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[newe70]

Hello all,

This is my first post in this great forum. I have picked up a lot of good advices and information from you guys and thank you. I have been scanning this forum for sometimes now and I finally took some pictures of my beautiful babies. I have a 48" x 15" X 20, 55 gallons tank. I have 2 black and silver Angels, 4 1.5" clown loaches, 1 other loach not sure which, 6 2" - 2.5" discus, 1 4", 1 5", and 2 6+" discus in my tank. I think the tank is little small for these guys and planning to get 100 gallon acrylic in the near future.

 

[PopPopsfish]

Nice fish!!!

Go for the larger tank ASAP

 

[Lupin]

Get rid of that 'other loach'. It's a golden Chinese algae eater. Once it matures, it will develop a taste for mucous membrane victimizing your angels and discus. These are also very nasty fish that grow to 10 inches despite their slow growth rate.

Nice angels and discus though.

 

[sirdavidofdiscus]

I've never kept angels & discus together. I know the water parameters are the same. But I've heard the angels will bully smaller discus away from food thus starving them long term.

 

[gotpiranha?]

WOW I love your discus but those angels are so beautiful.How old are they?

 

[moto110]

Beautiful tank and i would Definitely go with the bigger tank.

 

[Lupin]

I've never kept angels & discus together. I know the water parameters are the same. But I've heard the angels will bully smaller discus away from food thus starving them long term.

It can actually happen but it depends on space, food availability and personality of the fish.

 

[rallysb1tch]

welcome and nice fish!

 

[newe70]

I have those two Angels over two years now. I got them when they were about 1" or 2". I used to have a 10" pleco and it harassed everyone, so I decided to remove it from the community tank. Yes, everyone seem to be happy in the tank, eventhough, it is little small for them. I will definately upgrade to a 100 gallons very soon.

I have a couple other questions, I feed my guys with Hikari frozen blood worm on every other day with 3 cubes only. Is that enough? I am afraid that I over feed them. They seem to enjoy the frozen blood worm more than the pellets that I feed them twice a day. I enjoy feeding them w/ frozen bloodworm, they are literally eating off from the fingers. I also do H2O change once a week and also have 3 set of filters running at the same time for my tank. I have a 20-40 whisper filter, 60-80 whisper filter, and one Jebo canister filter. Is this over kill? Temp. set at 84 F degrees.

Thank you again for all your compliments, which make me want to add 5 more discus to the current population. Unfortunately, my tank is not big enough for everyone.

Thanks

 

[Lupin]

I have a couple other questions, I feed my guys with Hikari frozen blood worm on every other day with 3 cubes only. Is that enough?

With 3 cubes, I'd simply try twice a week for bloodworms.

I am afraid that I over feed them. They seem to enjoy the frozen blood worm more than the pellets that I feed them twice a day.

Many fish will naturally relish bloodworms however bloodworms have high protein content. Proteins are not easily digested and this may result in digestive upsets.

I also do H2O change once a week and also have 3 set of filters running at the same time for my tank. I have a 20-40 whisper filter, 60-80 whisper filter, and one Jebo canister filter. Is this over kill? Temp. set at 84 F degrees.

If you haven't had any issues running your regimen that way, why change it? You seem doing fine to me.