Help me with my discus please

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
you could keep a PAIR of discus or one solitary showpiece discus in a 29 gallon. i would recommend not keeping more than two and only if they are a a pair at that. i would recommend starting off with discus in a bigger tank tho. its easier to keep up with water quality and the discus appreciate it much more and you can add more if you decide. a 75 or 90 would be ideal for a small group of 6-8 adults. be sure to have very good filtration and clean the junk off the substrate often.
some fine tankmates would be rams, most non-nippy tetras, ottos, smaller plecos, cories and some other small peaceful fish. as previously stated add the discus and algae eaters fisrt and let them acclimate to the tank before adding other fish.
i agree with driftwood, you should def keep up with water changes, the minumum should be one large or two or three smaller ones(15-25%) a week with a understocked discus tank.
discus are a really cool fish if you have the time and patience to take care of them.

p.s. when feeding the beefheart, you can add a lot of stuff to it, garlic powder, boiled eggs, live foods, color flakes, baby food, baby formula, and a host of other things that will help increase viatmins and color and especially growth. try adding more bloodworms to the first couple batches to try getting your discus to accept the rest of the mix.
 
Sorry for your loss. Little discus are very difficult. Some won't eat anything and will starve. Once they get bigger than 2", you're safe. I keep 8 in a 70g with UGF only, change 90% of the water once a month.
 
I keep a single 5 inch pigeon blood discus in a 35 planted hex. Tankmates are 7 neon, 3 black neon, and 1 cardinal tetra; 6 ottos, and various shrimp. Tank temp is 82(low for discus some might say) and do one 25% and one 50% or more water change a week.

My discus was given to me for free from the LFS because it was "sick". Really they were just keeping it in 75 degree water and it was stressed all the time. It took about a week for it to eat much of anything, but I started with blood worms, then mixed in some flake with the worms.

Now it eats anything put in the tank, just like a true cichlid!

Discus aren't really that hard to keep, just keep the water warm and clean.

Also, keep either one discus or a group of 6 or more (unless you have a breeding pair.) Discus are like any other cichlid and will establish a "pecking order". In a group of 6 fish any one discus is less likely to get harassed to death.
 
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i know this company says they do not use steroids but i have seen this food in action and i believe it made several of our fish sterile at work in my lfs. some may disagree but I would not use this food. It may not but better not take the risk in my opinion.
 
i think all discus have there own choice of what they like and don't i have one that won't touch blood worms but eats flake and pellets food and one that just eats blood worms and brine shrimp you could also try getting some goast shrimp
 
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