ARE DISCUS HARD TO CARE FOR?

[lasvegasnights21]

I FOUND SOME REALLY GOOD DEALS ON EBAY AND AQUABID ON DISCUS.

THESE ARE MY WATER PARAMETERS:

PH:6.4
Hardness:Soft, dH: 3.0
Temperature:87 DEGREES

I AM JUST WORRIED ABOUT SPENDING ALOT OF MONEY, AND THE FISH DIE IN MY AQUARIUM.

I HAVE A BIG PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD IN THE CENTER OF MY AQUARIUM, AND SOME AMAZON SWORDS AS THE PLANTS.

ARE DISCUS HARD TO CARE FOR?

PLEASE HELP ME OUT. ANY INFORMTAION WOULD BE GREAT.

 

[Toby_H]

There is a big difference in breeding them and keeping them...

Your parameters sound wonderful for doing either...

People who breed them generally do very frequent huge water changes... I know some who do 100% daily...

Yet I know some people who simply keep them in a lightly stocked well filtered display tank with typical water changes... (25% once a week)

 

[Cheetah]

In my short experience, to raise juvies you need to do daily wc else you'll end up stunting them. Preferably in a bare tank with no other tankmates. Adults aren't as particular once a week should be fine.

Temp, ph, hardness, aren't as important once the fish are properly acclimatized and the levels are stable.

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[hillbilly]

You can keep them in your water, no problem. Just don't stunt juvies by putting them in with plants, and you'll be fine. Plants, substrate, and juvie discus don't mix without a lot of work. Even then, it's likely they won't reach their full potential in such a tank. Grow them out in a bare tank with lots of food and water changes, when they reach adulthood, then you can put them in a planted tank. Probably not what you wanted to hear.

 

[buck_wildest]

how do plants stunt discus growth? never heard that one before....

 

[dwilder]

gravel or sand makes it very hard to keep the water as clean as juvi discus need and most people new to discus that keep them in a planted tank stunt them they need alot of food and clean water and this is hard to do in a planted tank

 

[hillbilly]

how do plants stunt discus growth? never heard that one before....

The plants don't stunt the discus, the dissolved organics in the water from the debris the plants trap can and will if not constantly removed. Not recommended for novice discus keepers.