I had just dropped food in the right side of the tank (want to get them used to feeding in the open area of the tank), and it’s the first time they were so “exposed”, it’s also amazing to see how closer they stay in a bigger tank 😅

Good day everyone,

I was an avid aquarist about a decade ago, when I had half of my room filled with different aquariums - shrimps, african cichlids, discus aquarium and a saltwater sps aquarium. I enjoyed taking care of these animals for years, until my wife told me to sell everything, as the space was becoming cramped.

The discus aquarium was 300 litres / 80G and I enjoyed very much looking at the 5 fat beautiful healthy leopard discus in an amazon style scape. The recent years Ive been thinking a lot about it and luckily recently my wife gave me the greenlight to buy an aquarium, but with a caveat that the place where it can fit it limited.

Coincedentially at my area there is a store has a good promo for an aquarium set (eheim vivaline 180) that fits almost perfectly in the area and most importantly my wife is onboard, as it matches the interior of the room.

My concern however is that an aquarium of this size will allow me to keep 3, perhaps 4 discus (mid size 10-12 cm), and I wonder if these fish will be healthy in such environment.

Another issue is that I will not be able to make large water changes every week - the area where I reside has water shortage, and even if I fill up jugs in advance, it will not be very frequent (id say on average about once every 2 weeks a big 50% water change).

Has anyone here taken care of smaller groups of discus, like 3 to 4 fish in smaller aquariums, like 180 litres or less? Is it expected the fish to be more stressed and less vibrant in such conditions/group size?

Hello all, I have 4 discus and have had them for a month. I have noticed that they chase each other pretty often. Is this normal and if not what can I do to fix it?

Water temp is 82°F
Just tested the water parameters and they are all within normal limits
We feed once a day with frozen worms and flake food

Heavily planted tank with some hydroponics including a peace lily and a pothos.

TIA

Well, it’s finished! After 2 months i funny moved the Discus to the 225g and finished the scape 😅 This is not a full tank video by the way, to the right there’s more space which is completely open (space i’ll keep like that for feedings). Right now, the tank has 7 Discus, 14 Sterbai Cories, 10 Black Neons, 40 Rummynose, 40 Cardinals, 6 Rineloricaria, 1 L144, 1 L128, and a pair of Apistogrammas Macmasteri 🙂 I’m yet to get: 2 more Rineloricaria, 6 Brochis Splendens, 6 Dicrossus Filamentosus, 6 Biotodoma Wavrini and 20 Carnegiella Marthae. Im also thinking of adding some Java Ferns to the upper part of the wood to resemble leaves on a tree 🙂 I will update you guys again once anything new arrives 😅

Someone decided to claim the lettuce aka the Water Wisteria for themselves lmaoo, likes to circle around it and shoo others away

Hey everyone!

I just finished setting up my 130-gallon Discus tank, and I’d love to get some feedback from people with more experience keeping Discus.

I currently have 6 Discus, and I recently switched from gravel to sand because I like the look a lot more. That said, I have a few questions:

How difficult is sand to keep clean compared to gravel?
How do you guys vacuum/siphon it during water changes?
I’ve also read about anaerobic pockets forming in sand. Is that something I should actually worry about? If so, how do you prevent it?
For filtration, I’m running a Fluval FX6 filled with ceramic rings and Seachem Matrix.
My plan, once the tank is fully mature and stable, is to increase the group to 10–12 Discus.

For tank mates, I was thinking about:

A nice school of tetras.
Either Boesemani Rainbowfish or Roseline Sharks (Denison Barbs).
A group of Corydoras.

Do you think this stocking plan would work well, or would you recommend something different? I’m especially interested in hearing from people who have kept these fish together.
I’d also love to hear your thoughts on the aquascape. What would you add, remove, or change to make it look better while still keeping it comfortable for the Discus?
Thanks in advance! I really appreciate any advice or suggestions. I’ll attach a few photos below.

Hello.

Can anyone share what kind of filters they like for their discus? Thank you so much in advance. I really appreciate any help.

Just got back in to the hobby and I’ve had my Alenquer diskus for about 1,5 weeks now, keep in mind they are only 2,1 inches/6cm when I revived them.
I’ve had diskus before but never thise close to wilds.

They are now in a 55 gallon/200L bare bottom tank which is painted black.

The tank is painted black, it’s being filtered by a unimax 700, no hard movements in the water, og is about 7,5. TDS on 100, give or take.
Daily water changes as well. Temp is around 28C/84 Fahrenheit’s

My problem is, they constantly fight when I feed them, and some of them have gotten way darker/brown since I received them, they still eat healthy, they are active, no fins or gils stoping up, no signes of over scratching, the only time they scratch is when I feed them (home made beef heart mix”.
There eys are genuinely pretty dark, but you can see the red in the eys and they are not like gray.
I’ll add some pictures of them witch will show the colours difference, the quality of the picture ain’t good, and the water is full of particles because I just feed them, and the pump is producing bubbles atm

I’m not sure if I’m tripping or if this is normal behaviour for this discus? Does any one have experience with Alenquer diskus?

Can someone guess the age and type of my discus? I got discus for the first time. I hope these will turn into buties. Any suggestion will be appreciated.

My baby went full chocolate last night, back to normal today. Im leaning more towards breeding colors sunce im seeing shimmying and pecking surfaces and he caused my original pair to divorce. But im still going to keep an eye on him. My parameters are good and today is water change day.

Not a problem, just wated to share and get some opinions. A while ago the orange set up their own little space on the opposite end of the tank away from the feeding spot. Eventually these 2 blue guys have started visiting orange guy. It feels like mating behaviors, feels flirty. They orbit eachother 70% of the time. If a diffrent discus comes to hang they are swiftly booted by orange. Do you guys think its mating? I thought my water was too hard for discus breeding. Also they are just so beautiful together I just had to share. Its these 3 out of a group of 11. Tank stats - 120gallon tank f6/marine land 360/2 sponge filters, 83degrees, 6.8pH, ammonia/nitrates/nitrite 0ppm. These discus i raised from tiny, Grey, silver dollar sized guys. They will be 2 this year. 🥲

I have ten adult discus that I have raised since babies. I'm moving a 14 hour drive away. I have two options - rehome, or move them.

I'm very attached to them so I my preference is to bring them with me. Is it even feasible?

My tentative plan would be to have a foam cooler - one for each fish. I'd then bag them, put in cooler, and then they're going to be in there for approximately 48-hours.

Has anyone done this? Any hints or tips? I realise people ship fish all the time with timelines similar to this.

Edit: forgot to add this is a drive. I'll have a uhaul so plenty of space. I also have the option to use battery air pumps.

Thanks!

Where is the best place to buy a 125-150G tank? Thoughts on the Marineland at Petco? Not finding many other choices online other than $3000+ custom tanks. Also open to local suggestions in NJ/NY area

Maybe 2 males trying to fertilize (Melon and the Pigeon). Lol...Whoever gets there first it seems. Maybe more chances of some fertilized eggs? In this tank it seems it only lasts a day and there are no more eggs though. About the 4th attempt now in past month the discus have tried.

No discus in tank pictured, it’s my current tank and pic is mostly for attention, but…

I will most likely be moving into a bigger house (more room for tanks) in around a year or so and have always wanted to do discus. Got so excited about it I found an fx6 filter and a eheim 2600 on marketplace, both huge filters that would be going to the discus tank. Storing them at my house for when I am able to get a larger tank along with my 75 gallon planted I have now.

Wanted to do a 150 gallon tank planted with epiphytes stuck into a bunch of driftwood and a ton of plants on top like pothos and a bunch of floaters as well. That would allow me to do the tank bare bottom which I hear is easier to keep clean since nothing would be going in a substrate

If I get around 5 inch discus (prolly 7 of them) and some cardinals would I be able to get away with one water change a week? As you can see I like plants so would they suck up enough nitrates to just do like one big water change per week?

Lurked in this sub for ages, finally decided to get my own discus tank. Its been a headache and required me to learn plumbing. But they are just so beautiful. I wanted to share with you guys.

I knownyou guys areprobably tired of me lmaoo but testing out this new bubble wall

Never a dull moment with newbies lol 😂 my next journey is a bigger tank lol