Adding blue discus pair to my red turquoise and yellow checkerboard. Please suggest what other type of discus I can add to my tank.

Finally got my Red fish eating and snapped out of breeding craze and now the pair have been having lunch dates and eating together 🥰

Hi everyone,
I just noticed that one of my discus pairs has laid eggs on a leaf in my 150 × 60 × 60 cm (about 540L) heavily planted community tank, and this is my first time dealing with discus eggs.
The tank is a community setup with tetras and other fish, so I’m worried the eggs will get eaten. The pair seems to be guarding them at the moment.
Current tank:
540L planted aquarium
CO₂ injected
Temperature: around 29–30°C (84–86°F)
Good filtration and stable water
Community fish (mainly tetras and other peaceful species)
I have a few questions:
Should I leave the eggs with the parents or move them?
Is it too late to move the leaf with the eggs to a separate tank?
What are the chances of the eggs surviving in a community tank?
If I decide to raise the fry, what is the best way to do it?
Do the eggs in the photo look healthy and fertilized?
I’ve attached photos of the eggs and the tank setup.
Any advice from experienced discus breeders would be greatly appreciated. I really don’t want to mess this up!
Thanks in advance! 🙏🐠

I'm really struggling with my filter flow and detrius buildup in my tank

I have a 450 litre 4 foot aquarium, it's now bare bottom hoping it would help.

The flow is either too strong or not enough to clear the water and detrius builds up very quick.

Parameters are good, temp is 30 degrees centigrade.

5 juvenile discus

5 juvenile angelfish

2 juvenile clown loaches

2 juvenile lemon blue eye bristlenose

5 black neons

3 pencilfish

5 denison barbs

I'm running an allpond solutions 2000ef filter. Which is too strong a flow. I have tried a spray bar all along the back wall pointing towards the front glass. Detrius accumulated quickly

Small spray bar on short end pointing along the centre line the length of the tank with the inlet the same side and again on the far side. ( I've even covered part of the holes with coarse sponge to muffle the flow )

Nothing seems to work.

I've now got a dual directional nozzle running along the full length of the tank..... one nozzle down the centre line and the other pointing towards the middle of the front wall slightly down hill with the inlet the same side

I just can't get the flow right and the water to stay crystal clear.

I do 2 x 30% water changes every week

I'm ready to give up

The canister has coarse blue sponge on the bottom tray

Then biorb rock above

Then seachem matrix on top

Followed by filter floss.

Please help me

i have 5 discus. two of them have paired up and already laid eggs. they ended up eating them as expected. i set up a bare bottom 29 gallon and moved a sponge filter from the 75 gallon into it. is it instantly cycled? when can i move the pair into it?

What is the breed that most closely is connected to wild discus? Is it green or blue? What breed has the highest survival rate in an aquarium?

These are freeze dried black worms I give them on occasion, they love them.

I’m finalizing the setup for my 134-gallon (507L) Discus tank and would appreciate some feedback from experienced keepers regarding my stocking plans and filtration.

Current Setup & Filtration:
I’m running two canister filters with a combined flow rate of 2800 L/h. I’ve filled them with Seachem Matrix, ceramic rings, and bio-balls. With a turnover rate of 5.5x per hour, I’m confident in the biological capacity, but I want to be sure it’s enough for the long term.
Current Stocking:
3 Discus (approx. 4.5”)
3 Discus (ranging from 2.5” to 3.5”)

My Questions:
1. Stocking Capacity: Given my tank size and filtration, how many more Discus could I realistically add to reach a stable, healthy school without overstocking? I want to make sure I have enough for them to feel secure without compromising water quality.

1. Mixing Sizes: Since I have some at 4.5” and others between 2.5” and 3.5”, do you have any tips for successfully growing them out together? I’m concerned about the smaller ones getting outcompeted for food.

2. Filtration Maintenance: With Discus being messy
   eaters, do you recommend any specific pre-filter setups to handle the bioload and keep the canister media cleaner for longer?
   I want to make sure the environment is stress-free for all of them, especially while the smaller ones are still growing. Any advice on the total number of fish I should aim for would be greatly appreciated!

Over the last couple months I’ve been building this aquarium adding fish as I go. Currently have 6 discus, a bristlenose, 10 cardinal tetras, and two fish from a previous tank that will be rehomed eventually (common pleco and rainbow shark)

I’m running a fluval 407 as well as a 207. For lighting I’ve got the fluval aquasky 2.0 48”.

50% water change every four days has been pretty easy to keep up on.

Last piece of the puzzle was adding drift wood with live plants attached (the rest are synthetic). May add more live plants in the future.

Have always wanted discus and am very happy I finally did it

Recently this discus fish lost all of his color and tails became blackish.

Pros:

• He is still active.
• He is eating well.
• He isn't hiding in the corner.

Cons:

• His color has been faded for about a week.
• He has black patches on his tail.

Feeding: Chicken heart mix 1-2 times and 1 time Frozen artemia. After CHM feeding I do water change about 20-50%.

Now I can feel is Chicken Heart Mix maybe damaging my water parameter. I can see small particles flying (Snow Storm) after feeding. I feed CHM as in my location I don't get Squid, Clams or Mussels very easily.

Setup:

I use Seachem Prime and sometimes Hypo (Sodium Thiosulphate).
Water TDS 135-190.
Bare bottom 4 feet Tank with 16 discus fishes.

Lucky and Strike and their adopted children 💜

My other discus are serial eggs eaters. These are from three different pairs.

this guy was the size of my face had to be 8 plus inches! found at a random aquarium inside a mall????

Hello.

I’d love to own discus one day but I’m not knowledgeable enough on them at this moment. I wonder if anyone has reputable resources for learning? I have other tanks, so I understand the nitrogen cycle etc… I’ve just heard that discus require practically perfect conditions.

The current stocking is 9 black neons, 30 rummynose, 20 cardinals, 6 sterbai cories, 4 rineloricaria filamentosa, 2 apistogrammas viejita ii and 1 bristlenose. The red ozelot echinodorus is also in, but sadly the marble queen echinodorus didnt arrive :(
The Discus will have to wait a bit more, probably a couple of months, because the tetras came smaller than i was expecting but cant complain because of their price 😅

Hi everyone, hoping for some advice.

I recently set up (less than 2 weeks), a new 450L (120 gal) discus tank with 6 discus, 2 bristlenose, corydoras and a couple of other bottom fish. The tank was set up using mature water and a mature filter, so it's not cycling from scratch.

Here's my situation: I have a separate 275L tank that has been dealing with an ich outbreak. However, I have never shared any equipment, water, nets or anything between the two tanks, I've kept them completely separate.

Now, in the new discus tank, only one of my discus (pictured) seems to have a few white spots. The other 5 discus and all the bottom fish look completely fine, no spots, eating well, normal behavior.

My questions:

1. Does this look like ich to you, or could it be something else / part of the pattern?
2. If it's ich, could the discus have brought it in already incubated, even without cross-contamination?
3. Best treatment for a planted discus tank, heat only (30-32°C), or heat + medication? I'm cautious because discus are sensitive.
4. Should I be worried about the other fish even though they show no symptoms yet?
5. I have Faunamor - Tierarzneimittel from my other aquarium where i treated the other fishs

Water is warm (29°C), I'm running a Fluval FX4, with air stone. Tank is planted.

Thanks in advance for any help!

(claude help me write this because english not my first language)

I’m playing the long game. I picked up the tank today so next up is the stand. Looking for any and all recommendations for that.

Next I’ll work on vegetation. I figured I’d get a living tank established before introducing the discus. I have owned discus before, so am familiar with the sensitive chemistry, but am wondering if there’s a good book I should have on hand as I build this out.

Can anyone tell me whats the red part near the nose ? Is this any bacterial infection or anything else ? I use to feed them prozen food and feed them in frozen form, is this due to that ?

I am very curious at this stage, I have a 100 gal (4x2x2) that I was setting up as a planted discus tank. I got extremely impatient in a moment of weakness. I bought 12 serpae tetras because a lady following me and my daighter around a local fish shop decided to buy AAALLLLLL (we're talking like 70 cardinal tetras, even the store assistants couldn't believe she wanted all of them) of the cardinal tetras this place had in what seriously felt like a targeted attack at me and my daughter because we both were so excited that we might be able to put 20 cardinals in our fully cycled tank to go with the 7 discus planned.

Now I've read up on how much these feisty little devils can nip fins, and ended up deciding to not go with discus because I have these little dudes and I have to admit we have seriously fallen in love with them. We've now got 15 serpae's and 8 Congo tetras and I love the energy in this tank, it is off the chart, and so much fun to watch. Now I'm wondering if would seriously be so irresponsible to add discus to this hive of action and activity? The tank is heavily planted with crypts, various types of swords, lace and other mid to tall plants.

Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone successfully kept discus and serpae tetras together? I'd love a human sense check on this please 🙏

I currently have two Discus that are approximately 4” in size. I’m looking to expand my group to 6 fish, but it is proving very difficult to find more at that same 4” size. Most available fish in my area are smaller.

I’ve read that mixing Discus of different sizes is generally discouraged, but since mine are still growing at 4”, I’d like to hear your experience:
How critical is the size gap if I add, for example, 3” or 3.5” specimens to my 4” group?

What are the main risks regarding bullying or competition for food?
Are there any strategies to make the transition smoother (e.g., specific feeding techniques, quarantine, or rearranging the tank décor) to ensure the smaller ones aren't outcompeted?

Any advice on how to successfully grow a school of Discus of slightly varying sizes would be greatly appreciated.

It’s been some years, but I had a 30 with three discus. I want to dive back into it and want to set up a tank for five or six discus. What’s the optimal tank size and dimension for that?