Looking for bright colorful FW fish

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cheyennefb;1489997;1489997 said:
thanks so much! you guys really got me all excited now, i wish my nitrite/nitrate cycle would hurrrrryyyyY!!!! :nilly:
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Plants need the nitrogen, and actually consume ammonia faster than nitrate. Cycled tanks are no better for plants than uncycled tanks. Get those plants in now.
 
awesome thanks so much for the info. Discus are by far my fave fish, but arent they hard to take care of? :confused:
 
I have never seen a discus that long. They often become 8" tall, but not long.
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try looking around, i saw several at the last cichlid convention i went too.
Plants need the nitrogen, and actually consume ammonia faster than nitrate. Cycled tanks are no better for plants than uncycled tanks. Get those plants in now.
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ditto, plus it's a lot easier to aquascape and completely re-arrange your tank if you want when you don't have to worry about stressing your fish.
 
Danyal;1490628; said:
try looking around, i saw several at the last cichlid convention i went too.
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Well... anecdotal evidence aside, fishbase has the max size at 12.3cm, and I was not able to find a web site out there that listed them at bigger than 20cm. Using the nifty conversion tool that MFK provides, we find that 20cm is 7.87 inches, shy of 8in. The average is 15cm, which is about 6in. You may have seen discus 8in or bigger, but the odds of cheyennefb getting one that big are in the slim-none range. I feel pretty confident recommending up to 4 discus in a 40 gallon tank.
 
cheyennefb;1490589; said:
awesome thanks so much for the info. Discus are by far my fave fish, but arent they hard to take care of? :confused:
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How about Loaches?
Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki is a shoal fish that is not too big and maybe not very colorful, but very social and a great fish to have.

I didn't know about Loaches when I first started looking at fish for my future tank, but now I'm hooked and getting B. histrionica as soon as I get the tank started up and cycled.
Try http://www.loaches.com/ for more info on the different species. They have a picture guided search if you don't know the names.
 
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/cichlid_stats/stats_cichlids3d.html
http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/chrisdiscus.htm
http://aquariumlore.blogspot.com/2006/03/discus-fish.html
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cichlid/HeckelDiscus.php
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cichlid/discus.php
i'm not trying to be confrontational or start an argument, i simply do not feel that a heavily planted 40g tank would be enough room for a group of adult full sized discus to thrive, as a grow out tank it would be pretty cool but not as a permanent home.
 
Okay, for what its worth, I'd still do Blue Jack Dempsey...

For the personality w/ cichlids I'd never put that over a plant. You can easily do anubis, javas, hornwort there are a few plants that do well in cichlids tanks.

U could put the plants in a pot, something I use since my tank is barebottom.

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The main thing to remember is change affects cichlids more than other fish.... If you introduce a juvie fish to a planted tank you should be okay... Of course when you look at breeding and such, your decor or setup will be changed regardless.

But hands down, blue jack dempsey, and yeah I'm bias... here's a few quick shots of mine.

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And with hornwort and flash

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