Hello everyone! It’s nice to be here.I recently changed my predator set up, rehoming my arowana who outgrew the aquarium.. to do a discus set up! But I need your help! Keep in mind this is my first experience with discus, but I do have years of experience with a lot of other tropical freshwater and saltwater fish .. just not discus, I’ve been reading up on them since I was a child. For whatever reason I was always scared to tackle them on thinking they may be too fragile to keep.
So yesterday I rehomed my fish. I took everything out of the aquarium except for the white sand and black layer of gravel underneath and then proceeded to do a 75% water change. Afterwards I had added the driftwood , stones (that I was told with on the fact my pH), lots of live plants along with two hang on the back AquaClear filters and two powerheads to keep the current going so little actually settles on the sand. My water temperature is at 84° and my pH is at 6.8. The people at the aquarium store test in my water and said everything was perfect so I went head and purchased one discus to test out the waters (pleased to say she’s doing well) along with 15 neon cardinal tetras, a two inch albino blue eyed pleco who I was told would not damage my plants...?) and a female betta.. and now we have ten checkerboard discus at two inches that should be arriving Tuesday.
I’m planning on feeding them blood worms and black worms and doing weekly 30% water changes. The aquarium is only a 55g grow out tank and I want it to be natural and beautiful while also comfortable for the fish.. What do you think for the time being? Do you have any suggestions or ideas for me, and I’m interested to know how I did on the aquascape LOL. The aquarium has been established and running for about eight months. Thank you so much for taking time to read this, any help would be greatly appreciated.
So yesterday I rehomed my fish. I took everything out of the aquarium except for the white sand and black layer of gravel underneath and then proceeded to do a 75% water change. Afterwards I had added the driftwood , stones (that I was told with on the fact my pH), lots of live plants along with two hang on the back AquaClear filters and two powerheads to keep the current going so little actually settles on the sand. My water temperature is at 84° and my pH is at 6.8. The people at the aquarium store test in my water and said everything was perfect so I went head and purchased one discus to test out the waters (pleased to say she’s doing well) along with 15 neon cardinal tetras, a two inch albino blue eyed pleco who I was told would not damage my plants...?) and a female betta.. and now we have ten checkerboard discus at two inches that should be arriving Tuesday.
I’m planning on feeding them blood worms and black worms and doing weekly 30% water changes. The aquarium is only a 55g grow out tank and I want it to be natural and beautiful while also comfortable for the fish.. What do you think for the time being? Do you have any suggestions or ideas for me, and I’m interested to know how I did on the aquascape LOL. The aquarium has been established and running for about eight months. Thank you so much for taking time to read this, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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