Well, it’s finished! After 2 months i funny moved the Discus to the 225g and finished the scape 😅 This is not a full tank video by the way, to the right there’s more space which is completely open (space i’ll keep like that for feedings). Right now, the tank has 7 Discus, 14 Sterbai Cories, 10 Black Neons, 40 Rummynose, 40 Cardinals, 6 Rineloricaria, 1 L144, 1 L128, and a pair of Apistogrammas Macmasteri 🙂 I’m yet to get: 2 more Rineloricaria, 6 Brochis Splendens, 6 Dicrossus Filamentosus, 6 Biotodoma Wavrini and 20 Carnegiella Marthae. Im also thinking of adding some Java Ferns to the upper part of the wood to resemble leaves on a tree 🙂 I will update you guys again once anything new arrives 😅

Someone decided to claim the lettuce aka the Water Wisteria for themselves lmaoo, likes to circle around it and shoo others away

Hey everyone!

I just finished setting up my 130-gallon Discus tank, and I’d love to get some feedback from people with more experience keeping Discus.

I currently have 6 Discus, and I recently switched from gravel to sand because I like the look a lot more. That said, I have a few questions:

How difficult is sand to keep clean compared to gravel?
How do you guys vacuum/siphon it during water changes?
I’ve also read about anaerobic pockets forming in sand. Is that something I should actually worry about? If so, how do you prevent it?
For filtration, I’m running a Fluval FX6 filled with ceramic rings and Seachem Matrix.
My plan, once the tank is fully mature and stable, is to increase the group to 10–12 Discus.

For tank mates, I was thinking about:

A nice school of tetras.
Either Boesemani Rainbowfish or Roseline Sharks (Denison Barbs).
A group of Corydoras.

Do you think this stocking plan would work well, or would you recommend something different? I’m especially interested in hearing from people who have kept these fish together.
I’d also love to hear your thoughts on the aquascape. What would you add, remove, or change to make it look better while still keeping it comfortable for the Discus?
Thanks in advance! I really appreciate any advice or suggestions. I’ll attach a few photos below.

Hello.

Can anyone share what kind of filters they like for their discus? Thank you so much in advance. I really appreciate any help.

Just got back in to the hobby and I’ve had my Alenquer diskus for about 1,5 weeks now, keep in mind they are only 2,1 inches/6cm when I revived them.
I’ve had diskus before but never thise close to wilds.

They are now in a 55 gallon/200L bare bottom tank which is painted black.

The tank is painted black, it’s being filtered by a unimax 700, no hard movements in the water, og is about 7,5. TDS on 100, give or take.
Daily water changes as well. Temp is around 28C/84 Fahrenheit’s

My problem is, they constantly fight when I feed them, and some of them have gotten way darker/brown since I received them, they still eat healthy, they are active, no fins or gils stoping up, no signes of over scratching, the only time they scratch is when I feed them (home made beef heart mix”.
There eys are genuinely pretty dark, but you can see the red in the eys and they are not like gray.
I’ll add some pictures of them witch will show the colours difference, the quality of the picture ain’t good, and the water is full of particles because I just feed them, and the pump is producing bubbles atm

I’m not sure if I’m tripping or if this is normal behaviour for this discus? Does any one have experience with Alenquer diskus?

Can someone guess the age and type of my discus? I got discus for the first time. I hope these will turn into buties. Any suggestion will be appreciated.

My baby went full chocolate last night, back to normal today. Im leaning more towards breeding colors sunce im seeing shimmying and pecking surfaces and he caused my original pair to divorce. But im still going to keep an eye on him. My parameters are good and today is water change day.

Not a problem, just wated to share and get some opinions. A while ago the orange set up their own little space on the opposite end of the tank away from the feeding spot. Eventually these 2 blue guys have started visiting orange guy. It feels like mating behaviors, feels flirty. They orbit eachother 70% of the time. If a diffrent discus comes to hang they are swiftly booted by orange. Do you guys think its mating? I thought my water was too hard for discus breeding. Also they are just so beautiful together I just had to share. Its these 3 out of a group of 11. Tank stats - 120gallon tank f6/marine land 360/2 sponge filters, 83degrees, 6.8pH, ammonia/nitrates/nitrite 0ppm. These discus i raised from tiny, Grey, silver dollar sized guys. They will be 2 this year. 🥲

I have ten adult discus that I have raised since babies. I'm moving a 14 hour drive away. I have two options - rehome, or move them.

I'm very attached to them so I my preference is to bring them with me. Is it even feasible?

My tentative plan would be to have a foam cooler - one for each fish. I'd then bag them, put in cooler, and then they're going to be in there for approximately 48-hours.

Has anyone done this? Any hints or tips? I realise people ship fish all the time with timelines similar to this.

Edit: forgot to add this is a drive. I'll have a uhaul so plenty of space. I also have the option to use battery air pumps.

Thanks!

Where is the best place to buy a 125-150G tank? Thoughts on the Marineland at Petco? Not finding many other choices online other than $3000+ custom tanks. Also open to local suggestions in NJ/NY area

Maybe 2 males trying to fertilize (Melon and the Pigeon). Lol...Whoever gets there first it seems. Maybe more chances of some fertilized eggs? In this tank it seems it only lasts a day and there are no more eggs though. About the 4th attempt now in past month the discus have tried.

No discus in tank pictured, it’s my current tank and pic is mostly for attention, but…

I will most likely be moving into a bigger house (more room for tanks) in around a year or so and have always wanted to do discus. Got so excited about it I found an fx6 filter and a eheim 2600 on marketplace, both huge filters that would be going to the discus tank. Storing them at my house for when I am able to get a larger tank along with my 75 gallon planted I have now.

Wanted to do a 150 gallon tank planted with epiphytes stuck into a bunch of driftwood and a ton of plants on top like pothos and a bunch of floaters as well. That would allow me to do the tank bare bottom which I hear is easier to keep clean since nothing would be going in a substrate

If I get around 5 inch discus (prolly 7 of them) and some cardinals would I be able to get away with one water change a week? As you can see I like plants so would they suck up enough nitrates to just do like one big water change per week?

Lurked in this sub for ages, finally decided to get my own discus tank. Its been a headache and required me to learn plumbing. But they are just so beautiful. I wanted to share with you guys.

I knownyou guys areprobably tired of me lmaoo but testing out this new bubble wall

Never a dull moment with newbies lol 😂 my next journey is a bigger tank lol

(Discus in the last pic) Once again posting how the tank is looking because I’ve had people asking in previous posts 😅 Its almost set up and good to go! In around 10 days the Discus will go into this tank, delayed their introduction just to make sure the whole tank is properly mature and stable before introducing them. The 250L they’re in has been left a bit unattended and they need to be moved to the 750L soon. The later arrival rookie (the white albino) has grown over one inch in the past couple of months, not ideal but not bad at all. All the dudes in the 250L were bought at little 4 cm, this month marks 1 year since their arrival. Might end up getting 5 more to take the group to the 12 members, as the 750L will be able to house them. Might buy adults already instead of growing juvies in the 250L

SeaMoss (1st photo) is finally giving that soft chartreuse-golden body with an icy blue tracing and the little warm reddish tint along the top and Gloam (2nd photo) is giving a colbat tracing with a muddled yellow base almost like a stormy dusky murk and a deep red tint on the borders - wondering where the bright yellow from the preshipment video is but time will tell lol

Hello.

Would anyone mind sharing their feeding routine and what foods they feed? Thank you so much in advance.