My Stendker Discus from Discus Hans

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they look great snoops! & thks for all your help. hope to post mine soon. I have some growing very nicely, some not but doing my best. finally they are ALL eating since my past issues.

you're doing a great job with yours!
 
Very nice fish, I love mine. I have the luxury of a one hour drive to Han's place. Our fish club was invitied to visit his facility but I couldnt make it. Im still kicking myself for not going.
 
i would go with the experts on this those could be some expensive loses all because of the tank set up but i tried my hand with discus and was unseccesful i wish u the best of luck keep us updated with pics
 
For anyone that asks me, I recommend a bare bottom tank because it is easier, especially for the beginner. Raising them the way I am is possible. I know of a few who have done an excellent job of it before me. It is, however, very labor intensive and if you can not or will not dedicate the time needed everyday for approximately a year, then do not try putting juvie discus in a tank with substrate and plants. They will stunt. I am trying to keep updates on the pictures so that those who have the time and dedication to raise them this way can see that it is possible. Mine have all grown from 2 1/2" to 4-4 1/2" in the 3 months that I have had them. They get fed 6 times a day, which makes alot of mess and poop and it has to be removed daily. That takes at least an hour for me to do.
 
Speaking of Hans, he just got in some of the cleanest wilds I've seen in a long time. No prices yet, he is apparently out of town, but if I hear of anything, I'll let everyone know. You can see the pics on his sponsor forum at Simply.
 
snoopy65;3562706; said:
For anyone that asks me, I recommend a bare bottom tank because it is easier, especially for the beginner. Raising them the way I am is possible. I know of a few who have done an excellent job of it before me. It is, however, very labor intensive and if you can not or will not dedicate the time needed everyday for approximately a year, then do not try putting juvie discus in a tank with substrate and plants. They will stunt. I am trying to keep updates on the pictures so that those who have the time and dedication to raise them this way can see that it is possible. Mine have all grown from 2 1/2" to 4-4 1/2" in the 3 months that I have had them. They get fed 6 times a day, which makes alot of mess and poop and it has to be removed daily. That takes at least an hour for me to do.
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It is possible to create a true bio-type discus tank without the fuss and muss of "going green". You can take a tank, add a 3-D background, mix sand with clear expoy resin, and pour it like concrete in the bottom of the tank. Then add a lot of Manzanita branches hanging down into the tank, attached to a strip of plexiglass with screws on the top of the tank. Add foam sheets behind the background from the bottom of the tank to the top. Use the top of the background as a "skimmer", and let the water spill over the top, and be sucked thru the foam by one or more pumps, and pumped back into the display side. This is the filter. Add a heater in the space behind the foam, and you have a great looking, natural discus display. The result is a bare bottom tank that dosen't look like one. I'm working one setting up such a display at a new local pet store here. If the manager gives me the OK, it should be fun.
 
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