not yet, i am still trying to know them. Dawn it, they're pig. they eat whenever you feed them and they come to me.
Dozen New Discus Arrive
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they are still young. no one can tell you which will pair off or if any will. I have wilds in high PH so they are'nt going to do much spawning which is what I want.
looks like you got some blood pigeon, apricots, snow white, blue snakeskin and for got the other names but out of the 12 you say you have i think you would be abble to have a 55%-65% chance of haveing one pare. you should watch there growth span if there all the same size they will grow pretty fast but if you have some big some small your big ones will grow and the small ones may be stunted... meaning they will grow alittle and may stay at there size.... good luck
thank you mr dagol for your input. OMG 55-65% for A PAIR???? that's not what i have in mind. but it doesn't matter, i am still far away from breeding them, 'cause i still have a lot more to learn how take care of them.
Do you think my small one will be stunded in 100G tank????
Do you think my small one will be stunded in 100G tank????
100 gal may have 1 or 2 stunted not to sure... cuz i have 13 in a 95 gal and i defenetly have 4 stunted ones my stunted ones are 3" and the others are around 6"
when i first got them they where almost the same size. but for some reason most of them got big fast and made 4 stunted..... as for my fish pairing there still not near that stage. i like ur setup btw. iv learned alot about this fish but i still got alot to learn all so.... mahalo ill post up some of my discus on this thread so you can tell which ones of minds are stunted and thos that arnt..
when i first got them they where almost the same size. but for some reason most of them got big fast and made 4 stunted..... as for my fish pairing there still not near that stage. i like ur setup btw. iv learned alot about this fish but i still got alot to learn all so.... mahalo ill post up some of my discus on this thread so you can tell which ones of minds are stunted and thos that arnt..
dawn it, but better than they die. i was expected 'cause as a newbie, usually will loose a few at the beginning. That's why i got 12 instead of 10 'cause shipping fee is so expensive. Aloha can't wait to see your pics.mr.dagol;4589631; said:
These were posted in other thread and don't think it's in a right place. so I put here for helps. I just tested the water today ammonia 0.00, nitrite 0.00, nitrate 5.00 and looks like in the right direction. From my understand of the cycle, nitrate will drop soon. am i right?
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[QUOTE=MKD;4572606;]I want this thread alive and want see how many ppl raising discus. Also I want some helps with my 100g tank running around 2 weeks. 1st week had parrott in it that my friend gave to me. About the 8th days I put a dozen discus in and found out this site info that my tank is not fully cycle. Now I want to go thru the cycle and save my discus. Currently I have 2 filters 1 new reaction filter and 1 aged stablished jebo 838 from friend. Water tested ammonia between 2.5-5.0, Nitrite 5.0 and nitrate 5.0. Can anyone have any idea how to save my discus? I appreciate it.
Ps: I am using seachem stability and sync stress.
Thank you in advance,
MKD[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=jdvue;4573121;]First thing. you are over stocked. 100 gal = 10 discus. you have 12 and 1 other fish. Are you doing 50% water changes a day? is fo, you may get away with it... If they are adult, I'd go for three or four times a week at over stocked levels min.
As for cycling your tank. there are a few products out there like microb-lift and other bacterial supplements. I've seen a few that claim to fully cycle a tank with one bottle. So try lookin at your LFS for some of those as it may be your only hope. Your ammonia is dangerously high...[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=MKD;4573765;]sorry, i forgot to mention that i took out the parrot so i only have 12 discus. I also understand by rule of thumb 10G per 1 discus, but they are different sizes and hope that 's not really over stocked. In regard to water change, i do it once a week, i am changing it tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=jdvue;4574217;]Yeah. I'd still say 2.5+ammonia is very high for discus.
So maybe just boost up the water changes.
I know 100gal is a lot. so maybe do like 20% every other day. with a massive 50% once a week until the tank is cycled.
use something like this:
[URL="http://www.petco.com/product/111072/Microbe-Lift-Special-Blend-Aquarium-Bacteria.aspx?CoreCat=certona-_-productdetail_1-_-Microbe-Lift%20Special%20Blend%20Aquarium%20Bacteria-111072"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.petco.com/product/111072/Microbe-Lift-Special-Blend-Aquarium-Bacteria.aspx?CoreCat=certona-_-productdetail_1-_-Microbe-Lift%20Special%20Blend%20Aquarium%20Bacteria-111072[/COLOR][/URL]
to help boost up the speed of nitrifying bacteria[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=MKD;4576146;]I did water change and used seachem stability, zync stress and prime. i'll do wc the way you suggested.
Thank you,
MKD[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=jdvue;4576493;]Good luck.
post up some pictures when everything is all set up. a dozen discus has to look nice.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=MKD;4584034;]I did wc on last Sunday and today again in the morning. I tested in the evening and ammonia is good at zero but nitrite/nitrate is still high. do you think i am the end or close to the cycle? also does nitrite/nitrate will low very soon or any affect to discus??
Thank you all,
MKD[/QUOTE]Out of 12 discus, your chance of ending up with 2-3 pairs is not out of the question. The problem is that you have various strains (lots of) out of these 12. It's generally not a good idea to mix PB with non PB. If 6 of the 12 were PB, you eliminated a lot of the possible combo already.
