discus questions

[legendaryfrog]

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?

[legendaryfrog]

my reasoning behind this is that discus are carnivore, while most other FW fish are omnivore.

[Star_Rider]

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)

[legendaryfrog]

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?????

[legendaryfrog]

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.......................................

[VTwinFanatic]

why not build an awesome tank around discus?...you have to pick a show fish a build it around them...IMO

[Star_Rider]

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

[FishyMatty]

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.

[legendaryfrog]

Thing is, I already have the gourami's and danios in quarantine.

[pigeonblood]

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?????
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.

[band_width_band]

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.

I did a lot of research on this topic...and on advice decided to go with cardinals and angels together. I got the cardinals medium sized and grew them out for a few months, then when they were about 1.5 inches + or more, I got small angels (so they got used to the cardinals as not being food).

So far so good.

I think the thing is, cardinals have a shorter lifespan, so if/when I ever have to replace the cardinals, I will have to purchase big ones as adding new smaller fish may trigger the angels to realise they are potential food...

[pigeonblood]

I hope this works out for you maybe its like the cat and dog growing up together thing.When you have to replace some cards. u can also just grow them out a lil in a seperate tank then add them to your main display.