I have been offered three discus, two of them a breeding pair, for $20. (Lady dismantled her tank for the christmas tree.) They are a little over a year old and are about 5" long and 6" high. One is a turquoise discus, and two are golden turquoise (I think). They have been kept in neutral PH (like mine) all their lives and are the best looking discus I have ever seen.
The dilemma is this-
I have a 100 gallon, 65 gallon, and a 29 gallon, with partitions I can use on the 100 and 29.
The hundred (72 X 18 X 18) has a 10" oscar, 7" JD, 5" firemouth, 7" syno osc., and a 8" pleco, so it is out of the question as for adding discus with out the divider, and I will not get rid of any of these fish.
The 65 (36 X 18 X 21) is empty, and I have everything to set it up but a stand, which I can build in a week or two, but I don't have a spot for it except where the 29 is now.
The 29 (36 X 12 X 18) has two 2" convicts, which I can easily get credit for towards the discus.
Here are my options~
1. I can stick a divider in the 100 and put the discus in there, but not forever.
2. I can get rid of the cons and stick the discus in the 29, but also not forever.
3. Do 1 or 2 and build the stand for the 65, take down the 29, put the 65 in its place, and seed the tank with the 29 filter.
[Edit: forgot 4] 4. Not buy beautiful expensive fish for cheap and watch them die at the LFS. (Who wants option 4?)
Three seems like my best option, but how long would the discus be in the 29 alone, or divided 100 before they needed the 65? It will take a week or two, (a month at the very most) to get the stand built and get the tank in place, so do I have that much time? Leaving them at the LFS isn't an option, right now they are in a 20 with 3 silver dollars and 3 festivms, none of which are larger than 3".
Sorry for the long post, but I need some help from discus experts, having never had them before. (Too dang expensive!)
The dilemma is this-
I have a 100 gallon, 65 gallon, and a 29 gallon, with partitions I can use on the 100 and 29.
The hundred (72 X 18 X 18) has a 10" oscar, 7" JD, 5" firemouth, 7" syno osc., and a 8" pleco, so it is out of the question as for adding discus with out the divider, and I will not get rid of any of these fish.
The 65 (36 X 18 X 21) is empty, and I have everything to set it up but a stand, which I can build in a week or two, but I don't have a spot for it except where the 29 is now.
The 29 (36 X 12 X 18) has two 2" convicts, which I can easily get credit for towards the discus.
Here are my options~
1. I can stick a divider in the 100 and put the discus in there, but not forever.
2. I can get rid of the cons and stick the discus in the 29, but also not forever.
3. Do 1 or 2 and build the stand for the 65, take down the 29, put the 65 in its place, and seed the tank with the 29 filter.
[Edit: forgot 4] 4. Not buy beautiful expensive fish for cheap and watch them die at the LFS. (Who wants option 4?)
Three seems like my best option, but how long would the discus be in the 29 alone, or divided 100 before they needed the 65? It will take a week or two, (a month at the very most) to get the stand built and get the tank in place, so do I have that much time? Leaving them at the LFS isn't an option, right now they are in a 20 with 3 silver dollars and 3 festivms, none of which are larger than 3".
Sorry for the long post, but I need some help from discus experts, having never had them before. (Too dang expensive!)
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