boog3ee
03-21-2011, 09:29 PM
greetings to all!
First let me say that this forum is such a blessing! It has been a great help in my intensive research into discus in the past month at least!
So, I have a couple of dilemmas: The first is the readiness of my tank to receive discus; I have a 310 liter tank that i have planted and performed a fish in cycle in using 12 tiger barbs and two common plecos plus an already mature and loaded sponge that my LFS owner gave me (he's a friend), it's been over a month and through out there wasnt a trace of ammonia or nitrite and only a tiny trace of nitrate (less than 5). And i have been performing regular 20 - 30% water changes 4 times a week. Now the barbs are going to their own tank and the plecos back to the LFS, do you think the tank is ready to receive the 2 pairs of 5 inch and 1 pair of 4 inch discus that the shop has ordered for me and have arrived?
My second dilemma is the discus themselves, they are a beautiful pair of cobalts, a pair of pigeon bloods and a pair of Turquoise, they just arrived 4 days ago from thailand to Amman Jordan (where i live), they seem to be stressed but the LFS guy says its because of travelling which i believe, but my problem is that im not 100% sure he is taking proper care of them and i have a feeling that i would be able to care for them better as i dont have a huge shop with thousands of other fish to take care for! But at the same time i dont want to get fish that may die on me in the first week!
Sorry for the long post! Im sure you will have some good advice! :-)
Thank you!
Boog3ee
First let me say that this forum is such a blessing! It has been a great help in my intensive research into discus in the past month at least!
So, I have a couple of dilemmas: The first is the readiness of my tank to receive discus; I have a 310 liter tank that i have planted and performed a fish in cycle in using 12 tiger barbs and two common plecos plus an already mature and loaded sponge that my LFS owner gave me (he's a friend), it's been over a month and through out there wasnt a trace of ammonia or nitrite and only a tiny trace of nitrate (less than 5). And i have been performing regular 20 - 30% water changes 4 times a week. Now the barbs are going to their own tank and the plecos back to the LFS, do you think the tank is ready to receive the 2 pairs of 5 inch and 1 pair of 4 inch discus that the shop has ordered for me and have arrived?
My second dilemma is the discus themselves, they are a beautiful pair of cobalts, a pair of pigeon bloods and a pair of Turquoise, they just arrived 4 days ago from thailand to Amman Jordan (where i live), they seem to be stressed but the LFS guy says its because of travelling which i believe, but my problem is that im not 100% sure he is taking proper care of them and i have a feeling that i would be able to care for them better as i dont have a huge shop with thousands of other fish to take care for! But at the same time i dont want to get fish that may die on me in the first week!
Sorry for the long post! Im sure you will have some good advice! :-)
Thank you!
Boog3ee