Not really. You really should decide one way or the other, but not run this path with the setup you have right now. If you want planted and discus, you would be best off spending the big bucks and getting adult discus, which will be much tougher.
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What do you mean decide one way or the other? I am keeping the ones I have for sure and am going to keep them in the planted. I will take your advice and feed them better and do a lot of water changes. As for adults, I am in college and do not have enough money to buy adults. I may try to find some that are about the size of the ones I already have. Does that sound better than getting babies? Either way I am def. keeping the planted and the two stunted ones. Other than stunted they seem perfectly healthy.WyldFya;1263591; said:
The stunting will likely worsen, or your plants will suffer. By saying decide one way or the other, I mean, choose one or the other, but not both if you want to avoid stunting. If you intend to keep the plants, don't add any other fish to the system, and remove all other fish to give the optimal water quality possible while still keeping the discus.
i have a 29 gallon and 4 discus, they seem fine, but one was not growing as well as the others, i took out my bamboo and other plant, and just kept the driftwood, i do water changes about once every 3 days or more...if i have time...and then i added beefheart...
after the addition of beefheart though that little sucker began growing like a weed!
beefheart is where its at, in my opinion.
and four in a 29 should be fine. mine are happy and growing just fine
after the addition of beefheart though that little sucker began growing like a weed!
beefheart is where its at, in my opinion.
and four in a 29 should be fine. mine are happy and growing just fine
Sounds like a plan. I got some beefheart and krill and Im gonna get on the water changes. Thanks.
It's not that you can't raise discus in a planted tank, it's just much harder. Generally, in a planted tank, you won't be doing much of a gravel vac since fish waste and food just add to plant nutrients. You also usually want to keep up a certain nitrate level. This doesn't work very well for young discus. I know you're in college (I am too), and that means you're broke. I guess I'd recommend just keeping the stunted ones in good conditions until you're done with school and have the funds to set up a real discus tank. I'm planning on raising a bunch of discus from fry in a bare bottom tank using an auto water changer when I'm ready, then moving the adults to a planted show tank.
Planted tanks are more than possible but it is so much harder to keep everything spot on for the fish and the plants, some people even use co2 for the plants, it's the constant monitoring of the water parameters to keep both fish and plants happy which can get very expensive. I've had ago myself in the past but the fish come first and thus have been in a bare bottom for the past 12 months or so.
Like fish scale says , the plants needs the fish waste, fish waste increase nitrates, fish don't like nitrate, plants need co2, more co2 = less oxygen = more fish stress. Hence why you very rarely see a small planted show tank, they are huge for a reason.
Look cool when perfected but can cost a small fortune to run, I'll try again one day
Like fish scale says , the plants needs the fish waste, fish waste increase nitrates, fish don't like nitrate, plants need co2, more co2 = less oxygen = more fish stress. Hence why you very rarely see a small planted show tank, they are huge for a reason.
Look cool when perfected but can cost a small fortune to run, I'll try again one day
scap331;1264549; said:i have a 29 gallon and 4 discus, they seem fine, but one was not growing as well as the others, i took out my bamboo and other plant, and just kept the driftwood, i do water changes about once every 3 days or more...if i have time...and then i added beefheart...
after the addition of beefheart though that little sucker began growing like a weed!
beefheart is where its at, in my opinion.
and four in a 29 should be fine. mine are happy and growing just fine
29g is way too small for 4 fully grown discus!
