BrandPGH
03-08-2015, 07:39 PM
Hello everyone,
My name is Brandon and I'm from Pittsburgh, PA. I've been lurking around and reading the forum as much as I can. I've had fish since I can remember and I've decided to take the leap and raise up some discus. I bought some very young fish that were just taken from their parents 2 weeks ago. A LFS breeds discus and I loved the parents.
I'm have them in a smaller tank for now, but I'm trying to decide on what tank I should buy for their final show tank. I've read that discus like to swim up and down, rather than side to side. I asked a guy at the LFS about cubes, since they tend to be higher, but he told me I couldnt/shouldn't have as many fish in a cube as "standard" tank because of the surface area of the tank.
Anyone out there have thoughts on this? Thanks in advance for the help and opinions.
Attached is a pic of the parents of my fish, which are unrelated to eachother... Hopefully making for more vigorous offspring :-)
My name is Brandon and I'm from Pittsburgh, PA. I've been lurking around and reading the forum as much as I can. I've had fish since I can remember and I've decided to take the leap and raise up some discus. I bought some very young fish that were just taken from their parents 2 weeks ago. A LFS breeds discus and I loved the parents.
I'm have them in a smaller tank for now, but I'm trying to decide on what tank I should buy for their final show tank. I've read that discus like to swim up and down, rather than side to side. I asked a guy at the LFS about cubes, since they tend to be higher, but he told me I couldnt/shouldn't have as many fish in a cube as "standard" tank because of the surface area of the tank.
Anyone out there have thoughts on this? Thanks in advance for the help and opinions.
Attached is a pic of the parents of my fish, which are unrelated to eachother... Hopefully making for more vigorous offspring :-)