Moving Discus

They are liquid can it go off I have had it for a couple of years.

Mick

Actual the nitrates is a powder.

Mick

Never heard of a powder test. Normally they are liquid or strips. Either way it shouldn't be.coming up with zero.

Id change more water for two reasons:

- the ph will lower over time when doing small changes. Meaning that if a large water change is needed the ph will change too much and may cause a ph shock.

- they are lots of essential minerals in water that care slowly depleted by the fish. With larger water changes comes q constant supply of these for the fish. Discus are a fish that benefit greatly from these. They are also growth inhibiting hormones produced by the fish and diluting both them and the nitrates is the only way to remove them.

Thanks for the advice. I think I will buy a new kit I've had that one a few years. The smaller of the two standard and the the red mellon have just laid eggs on the glass

Good picture texpis. Caught it well

Thanks the colours don't seem to come out very well need to practice, the red one is very red but is a bit washed out in the pics

Mivk

Practice makes perfect. You have to take loaddddds to get a good one anyway.

Unless your lucky

Hi All
A bit of an update the eggs have hatched not sure what to do so getting them get on with it.
My nitrogen is a bit high cant decipher between 40 and 80 ppm colours look the same to me. So upping the water changes.

Just let nature take its course as you can't really bring them up in a community setup. As for the nitrates, that is quite high. Just increase the frequency of water changes till its in check then try to work out how long between water changes to keep the nitrates as low as possible. For example I change 50% on my display tank every 5 days and my nitrates are between 10 and 20.

They have just moved the fry from the glass to the top of the heater one at a time with there mouths fascinating to watch.

Mick

great news mate nice to see fry

so which two fish have paired?

These two have paired





Its fascinating to watch them look after them if any get away they are caught and put back.

Mick

Wait till they start to attach to the parents. They should start to produce an extra slime coat that the fry feed from soon.

With a pair like this of mixed strains the young won't be like the parents, they will probably be very heavily peppered.

What lovely discus. It's one fish i've never thought about keeping. Just too finicky to keep.

mrsbiffster wrote:What lovely discus. It's one fish i've never thought about keeping. Just too finicky to keep.

they are definately not easy but not as hard as people think. aslong as you keep the water spot on and get good quality fish to start with they are very much like other tropicals.

I would stick to angels i'm afraid.

Good reading.
Will help me in future should i decide to go with Discus.
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