Neons don't do well in warmer discus temperatures so cardinals are a better choice. Remember that discus are cichlids, and yes some will eat cardinals and neons. You're taking a chance.
Rodi water for discus?
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When ur keeping discud, adults can ne kept in neutral water or maybe 6.7, 6.8. But babies being raised can be kept in more alkaline water so the minerals in the water help the juve fish grow better then mineral less water. Adults in ro/di watet are fine, but whatever u keep them in, just make sure its very clean, warmer like 84/85 and lots of o2. The warms water will store less saturated oxygen in it. Keep all similar sized fish, no 3" with 6" fish, the large ones will emit a hormone in the water and possibly stunt the younger ones from growing at the right rate. Softer water is better then hard water of course, but ph at 7 is fine for adults, good luck and do ur research on buying proper fish.
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I keep all my discus in BB tanks and my PH out of tap is around 8.5 (after aging for 24+hrs it comes down to 7.8-8.2) with water temp set at 82/83 degrees. I do not alter my PH to suit my fish they all adapt to my water condition! there is no need to mess with your PH most Domestic discus will acclimate to your water conditions unless your keeping wilds, they prefer softer water and thats were the RO will come into play.
Once acclimated, even wild fish can be kept in tap water. I have kept Heckel discus that way and I have a group of WC Altum angels in tap, no RO/DI water. I use almond leave extract (tea) and peat. to keep the Ph low and the water soft but when I do water changes it's straight out of the tap.
You'll need to do some work. You need to start from where they are and slowly over a few weeks bring them up to your tap water. It is a slow process and you can expect you might loose some or all of them along the way. If your lucky you can find some WC fish that have already been acclimated and then the hard work is done. Frome there it's just like acclimating any new fish to your tank. It can be expensive if you don't know what you're doing.
They sure can as Tom Stated "Once acclimated"! My Son was keeping wild Apistos and he was doing the same using peat and Almond leaves in his aging barrels to lower the ph.
I will ask the seller is he keeping the wild ones in ro or tap when I buying them. I just did se research thst said do not use carbon for discus, is this right?
