Leaving (discus)

[bigfish]

Hi
First may i thank simply discus,for there warm welcome
I enjoyed this site very much.
But i have decided, to leave the hobby,of discus keeping
All my discus died last night,i am at a loss to the reason why!!!!
I had just set up my new 100 gal tank and every thing had been
fine,I had enjoyed the discus but did find them to be quite
demanding of my time,Iwill not be leaving the hobby but i will now
start with Marine fish,something i have been wanting to do for
quite some time.May i say that i did give my discus 100%and tried to do
my best for them.Any way thanks to all for the kind replys
to my posts .And good luck with your discus
kindest regards
ben anderson.

[Ardan]

I'm sorry to hear about your fish Ben. Sometimes we need a break from it.

I hope that someday you will give it a try again.

[tom.s]

sorry for your lose

[GulfCoastDiscus]

I'm sorry about your lost Ben but marine will not be easier for you. Cost of marine fish are high and water parameters are more demanding than discus water.

I got into discus at first because of the its beauty and stayed because of the challenge. We all been through some ordeal with having this elite fish in out tank but giving up is the easy way out. JMHO

Dan

[liz]

Sorry to hear about your fish.

[DarkDiscus]

Sorry for your losses. But I have to agree with Dan - every fishkeeper has suffered set backs. (Like when I lost over $1,000 worth of fish, breeding pairs and fry when we lost power for 3 days.) You have to work through them.

And the worst thing is - if you don't know why your discus died, there may be other problems with your water or the environment that will kill other fish - including marine.

So... I suggest you take a bit of time to let your grief go, try to figure out what was what - sick fish from a bad source, environmental problems, etc. My suggestion is, after a time and a few W/C, is to buy a school of cardinal tetras for your tank - keep them alone in it for a while and see what happens. If you can keep them healthy, buy some discus from a proven source and try again.

Just a suggestion from a fellow fish keeper who has been there...

John

[jim_shedden]

Ben.......sorry for your loss. I have been there as well. The only reason I stayed with Discus is because of this site. When you get going again with discus ;) we will be here for you.

best of luck

jim

[billy s]

gutted for you. my gess would be some sort of toxin has got into your tank to losse all of them so quick ben and that would off killed what ever you'd had in your tank. if you want to try again, when you next set up i'll give you some young fish about 6 weeks old to test your system on. because of space limitations i have to cull quite heavily so ive always got plenty spare.

take care regards billy

[mikeos]

:( :( :(

[Jean]

:'( sorry to hear of your loss and I hate to see ppl leave... hope too, you do return someday! :)

Jean ;D 8)

[DiscusDawg]

:'(

[Don_Lee]

Sorry to hear of your loss Ben, I can relate as I have lost many fish. Good luck to your fishkeeping in the future, and I hope that you come back someday.

Don

[Scrappi_tt]

Sorry to hear about your loss. I also lost all of my discus due to bad water. I did give up but I've decided to give it a try again. I'm getting my new discus at the end of this month.

I agree with the people who said that marine fish are more demanding then discus. I tried my hand at it but got fed up of the sudden fatalities, the pH crashes and sudden raising levels of amonia... It is indeed more difficult than keeping discus.

If you still want to go ahead with the marine aquaria, I suggest that you go with only a couple of fish alone in a bare bottom tank with no live coral etc. So that you can observe the behavior patterns of the different salt water species and get to know them a little better.
In my experience, the easies, least demanding fish to keep are the Damsels.
;)

[RandalB]

Sorry to hear about the loss, You may want to find out why before you use that tank for saltwater. Saltwater fish tend to be more sensitive to toxins than fresh water do. I know from personal experience. The diseases/parasites may not switch to salt but anything toxic to freshwater will be lethal to salt.

RandalB

[bigfish]

Thanks Billy s
Just a brief post to thank you for your kind support
I hope to meet you sometime in the future, going to give
marines a try.....wife interested "to"
Take care and all the best
regards
ben anderson.