Need a bit of info before I jump into Discus keeping

[jdvue]

Well in that case its okay, because the dealer already took care of the acclimation process for you. Good point, a good dealer/source is always the best way to go.
-and yes its true, theyre not as hard as everyone says. Just take good care of them as you would any other fish.

 

[jdvue]

see if you can checkout the parent Pigeons. If theyre nice, then theres a good chance the offspring will be decent.
If not, you can go for the colbolts.

Here 3" go for $40+, so its a decent price.

 

[Water]

The guy never replied. Way to get my hopes up lol. Anyway, I have a lfs thats about 35 minutes away that sells really nice 3" Marlboro reds for 35 bucks each. Just introduced some Cardinals into my tank and a few of them got ich.. Currently treating with salt and high temps. Ich should clear up in 3 days, nothing I've never done before lol. I'll be posting pics hopefully by the end of this week when the cardinals are clear of ich.

 

[bleublaze55]

Agreed with the general population, if you have any questions while raising feel free to shoot me a PM. Im no expert but i have had more problems then a lot of people when i started. No im doing pretty well

 

[bleublaze55]

Try fattening up the cardinals now before you get the discus. That way they will look less like food to the discus. But 3" discus aren't really predatory yet. My 5-6" or moremature discus become a little more aggressive toward small cardinals.