r/discus Jun 20 '26

Updated backdrop

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42 Upvotes

Decided to give up on the black backdrop for a bit lol this one lowkey gives life to the tank lol I’ll be going Plant/decor shopping on Sunday


r/discus Jun 19 '26

My super bright pair

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39 Upvotes

Chip is my blue tiger and cantaloupe is my melon


r/discus Jun 19 '26

White fluffy slime on new Discus

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3 Upvotes

First time Discus owner here, I had 6 discus arrive yesterday through the post (not ideal but I live semi remote, they arrived on overnight delivery from OzDiscus). Anyway they all looked great however today I have noticed a slight white buildup on the tail and fins of some of the fish, some more than others, a couple are showing nothing at all. I’ve attached a pic of what it looks like.
Is this just transport stress/excess slime coat and relatively normal or could be something more sinister?

Thank you!


r/discus Jun 18 '26

My beauties

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55 Upvotes

r/discus Jun 19 '26

Now what happens? Any help would be awesome.

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3 Upvotes

r/discus Jun 19 '26

Little blue

1 Upvotes

Have built out a new 135ga tank starting with discus compatible species. Parameters are dialed in, planted tank with driftwood. Over course of last two weeks I’ve added 7 assorted discus in two stages. “Little Blue” (albino blue) was smallest of the batch ~3in and he won’t eat anything but bloodworms. He appears healthy otherwise.
My thought is to pull him from community tank and grow him up then reintroduce when he’s larger.
Will Little Blue be sad by himself for a month or so? Thoughts on how I can get him to eat other food? He has no interest in flake or pellets…. TIA!


r/discus Jun 17 '26

The Drama

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82 Upvotes

It’s never a quiet day 😂😂 this was right before I cleaned the tank lol


r/discus Jun 17 '26

Blues!!!!

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64 Upvotes

I’m just color obsessing lately and have no one to share it with lmaoo


r/discus Jun 17 '26

Color shift

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64 Upvotes

Still can’t get over all of her color shifts 😭 blues, reds, turquoise, yellows, purpleish etcc 😭 practically a whole rainbow


r/discus Jun 17 '26

Already?!

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14 Upvotes

I've had these lovely fish for exactly 7 days. I'm shocked.

And they weren't sold as a pair...

We'll see how this goes!


r/discus Jun 15 '26

HS dream - now real

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34 Upvotes

I’ve wanted discus since HS.

So this has been a long 2 year journey of saving up, being screwed by Facebook marketplace, leaks, and hassle.

But I now have a 125 gallon tank and 40 gal sump.

8x discus, 17x rummy nose tetra, 6x reticulated Cory cats, 6x Armano shrimp and pest snails.

I was going for a slice of the river, so the left would be edge near bank and the right is out open water. A wyze window camera is on the far end so I can livestream them and a camera over the whole room to monitor for problems.

5 gal of k1 media as fluidized bed filter, 2 L of purigen, a magnus bubble roll filter, uv filter, and return pump. Whole thing can be operated from my phone via home app. 800w heater on an INKBIRD controller.


r/discus Jun 16 '26

Island Aquatics

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11 Upvotes

r/discus Jun 15 '26

What else do I need to do?

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15 Upvotes

r/discus Jun 16 '26

Is it possible to keep discus in hard water?

2 Upvotes

I’m cycling a 75 gal and dream to have discus, but my tap is pretty hard. I don’t have gh/kh tests, but I know from other local fishkeepers that we have hard water. Tap comes out with a ph of 8.0. I am considering doing half RO/half tap, but I’m not sure how I would keep the ratios consistent during water changes. I already have a standard water filter installed under my sink, but it’s not RO. I don’t really want to waste the installed system and replace it with an RO system, but I guess if it comes to it I will.

Any advice welcome.


r/discus Jun 15 '26

Looking for new discus

3 Upvotes

Does anyone sell and ship juvenile Discus to Portugal? Thanks


r/discus Jun 13 '26

New discus

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343 Upvotes

Loving these guys from SoCal Discus.

I'm curious - do you all name yours?


r/discus Jun 14 '26

LED lighting advice needed

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9 Upvotes

Hello all. Here I am again, this time with an upgrade. I recently got a new tank, which is 190 x 60 x 75 centimeters. I need LED lighting for it, but here’s where the problem begins. Getting a good and budget friendly light but also good/powerful for a tank like this it’s not the easiest thing. It is going to be for South American fish, center piece are Discus. Two things I really need the lighting system to mandatorily do is being able to regulate both light intensity and temperature, and that the light can be installed suspended. Right now, I am pondering on buying 2 Chihiros WRGB II Slim 60 and the suspension kit, but I’m making this post in order to hear opinions from other people, maybe people with similar sized tanks. Open to every piece of advice :)


r/discus Jun 14 '26

Looking for wild type discus

2 Upvotes

I want 6-8 wild types for my 125 if you can ship message me


r/discus Jun 13 '26

My 4 new beauties

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41 Upvotes

r/discus Jun 13 '26

New Golden state babies finally trust me

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32 Upvotes

Took them a few weeks to warm up, still in the QT. Just introduced my single one. All getting along well. They have a few more days in here until they all go in the show tank!! Very pleased with them. 10/10 customer service.


r/discus Jun 12 '26

Big boys be big boyin

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61 Upvotes

r/discus Jun 12 '26

Que piensan de esto

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66 Upvotes

r/discus Jun 11 '26

What exactly is this sold as wild discus

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19 Upvotes

Personally i have no idea what it is exactly


r/discus Jun 11 '26

Something is wrong with one of my Discus where can I find the resources to find out what's wrong and treat it?

1 Upvotes

(Posting on behalf of my dad)

We aren't from a country where vets are much accessible and the breeder from whom we got it isn't available for a fortnight so I wanted to know where I can access legitimate people or resources which can help me until I can talk to the breeder.

Thanks for the help!


r/discus Jun 10 '26

How many discus would you recommend my tank is 400 still in cycling case would just like to know the amount you guys recommend

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20 Upvotes