55G DISCUS AQUARIUM.

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just finished reading that thread Jose. most of it way over my head. my ph is 7.6 no matter what I do. I agree that the myths must die. a lot of people are afraid to keep discus because of all the old beliefs. clean water, good food and the right tank mates, and anyone can keep domestics or wilds.
 
Beautiful fishes you've got there!

The only complain i have about keeping Discus is they are picky eaters :)

To lower ph, try adding driftwood.
 
if anyone wants to chime in.. i was always told that a PLANTED discuss tank can be hard to keep... not the fish themselves but a combination of the plants and fish. i have seen some ridiculously nice setups. if this is a wives tale.. i'll seriously be starting one next week!! by the way nice fish!!
 
3dees;4831389;4831389 said:
just finished reading that thread Jose. most of it way over my head. my ph is 7.6 no matter what I do. I agree that the myths must die. a lot of people are afraid to keep discus because of all the old beliefs. clean water, good food and the right tank mates, and anyone can keep domestics or wilds.
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Haha those guys make me laugh. Some old school militant bunch they are. When the ph swing myth was bunked, they shifted over the the extremely deadly microbubble syndrome :wall:
 
Gasha;4831480;4831480 said:
if anyone wants to chime in.. i was always told that a PLANTED discuss tank can be hard to keep... not the fish themselves but a combination of the plants and fish. i have seen some ridiculously nice setups. if this is a wives tale.. i'll seriously be starting one next week!! by the way nice fish!!
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It can be done.

Main problems IMO is the temperature, and the hardness. Most folks keep their discus in very warm temps, and plants don't do too well in warmer water. With hardness, people say that discus like soft water, and plants require a decent kh/gh level for the minerals they require. But that is a myth IMO, discus can easily be transitioned to most any level of hardness. They key is in the acclimation. Do it slow, and don't rush the process and they'll be just fine.

I have my wilds in moderately hard water, no issues at all. I drip acclimated them for about 1.5hrs.
 
Gasha;4831480; said:
if anyone wants to chime in.. i was always told that a PLANTED discuss tank can be hard to keep... not the fish themselves but a combination of the plants and fish. i have seen some ridiculously nice setups. if this is a wives tale.. i'll seriously be starting one next week!! by the way nice fish!!
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The hardest part is keeping from adding too much fish that the plants can't remove waste fast enough. If you are going to start, do a planted tank with a small school of tetra first. Think about adding Discus 6 to 9 months down the road when your tank and the plants are established.
 
I think that most of the problems with plants and discus, besides what Jose mentioned is young discus. they must be fed many times per day and with substrate it's hard to keep the water clean. for this reason some people keep bb tanks until the fish grow. with adults it's more about keeping the plants healthy for reasons that Jose stated.
 
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