Updated discus pics

[wesleydnunder]

I've had these guys about six months. The juvies are growin' like weeds.

Mark

[johaniimaster27]

to me discus never looked good but those looked very nice

[oscar83]

wow, absolutely beautiful! ive always wanted to try a heavily planted discus tank but i dont have the room or $$$ for the 210 gal that i want to try that with. very nice work, show us some more pix! :clap:

[wesleydnunder]

Thanks guys. I'll take some more in the morning before dawn so I won't have the glare that these pics show.

Mark

[fish_freak]

Jealous. Someday I want to do a heavily planted discus tank. Very nice.

[clayt101]

How big are they? I find some grow fast and others don't. I guess they produce growth inhibiting hormones.

[wesleydnunder]

How big are they? I find some grow fast and others don't. I guess they produce growth inhibiting hormones.

The biggest is an adult. He was advertised as a wild-caught blue. The turqs and the blue diamond are probably8-9 mo. old. They are definitely growing at different rates. I've read that discus may emit a growth inhibitor hormone so that may be what's going on in my 125g. They are fed twice daily and I do 2 or 3, 50% - 60% partials a week. I took some more pics this am.

Mark

[Star_Rider]

sweet looking fish and tank

I have 4 with similar color patterns of the fish in front(second picture of first set)

I got mine in end of march the biggest is almost 5 "

I really like the way you have the tank set up..

[100gw]

Very nice pics. I love your tank

[clayt101]

I do 50% water changes once a week. I may have to move up, but it takes a lot of time. I also have a 125 gallon.

[Rbishop]

Very nice!

[wesleydnunder]

Thanks Bob. It took a while but I believe I've just about got it balanced now. You can see what's left of my bba outbreak on the plants. The snails have just about cleaned up what was left.

clayt101 are you keeping discus in your 125?

Thanks for the kind words y'all. I sure love these fish.

Mark

[clayt101]

125 is a planted discus tank. I used to live in Houston as well.

2 Wilds (Fish Ranch 2 in Houston)
2 Leopards (Fish R Us in Houston) - (1 is very slow growing)
2 Gold Melons (Discus Dan in Houston)
1 Blue Diamond (slow growing)
2 Red Turqs (1 slow growing)
2 Scribbled Reds

Tomorrow I get 2 4+ inch Red Melons, 1 3+ inch Blue Diamond

I also have 4 simese algae eaters (4 more tomorrow), 6 L-134 (my favorites), 1 albino bushynose, a school of cardinal tetras, and a betta in there.

I use a sump filter, and change 50% of the water a week. I may have to take it apart and completly sanitize it because I am having a battle with ram horn snails. The snails are eating my plants...(I offset the cost of the aquarium by suppling a LFS with plants, not much, but about $40/month in store credit).

Houston really has some great LFS

[clayt101]

Here are a few pics of my old discus tank pre Katrina:

http://www.waterhyacinths.com/images/Wild_Red.jpg
http://www.waterhyacinths.com/images/Wild_Blue.jpg
http://www.waterhyacinths.com/images/Red_Dragon.jpg

[VTwinFanatic]

your tank looks great....and the discus do too....it makes me jealous...my discus tank doesnt look nearly that good

[cichlidkeeper91]

Are discus alot harder to take care of then regular cichlids. Dont they need soft water.

[wesleydnunder]

Nice lookin' fish, clayt101. Your plants look very healthy too. Good job.

cichlidkeeper91, discus are not too hard to keep. They like their water clean so require a little more maintenance than some ciclids. Juvenile discus don't have to have soft water. In fact, they grow better in higher TDS water. When breeding, they need softer water so the eggs can mature.

Mark