Things that will improve your life when the discus go in:
- Some of those 20L white plastic reinforced trade buckets (about $10 each)
- Alternatively some 25L water storage cubes. These are the type you can take camping to bring your own water. They stack, have a place to put in a tap, and most importantly they have a screw on lid that seals. Invaluable in your case it seems if you'll be carrying large amounts of water through the house. You can use these to age your water and bring it up to the right temperature, add trace elements, etc. (about $25 each)
- A length of large hose (I sell food grade stuff at BCF) for when you just want a water change, rather than a gravel vac. My hose will fill a 20L bucket in about 30 secs but isn't so large that the fish get stressed (about $5) You are going to be doing a lot of water changes if you want to grow those juvies up to big, tasty adult discus
- Indian almond leaves are a cheap alternative to peat (or an RO/DI unit) if your water is particularly hard (containing metals) and you want to soften it. There are a couple of documents around the web for what's in the water of each perth suberb. You can order the leaves from a couple on here or probably mooch some from some of the other Discus keepers on here
With the juvies to grow them big and strong you want to be feeding them frequently and vaccuming up the leftovers after a little while. It really depends on how old you go for. Some keepers feed their little discus 4+ times daily.
There are a few people here who keep or have kept some beautiful discus. Have a look in the photos and ask lots and lots of questions.
I know you probably have heard these things before but it always helps to say them just in case...
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