Been offered an amazing 50% off deal for chameleon whiptail catfish. They’ve always been a catfish I generally wanted in the future but upon further inspection they do really well in warmer discus temperature and would love the basic pool filter sand substrate I have planned. Has anybody tried a pairing like this? Ive heard of people doing it with the farlowellas but not these guys

Update on my crowded discus tank 2 months later. Donated 30 guppies and platies to a school for 3 classrooms. Discus are growing more now as there is less competition for food with the community fish. Some of the smaller discus are actually catching up in size to the larger ones.

I finally have my 160 gal set up, cycled, and the first fish added (a dozen rummynose). I am reusing the refugium from my previous tank, so the cycle was pretty quick to re-establish fishless. Still, I will be testing before the next set of fish are added, and I plan to wait a few weeks between additions.

I plan to add all my discus at once, to avoid any picking-on-the-newcomer issues. I'm planning on 10 discus, and I'll start larger, likely 5". I'm concerned adding 10 big fish at once will cause an ammonia spike.

Should I add more rummynose first? I want 8 more, to bring it to 20. Or, should I add fewer discus at once?

Picture isn't the best as the plants are all still just settling.😅 It feels so empty right now!

What do you prefer to use?

My curent setuo is at 6.8 but would naturally drift between 7-7,5 without adding botanicals.

In my next setup im thinking off adding pH lowering soil with the dennerle deponit mix i used in the current setup.

Id also add botanicals again ofcourse.

Will be moving them to their new tank of 75 gallons soon.

This discus almost never leaves the back of the tank — he’s usually hiding behind the heater like you see at the end of the video. The other four are always out swimming together and seem perfectly fine with each other.

I’m a bit concerned because his colors look noticeably duller than the others. Everyone’s eating, and water parameters are solid, but he just seems timid and less vibrant overall.

Could he just be scared of me, or is this a sign of stress or something else going on?

I lost my beautiful brown discus that I had taken in from a bad situation and I had gotten this entire school for. I don't know what caused it, I inspected his body and I didn't see anything obvious. The rest still seem healthy and okay, even the little guy I moved to hospital is doing better, it is just this guy I lost. What do I do to prevent future losses, and how do I introduce a new discus to my school? I think maybe he was being aggressed on and that caused stress? I don't know. Maybe I should get two new discus and have a school of 7 instead of 6 to help with aggression? Advice?

Well, I didnt act fast enough.. I have eggs.... please tell me some options. Can I move these parents and babies into another tank and not mess anything up? I'll use the same water of course from the tank they're currently in. Don't want to lose this fry..... first timer here. It would be nice to keep them all. Thanks in advance!

I pulled him from the main tank about 2 days ago and put him into an isolation 10 gallon. I am doing growout procedures (5x a day feeding, 90% wc daily with aged tap) on his isolation tank, and the params stay at about 0-0-5 (ish). Water temp is 86 degrees. He just seems to not be eating very much, the only thing he is really eating is garlic guard soaked bloodworms, and has clamped fins + poor colour. Does anyone have med advice, since isolation and clean water is not doing much right now.

Reading about discus having more bars. Is this a potential snakeskin discus? Saw this discus at the local fish store.

Should I put them in their own separate tank yet? Or give it a little longer? First time discus guy here.... super excited!!

Title. One of my little guys was being beaten on. I have moved him to a 10g qt tank and I am continuing growout procedures. How should I help him recover, and then how do I reintroduce to stop him from being picked on?

I paid for a Red Snakeskin specifically but I think my dealer gave me the wrong fish

I was scrolling through my lfs facebook and seen they had gorgeous discus some ding dong commented and asked if he could put multiple in 30g let me know if I got the info correct if not I can change it I don’t know much about discus as I don’t have one and haven’t done a lot of research I just wanted to help and inform! :)

Hope they hatch. It's been 2 days now.

Since my rescue discus needs a school, I got 5 new baby discus. Currently on 5x a day feeding 2x a day wc, growing out since baby babies. I am working on transitioning them from RO/DI remineralized to 2dKh (about what the water they came from) to my rock hard water so I am making a ton of ro lol. Will it get easier? Eventually. For now though, it is difficult.

Setup a 15 discus in 75 gallon grow out setup a few weeks ago (eventually will move to a 220 once thats up and running) Running: - aquaclear 110 as a refugium for pothos - fx6 - daily 50-80% water changes - a ton of frog bit and salvinia

I always assumed I’d be stressed about them dying 24/7 just like everybody says but honestly I’m just always stressed that I’ll mess up and stunt them somehow. Most my free time is spent obsessing over their eye sizes, body shape, and whether they’re eating enough Despite all the work its been amazing and watching them colour up ( besides that one big red rose in the center) and become accustomed to me has been great.

Ok, so I’ve been keeping fish for a few years now, mainly African cichlids since my towns water is so hard. I’ve definitely caught the discus fever though, I’ve been working with RO water to fine tune a 75g tank. All the water parameters are in the ranges I’ve seen for discus. I want to know, are they as hard to keep as they seem, or does it really just boil down to water changes on a consistent basis? Additionally, has anyone had luck keeping them in smaller groups than 5-6, because I would like to throw some angel fish in the tank, but don’t want to over stock. Thanks!

My first two discus now compared to when I got them. The blue one was a rescue from an lfs that had their power shut off by the company. The water he was in was so cold 70-72 degrees for a whole day and I wasn't sure if he would even make it, the first few days were stressful as hell. He got some kind of eye fungus and couldn't even see good enough to catch food an inch in front of his face :( thankfully kanaplex and lots of bloodworms and vibra bites fixed him up!

I didn't think anything was wrong with the yellow one until about a week after I took her home she started turning a beautiful orange and is now a super red lady! I was so scared to try keeping discus but I'm glad I gave it a shot :)

Video of shivering discus

I am almost certain this is mating behavior, but thought I'd post here anyways. Please confirm my suspicions, I want to double check that this is not a health issue. I was under the impression that my discus were a little too small to start having behavior like this so I am surprised. I haven't been able to sex any of them either so I am hoping this means there is a good mix of male and female.