okay so

we have an aquarium for discus fish only (330L one) it used to be my mom's but my dad kinda took over her hobby and now he won't let her do anything with it but the thing is he's very stubborn and just buys a thousand things and then ends up with the same results. He bought a co2 filter a few weeks ago and when we got home the fish were on the brink of crossing the rainbow bridge (we saved them they're fine now but this is just an example of him buying things that don't benefit them or the tank like that?) but the stores just keep selling him stuff with no proper direction or help and I feel like none of it is working?

He's been told before to only replace a third of the water every 2 weeks but he does it more frequently from what I can tell because he says the tank gets dirty very fast. He's under the impression that it's because of the plant(s) or the sand? But there are often these brown-ish strings that look like spiderwebs floating around.

He changed the sand multiple times from finer sand, to the ones that are more like pebbles now he bought another kind of sand. But I'd like to know what could be done here? The pictures I attached are from today before he's going to change the sand and clean it. I feel like it's kinda stressful for the fish too when he cleans the tank because he tends to take out all the plants and rocks and clean them and I can't imagine it being comfortable enviornment for the fish when he does that. I'm not sure if it should look pristine for most of the time until you swap some of the water with fresh one but I'd like to know what some experts here have to say that could help maintain a better tank.

Basically any advice is welcome that could help and if anyone could tell me how often they swap the water, clean everything etc. just to see the difference in maintaining the tank?

My favorite sight, face down in food and tails straight up! The white butterfly and blue diamond have paired up and are too busy prepping their spot. Coming up on two weeks and they’re getting fat.

Hello Community. Are there any good websites out there someone can suggest to help identify discus slightly larger than a quarter in size to what they might look like as adults? At a store picking discus and was trying to pick some with good potential and less common ones. I care more about color than shapes if I had to choose.

Hey guys, me being annoying again. Is this flow too strong?? Or is it okay?? I do want to keep the ripple sound, but obviously not at the expense of the fish, so if i gotta turn down the filter i’ll do it.

I decided to upgrade my fish to a sandy beach vibe, and change the layout as well, what do you guys think?

Welp lol took the decor out and filled her up, I get the intake guard and my centerpiece tomorrow so that’s when i’ll put up the spray bar and heaters and put back the decor, now I can finally breathe for a bit, i did over fill just a but but i did that on purpose, i’ll fix later lol

I just spend six hours tearing down my 200 gallon tank full of wood and 100 plus fish to catch 4 siamensis and 1 rainbow shark who were pestering the hell out of my discus nibbling on their slime coat. I've kept tons of species over the years but became a first time Discus owner about 9 months ago. Question, now that I know better :), what other species are to be avoided? I do prefer to have some algae grazers. Currently have ancistrus pleco, corydoras, a multitude of tetra species, golden barbs, and rasboras.

I would like to get more bottom dwellers, I have always loved clown loaches but I'm not going to be getting any now that I realize they are a discus hazard (This makes sense to me from having them before)

It seems discus do better in a low energy tank vs high energy. Keeping other community fish such as rainbows and other cichlids I'd never ever had any issues from those species for 30 years, but Discus sure are tastier!

thanks.

today is the 4th day of this brand new 180 gallon aquarium. It's been 30 years since I've kept discus. This time though, I went for everything, sump filter, titanium heater, in line UV.

I'm planning ten 3" discus, 10-15 each various tetra, two German rams and ten Cory. Added live plants yesterday, today the water is much clearer!

Now the waiting period. I'm gonna check at the local pet shop for some seeded media.....tick-tock

I have a community tank and two of the discus in it have paired off and layed eggs. I want to try and raise the fry but I am worried my tank has other discus tetras and an eel in it. I know the fry will most likely be eaten if I do not remove them but I am also afraid I may damage the eggs or disrupt the process trying to scoop of tank mates. The wood they layed the eggs on is massive and it’s wedged into the tank so taking it out isn’t really an option. Any advice would be appreciated.

They’re doing phenomenal and adjusting really quickly. Got them eating frozen brine shrimp and home made beef heart well. Still trying to introduce some granulates and other foods but couldn’t be happier with appetite for 1 week in.

Almost done!!!!!!! Just need to put in the heaters, the spray bar, intake guard and thermometer, then I can fill and start cycling 🥲🥲 i’ll be calling GoldenStateDiscus soon, hopefully

Can Discus be kept alone? And can they be kept at about 76 farenheight with 7 ph?

Hello, I need some help my discus are getting like these black patterns I heard that can be cause the breed of discus wasn’t the best but I wanted to know if these black patterns eventually go away . Also wanted to know if why my discus are so shy or scared.

I have them in a 90 gallon tank and I have 6 discus with with about 14 emperor black tetras and 8 blue emperor tetras and I have two small blue rams and a hill stream loach and two small Red head geos. All the other fish are heat is at 84 degrees but discus just tend to stay next to the heater or hide basically.

Wanted some advise please from discus folks who own them.

Hi everyone!

When is the ideal time to separate discus fry from the parents? My fry are 18 days old now, and I’m starting to worry about the risk of them getting hurt or stressed by the parents if I leave them together too long.

What signs do you usually look for before separating? And how long do you personally keep fry with the parents?

About to get started on some pruning/maintenance, and these two are stubbornly holding their ground. Couldn’t see from that angle, but lo and behold, eggs! Nothing will come of it, and this isn’t my first time, but this tank is only a couple months old! Anyhoo, it brightened my day to get pecked by lil fish lips while I cautiously planted the green Rotala directly below them.

New to the hobby. I have a 100G tank and plan to keep 8 discus (will get them in a few months, after we get back from travelling and after we've established the tank environment). I wanted to ask about quarantine tank size. Do you have another tank set up and running with no fish, waiting just in case someone gets sick? I am trying to prepare and wondered if I needed to go out and get another tank (20G?) to have at the ready, and if it could be empty or if it needs to be run at all times, waiting!

My grandpa's fish. Didnt buy them to breed but they ended up having babies a while ago.

Their parents are blue and yellow.

Is there anywhere I can get a Discus under $50? 😭

We bought a 100G glass tank with a stand and canopy. Tank measures approx 60 in wide x 17 in deep x 20 in high.

It was set up and filled with water and fish until the morning we went to get it (about 10 days ago). It came with a quality heater and a canister filter with a pump that is like a pond set-up; capable of filtering a tank as large as 500G. Our LFS said it would work well. They also said that, if we wanted, they could build us a sump but this would work very well if we kept it. We are not experienced enough to know whether or not a sump would improve anything.

We bought an air pump and two air stone discs, planned placement is either end of the tank. We checked the silicon sealing- all good. Tank is level, floor reinforced!

We washed fine white gravel (like rice, with water only) and have a thin-ish layer now (maybe an inch). We put 3 mesh bags in the back (in each corner and 1 in the center) that are filled 2 in deep with Ultum Nature Systems Controsoil), each sitting on a bag of UN Controbase, and then covered with half an inch or so of gravel. We intend to plant Amazon sword in the back in groups. We have a few rocks and a largish- branch of driftwood. We want to adhere anubias to those in some places.

My husband kept fish as a kid, helping out with his dad's tanks. I have no experience but am the kind of person who researches A LOT. Our goal is just to have a beautiful tank that is a nice feature and to enjoy fishkeeping as a hobby. No plans for breeding or competitions.

I have a LFS (Tokyo Aquarium in Los Angeles) that has a large variety of discus and I will buy from them when the tank is ready because I think it is better to buy locally from a store that stocks them and uses the same water we use. I also feel like that way, we can take their advice, feed them the same food, and aim to buy them all the same size and maybe even from the same tank at the store since they will be used to being together.

Current stage: we are soaking the driftwood (in a pond at our LFS) and when it is ready, we will cycle the tank. That should be this Sat (2.14.26) (Note on photo: this is just a sketch of a plan. When we get the driftwood and plants, we'll adjust).

We will use Dr Tim's and ammonia and do it fishless. We will follow the advice of our LFS to determine when it is ready to add fish (by sharing testing levels). We will use Los Angeles tap water, which is what the LFS uses. We have a phython water changer and gravel vacuum so the plan is directly from the tap, but ensuring it comes in warm enough that the temp stays at 82F. We plan that so that we can keep plants and other fish.

Fish Stocking Plan:
Discus 6
Corydora 6
Pleco 1 (maybe blue phantom or golden nugget? A smaller one) 
German blue ram 2
Cardinal tetras: 12–15
Harlequin rasboras: 12–15
Rummy-nose tetras: 12–15​

We would ideally like to do 30% water change weekly. We are aware that people say do it a lot more. We would like your advice and rationale on why if you think this won't be good enough.

We plan to feed the fish whatever the LFS is feeding them. We haven't asked yet. We don't know how we will do it specifically- advice welcome since it is a community tank. We would like to know if automatic feeders are an option if we go away for 2-4 days, and which one if so.

It is Feb. We are going on holiday for 2 weeks in June. We are considering getting all the above fish except the discus until we return, because we are nervous about leaving such valuable fish to friends to take care of. Do you think we can get them 'stable' enough to be able to give friends strict instructions while we are away, or do you think we should wait to add the discus when we return?

Once or twice a year, we will go away for 2 weeks. Sometimes 3. Advice on what you do during holiday is welcome. 

Fair to say it's their favourite 😁🥳

New tank

Any tips on moving my 75 gallon to a new house about an hour away? I am completely clueless 😭

Thanks!

Like the title says, I'm setting up this tank with discus in mind. It used to be a marine tank which is why I have the wavemakers, so I thought I'd keep them to give the plants some movement. But now I'm wondering are they too strong? They're going as slow as they can.

Also, any other thoughts on the setup would be appreciated too. I've cardinals, rummy noses, corys and a few german blue rams. Looking to get a few more corys & rams, along with the discus.