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[Westie]

nice pics hollis

really clean looking tank

[living1978]

Looking good mate..

 

Must have a great supplier

[hollis]

Cheers Carlos

 

one of your snakeskin eruptions would look good in there , might have to pay you another visit soon

[chocky]

Makes me want to keep discus...

[hollis]

Pretty frustrating to start with , fish were very skittish. Constantly chaging scape , lighting to to try to get fish confident.all settled now and really enjoying them, still quite fussy with food though

[hollis]

picked up a nice checkerboard and albino ,been in a few weeks. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by hollis, 15 September 2015 - 09:40 PM.

[living1978]

WOW mate they look amazing.. Glad your happy mate

[hollis]

Very happy with them thanks Carlos
Cheers again

[Alireza_Sh]

My new Juwel Rio400 Discus tank
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[hollis]

A few updated pics from this morning , growth on most of these are progressing well , water changes currently @ 70 % every 3rd day , eating very well , 4 feeds a day  sera flora twice / freeze dried black worm and tropical discus granules once

 

 

 

[Westie]

water changes currently @ 70 % every 3rd day , eating very well , 4 feeds a day  sera flora twice / freeze dried black worm and tropical discus granules once

 

Wow that seems like a lot of work

[hollis]

From what i gather there would be alot of discus keepers doing daily w/c with aged pre heated water,so every 3rd day staight out of the tap is a pretty easy routine
When it comes to discus. The extra work involved with keeping discus is far out weighed by the return .

[Westie]

Is that because of the hormone they secrete inhibiting growth? I read about that in an article by Jack Wattley in TFH magazine. I'm keen to get discus one day, but a weekly water change is enough for me. I'd probably have to buy large discus instead of juvies

[hollis]

Not sure about hormone thing ( someone else may shed light ) all i know is lots of feeds,pristine water will give the best chance to reach growth potential

[Westie]

It takes 3 weeks for my water to register 5ppm, so I've reduced the amount of water changes I do. You inspired me to go look at discus today. I ended up buying pearl gouramis instead

[malawiman85]

Pics Jason... you know the routine.

[hollis]

[quote name="Jason82" post="346768" timestamp="1447325157"]It takes 3 weeks for my water to register 5ppm, so I've reduced the amount of water changes I do. You inspired me to go look at discus today. I ended up buying pearl gouramis instead[/quote

Shame, go see Carlos ( living 1978 ) you wont leave there without a discus or two.

In 5 years of keeping fish i have never owned a test kit . Borrowed one when going through initial
Tank cycle , and have tested probs twice since. Keep it simple, tap water, prime & handfull rock salt every 3rd w/c.

[deliriouz]

I change water for my discus tanks about once every 2-3 weeks. They seem to be doing alright cause they have been breeding and rearing fry.





One of my grow out tanks with blue turqs, leopards and electric blue rams

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[Stormfyre]

It takes 3 weeks for my water to register 5ppm, so I've reduced the amount of water changes I do. You inspired me to go look at discus today. I ended up buying pearl gouramis instead

 

I heard it was "Sparkling Gouramis".. Gem.. truly outrageous.

 

Fantastic Discus mate. Got a nice mix. 

[hollis]

Enjoying tonight's water change and after treat .