well i have a 250gal tank and wont to get some discus how many young discus 2.5 in should i put in my 250 gal
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250g discus tank, eh? Hope you've done a LOT of reading before diving into them. If I had to guess... I'd say something like a colony of 20-25, depending on whether it were a species tank or not. Would be VERY interesting to see their socializations in a group that large.
UUUUUhhhhhh............ 250 gallon Discus tank is one hell of a water change.
Discus look cool but are high maintenance. If you want Discus go for it. You will be able to keep them alive. If you want to start a tank full of juveniles and want them all to grow big and beautiful I will guess that you cant do it on the first try.
Discus look cool but are high maintenance. If you want Discus go for it. You will be able to keep them alive. If you want to start a tank full of juveniles and want them all to grow big and beautiful I will guess that you cant do it on the first try.
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I split your posts so you can gain more responses and people can focus better on your questions. Old thread.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142037
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142037
That is one large tank! If discus will be the only large fish in there companioned with a couple of shoals of small fish, at adult size you could easily keep 25 adults in there. To start with 2.5" fish with the hopes of ending up with 25 healthy large adults, my recommendation would be to get at least 30 juvies. You may lose a couple along the way, you may end up with a runt or two that you will not want to keep. You may wind up with a super aggressive discus that you want to rehome. Sometimes fish die unexpectedly, even discus, so I always get a few more fish than the number I ultimately want to end up with. It is far easier to avoid cross-contamination and disease introduction to get the entire group at the same time from the same source. While they are that small, your ratio of fish to total gallons of water will be such that you certainly won't have to be doing water changes every other day.....depending on how and what you feed. Juvies need to be fed well no less than 4 times/day and ideally 6 times a day. At an average temperature of 86F their metabolism is very high. Done correctly, you can expect to see a growth rate of an inch a month for the first couple of months. There are some strains that tend to grow a little slower than others. I have a pair of albinos that are growing very slowly. My most important piece of advice to you before you buy is to buy from a reputable breeder/importer. Do not buy from your local pet store where you are pretty much guaranteed to wind up with very poor quality discus that will never reach full size if they even live long for you at all, discus that are infested with internal parasites which will be expensive to eradicate if even possible. If you seriously plan to purchase them, I would be glad to give you recommendations for realiable sources in your area if you want to pm me. If you have never kept discus before, it is certainly not impossible, but please do lots of research on their needs and their maintenance before you start.
good call debbi
do your research.
IMO in a really large tank like this you may be able to vary a bit from the usual 50% water changes a bit.. in a large tank there is more room for error,so to speak.
with this large volume you have a higher dillution .(pending final stocking of course)
tho you should still cleanup waste /uneaten foods shortly after feeding. but you may be able to get by with slightly smaller water changes.
do your research.
IMO in a really large tank like this you may be able to vary a bit from the usual 50% water changes a bit.. in a large tank there is more room for error,so to speak.
with this large volume you have a higher dillution .(pending final stocking of course)
tho you should still cleanup waste /uneaten foods shortly after feeding. but you may be able to get by with slightly smaller water changes.
I tried to keep Discus in a large tank. The first thing I did was make sure I could do efficient water changes. Ultimately that meant that I set up my tank with a drip system. The tank would get fresh water every day and I could do an big gravel clean and water change and I could fill the tank in about a hour or so.
What Pinkertd is completely true about "fish store Discus", they are complete junk. I always had problem with "fish store Discus" I had a few that were locally farmed and they were fine and grew well.
In the end I gave up on Discus in my big tank, my biggest problem was the water coming out of the tap. The PH is 8.2 and the water was fairly hard. It was too difficult to adjust the water before it got to the tank. I now raise African fish since they match my water better.
What Pinkertd is completely true about "fish store Discus", they are complete junk. I always had problem with "fish store Discus" I had a few that were locally farmed and they were fine and grew well.
In the end I gave up on Discus in my big tank, my biggest problem was the water coming out of the tap. The PH is 8.2 and the water was fairly hard. It was too difficult to adjust the water before it got to the tank. I now raise African fish since they match my water better.