discus in a 125. They need soft water, and are kinda awesome. Why would you pay 100 bucks per discus? I think I paid 40 each
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There's discus, then there are quality ($100+) discus
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Ha.... There's also 50 bucks to replace your membranes in your RO unit
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Don't need ro for the ones I 'm getting. Born and raised in tap water
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There used to be an angel fish breeder in Brantford but I can't remember their name.
Now I know its been done before but Angels and Discus aren't always the best mix to have together. Because the Angels size they may make the discus too shy and they wont come out to eat.
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Haha that's sort of helpful
From what I've read mixing angels and discus is "try and see". Seems like that's the case with all fish!
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Everything is possible, sometimes things workout. But Discus and Angels are both cichlids and they act like them. They have been one of the most difficult fish I've ever kept.
Good luck.
I would sign up at http://forum.simplydiscus.com/ they have the passion and years of knowledge.
Good luck.
I would sign up at http://forum.simplydiscus.com/ they have the passion and years of knowledge.
I would go discus and cardinal tetras for your "display fish".
Toss in some nice looking dwarf plecos, if you have a lid, marble fish are always cool. You are correct on the low flow, and Aaron is correct with them being shy sometimes when it comes to eating.
Plants: Tall jungle val, spiral val, Anubis species attached to driftwood, dwarf hair grass.
(Those are some that I can remember) I used to keep a ton of discus. Had 14 tanks going at one point in a 1 bedroom apartment :|
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Toss in some nice looking dwarf plecos, if you have a lid, marble fish are always cool. You are correct on the low flow, and Aaron is correct with them being shy sometimes when it comes to eating.
Plants: Tall jungle val, spiral val, Anubis species attached to driftwood, dwarf hair grass.
(Those are some that I can remember) I used to keep a ton of discus. Had 14 tanks going at one point in a 1 bedroom apartment :|
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14 tanks in any size home is insane!
Hard to figure out how much room I'll have left with 9 discus and 2-3 angels. I 'm only going to get angels if I can find a breeder, and that's not looking likely so far. Cardinal tetras, zebra and bristlenose plecos, and some type of cory are all on my list. Thanks for suggesting some plant species. Aquatic plants are entirely new to me, so those give me a starting point.
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