discus questions

legendaryfrog

legendaryfrog

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Hi everyone! I was just wondering, how do you sucessfully keep discus in a community aquarium?

Also, when keeping discus in HUGE tanks, is it possible to do less frequent water changes?
 
my reasoning behind this is that discus are carnivore, while most other FW fish are omnivore.
 
in large tanks you still need to do water changes..but the larger tanks can provide a more stable environment..less apt to be influenced by small changes.Ie temp..etc..

the larger tank can provided more much needed room as discus can get large..and they do best in groups..I would love to have a large tank for discus and wild angels(preferably altums)
my dream tank is 300 gal with 15-20 discus and 10-15 wild angels(sans leopoldis which can be mean lil buggers)
 
OK. but what about feeding?

the tank im planning is 500 gallons.

it'll have discus, angels, cardinal tetras, platies, plecos.......

most of these fish are omnivore, while discus are carnivores.

How do i feed all of these fish?????
 
Oh wait nvm anymore.

I realised that a lot of the fish i want (danios, gouramis, etc) dont like 85* water.

so guess im back to silver dollars...........


:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

i really wanted discus.......................................
 
angels , discus, cardinals, black neons, BN's all handle the warmer water fine. as do rams.

the angels, rams and discus eat pretty much the same foods.

cardinals and black neons are fine with flake. bn, wood and algae,,occassional flakes
 
Its not only the temp but the ph you need to consider. But most discus these days can thrive in a wide variety of temps and ph. I keep mine an 83° with a ph of 6.8. I love schools of fish as well so I have red-eyed tetras, blue rams and some apistosgrama (dwarf cichlids). All my fish eat the same foods, I give them a variety of frozen foods(blood worms, beef heart, and brine shrimp) also some flake food. The only problem you may run into is making sure all your fish eat, especially in a tank that big. In one of my tanks I have to feed my fire eel by hand because it would never get food other wise.
 
Thing is, I already have the gourami's and danios in quarantine.
 
legendaryfrog said:
OK. but what about feeding?

the tank im planning is 500 gallons.

it'll have discus, angels, cardinal tetras, platies, plecos.......

most of these fish are omnivore, while discus are carnivores.

How do i feed all of these fish?????
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hold the phone im not slamming anybody but does anyone agree with me that angels and card. tetras bad idea down the road.Tasty treat for angels when larger.
 
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