My opinion is discus is the most beautiful freshwater fish. It is also expensive and hard to take good care as a pet, I think. But, I'll try to have some, someday.led_zeppelin said:just curious on your opinions...
actually, if you find tank bred discus you will find they are not much more difficult to take care of than many other tropical fish.cauzen said:My opinion is discus is the most beautiful freshwater fish. It is also expensive and hard to take good care as a pet, I think. But, I'll try to have some, someday.
The whole time I was redaing this thread I was thinking, where are the killies?NO fw fish has more color!!coupedefleur said:Though I love corydoras, rams, darters, and a lot of the other fish mentioned, for sheer non-subtle knock-yer-eyes-out color you can't beat killies!
bivitattums are nice, and there are lots of color varieties-
A. wachtersi is is worth a look...
As are the Nothos, like eggersi:
racovii:
robustus:
and fuscotaeneatus:
"What is the most colorful killie?" would make an interesting thread!
MAn discus seem like a lot of work, why do they need so many water changes. Maybe all fish like water changes but only dicus keepers stick with it? I am thinking about setting up a discus tank with a vegatative fuge to suck up nutrients, do you think I will have to do as many WC's with this setup?? I know I am off topic.actually, if you find tank bred discus you will find they are not much more difficult to take care of than many other tropical fish.
they may be slightly more expensive. it's relative..I can pick up some varieties for 4 discus for $50..they are all 2-2.5" juveniles. juvies do need a bit more care as they need to be fed 3-4 X day so that means water changes atleast every other day. I usually feed them..do a partial change when I remove any uneaten food..readding water I remove..the next day after feeding I do a 25% water change//and so on and so on..you don;t have to do this but it is best for optimal growth.