My first tank after many years

[cfhawaii50mom]

106899:D well I did it. I got my first tank up and running. The problem is I don't know what I have:crazy: Please don't laugh at my collection...Hahahaha I know they are not show quality, and I even have a rescue runt! Three were purchased from LFS friend of mine, and 4 came from a local fish breeder. If anyone out there can tell me what the heck I have it would be greatly appreciated :heart1:106897

[Lido]

Hello

They look very young. Young discus don't show their full colors for a while. The discus you purchased seem to be of fairly good quality. They are a little skinny but all in all look good. It seems you have either kept discus before or have done some reading which is good. You should go to the discus for beginners section and watch the video on keeping discus just as a refresher. Some things have changed in the last 10 years or so.


As to the fish

Your tank looks very clean and well prepared for discus. Keep up on those water changes and they'll grow up for you quite quickly. It looks like you may have a "Snow White" discus in there. Which is an all white discus. Some of the others are very hard to tell by the pictures. If you see them showing more pattern once they've acclimated post those pics. I'm sure people can help

[Davidzil]

That bamboo in the tank fully submersed, I would keep an eye on it, might start to rot.

[cfhawaii50mom]

Hello

They look very young. Young discus don't show their full colors for a while. The discus you purchased seem to be of fairly good quality. They are a little skinny but all in all look good. It seems you have either kept discus before or have done some reading which is good. You should go to the discus for beginners section and watch the video on keeping discus just as a refresher. Some things have changed in the last 10 years or so.


As to the fish

Your tank looks very clean and well prepared for discus. Keep up on those water changes and they'll grow up for you quite quickly. It looks like you may have a "Snow White" discus in there. Which is an all white discus. Some of the others are very hard to tell by the pictures. If you see them showing more pattern once they've acclimated post those pics. I'm sure people can help

Thank you,😊 I did many years back, with my ex who was a Dr. And also had a degree in marine biology. It was his hobby, and he taught me. This tank I have them in is not there permanent home, I have a 95gal. tank there going into, but it is being cycled and a new sump refugium is being built for the new tank. The babies are being treated in this tank with Flubendazole10% due to one of the yellowish was not eating well and had the classic white stool. It will be three days tomorrow for them, and all is going well, I will be doing a water change and 2nd dose of medication tomorrow, and take water readings. Hope to get a stool sample from that one fish and see what is going on under a scope. I tried today to catch a stool sample but was not fast enough😁 So far they are being fed 3 times a day min. with frozen beef heart, and bloodworms, and a round of discus pellets. Water readings are all in the normal range, and temp is at 86. As for the plants... I'm not a fan of planted for them, but I do have a planted guppie tank and also another tank I keep only for the discus that has bamboo and other plants that I can rotate out every other day, or more if needed. They were chasing each other to much, so I put these in to give them a few places to claim some territory for now. I will keep up my posts on this new venture and look forward to learning all I can 😅

[Akili]

Hi Carole, Welcome to SimplyDiscus.The fish you have have different names depending upon the breeder.When I got mine my which look as similar to yours some folks called it "White Butterflies" and some "Snow White" One breeder called it "White Ghost" and the list goes on. One thing I would like to mention is Do not move any plants or decorations from one Discus tank to another to avoid chances of cross contamination

[Willie]

The middle fish in the top picture is typically referred to as a "Snow White". The ones in the subsequent picture look like cobalt discus that are faded out because the tank has no backing.

Keep up with the water changes and beef heart and they should grow well. I wouldn't put them into a 95 gal tank until they get some size on them.

Good luck, Willie

[cfhawaii50mom]

Hi �� Yes, I did a lot of reading from other posts about cross contamination, so the discus have there own 20 gal tank that I have plants to rotate out so they don't pick up anything

[cfhawaii50mom]

I took the whites background off and put a black temp. Background so the color would show better. Sure hope the pictures come out better
Here they are before I feed and clean the tank a little to get ready for 2nd round of medication. This tank is only a 40 gal. Willie said it may not be a good idea to put them in the 95gal. Yet and would like to know about what size it would be OK to move them? 106963106964

[cfhawaii50mom]

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I'm really bad at taking pictures of these guys106967
I keep getting a background glare. And on the far right rear you can see the huge thermometer my husband had given me to put in the tank, because out of 9 or so thermometers tested, he only found one.....my internal digital, that was accurate to less than one degree....so he tested one from his shop (commercial refrigeration contractor) and said use this !!! Hahaha so for now, that is the 2nd temp reader in there... So far both are almost spot on for me. Just wanted to explain that huge thing in the tank, hahaha

[two utes]

You can better shots at night with all the lights off in the room except for the tank light, and dont use a flash. You have a very clean set up. Good luck with their progress

[CliffsDiscus]

Hi Carole
Your Discus look very healthy. Talking about LFS is
there Modern Pets? At one time there was
Hawaii Discus Society with a fair amount of members. I would also send over 5 to 7 hundred
Discus to this guy that lives around the Kaimuki Area.

Aloha,
Cliff

[cfhawaii50mom]

Hi cliff, many years back I met a man who had discus in kiamuki, but it's been so long I forgot his name. I doubt he is still raising them, I got my three from ewa beach any pet depot. I've become friends with the owner, and she does not bring in discus she just by chance had these guys and I thought what the heck, so I got them. I could tell they were a little young to be at a FS....but I don't know who she got them from. They are a mostly salt water fish store, with dogs and birds. That's how I ended up with a runt....felt so sorry for the darn guy...or girl. After that I met a man from a friend in Waipahu who had the solid whitish yellow ones and got those, but I'm still not sure what I have in my tank. Here is a picture of them chasing some brine flakes I just put in...106985 yeah, it does look better....I'm starting to see the one yellowish fish starting to get food! Today I did the 3rd day water change and second dose of flubendazole. I haven't found any white stool in the tank yet, only dark colors....so hopefully this is working. I'm wondering now if it's to early to put them in the 95 gal. Tank....I feel like this tank is getting to small for them. Any thoughts on what size I should wait for before putting them in? There in a 40 gal. Now...

[cfhawaii50mom]

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[CliffsDiscus]

Hi Carole
The person that you got Discus from many years ago
in the Kaimuki Area could of been Fred (Discus Study
Group Chairperson) Frank was owner of a restaurant
where Big City Dinner is now or Dennis of 3DDiscus ,
all are retire now. By the way are there any LFS that have any Discus currently, I am planning a Hawaii trip
soon. On my last trip I visited Enchanted Lake, Pet land was gone at AlaMona and the shop at Kahala.

Cliff

[nc0gnet0]

These discus look like they are the offspring of a snow leopard pairing. Such a pairing will give you some snow whites, some red whites, and some snow leopards. they will however not give you any White butterfly's and there is no relation between a snow white and a white butterfly.

[xxalanxx]

Nice fish and nice setup of the tank. I also like the drawing in the background :)

There could be a problem, I could be wrong but I don't think bamboo can be fully submerge, you may want to take them out before they start to die.

[Ryan925]

These discus look like they are the offspring of a snow leopard pairing. Such a pairing will give you some snow whites, some red whites, and some snow leopards. they will however not give you any White butterfly's and there is no relation between a snow white and a white butterfly.

+1 to my untrained eye it would look to me like some snow whites and some red whites. Should be a nice mix. Good luck

[cfhawaii50mom]

Hi cliff, I'm gonna have to do some island roaming to see if any LFS stores are selling here...the weather has been kinda bad off and on, so not much outside exploring. Will do some checking and ask around. I'm still wondering if these guys are to young for the big 95gal? Any input...? I felt bad cause I have the seven of them in a 40gal. Thought it might be to small for a grow out

[cfhawaii50mom]

Hi Anthony & Ryan
Thank you both for your information :) and yes, Anthony I also thought that the bamboo would not do well, but over here we keep a lot of bamboo cuttings in water vases. So far, I have used bamboo in my little guppie aquaponic tank, I made with my youngest son, to show him about sustainability, and cycle of nature, for a few years. And I did learn that I have to have a small bit out off the water on top, they grow nice that way. I haven't gotten any rotting or any problems as of yet, but I don't keep one set of the bamboo in the tank more then a few days to a week. At work I have a friend that we both like bamboo and we have a huge fresh water tub, that we grow out. Also I have a separate tank I am keeping some in here at home to rotate out. I will be collecting fresh water plants, and making an aquascape, that I can use to decorate my discus tank, I'm not a fan of a planted discus tank....bare bottom for me :) I know it's not a discus tank, but this is the aquaponics tank we built, that I clean maybe once a month if needed...the bamboo in here has been there for over a year, don't laugh to hard ...:) it's a creation ...Hahahaha 107049107050107051107052107053 it took me 2days to make the bell syphon ! But it works like a charm...�� All made from plastic bottles we recycled.

[Filip]

Good luck raising your new discus Carole .
They look decent to me for juvie discus and I believe they will become great discus given your proper care.
I would keep them in a 40g. until they hit 4-4.5 inch for easier daily maintenance and faster water changes , before I transfer them to a 90 g IIWY.
How did you choose the flubendazole for treating white poop ? Usually its a stress related Hex when a new fish starts pooping white and Metronidazole is the first weapon of choice. And try to treat only the affected discus and not all of them .

And please keep us updated with progress Carole.