125g

[discus day]

will 16 discus work for roughly 5 months in a bare bottom 125g? the reason is im trying to grow some out and at the same trying to get them to pair. i will be running 2 sponge filter in it and i have the option to add an fx5 to it if needed.

so will the 16 discus be fine in an empty 125? they range from 3 inch to 6 inch. i will be removing pairs as they pair off.

[Sean Buehrle]

Should be fine, just monitor your water, ammo nitrite .

Big water changes.

[discus day]

i do daily of 75-85% is that enough?

[adammak47]

i do daily of 75-85% is that enough?
That's enough

[damba]

All sounds good. Pics when it is ready.
Tom

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[NWA-Discus]

i do daily of 75-85% is that enough?

On 125 gallons... thats a lot of WC! WOW o.O

[discus day]

thanks for the help all of course pic will be up when ready.

well its not alot of work i use an aqueon water changer so i just hook it to the sink run the water siphone the crap out and just wait till the tank drains.

[MOdiscus]

i do daily of 75-85% is that enough?
Might be too much- you seen this?
http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/water_chemistry/general/wc_formula.shtml

[discus day]

Might be too much- you seen this?
http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/water_chemistry/general/wc_formula.shtml

interesting read. but it doesnt mention anything about big water changes effecting the fish. so wouldnt it be better t be safe then sorry?

[joanstone]

Do you have to run your faucet to drain your water or can you just siphon it straight down the drain? Having your tap running the whole time you're draining your tank then adding all the water for the water change itself is a staggering amount of water to use on a daily basis when you might not need to. If you can't just siphon it down the drain, maybe look into a pump to pump it out.

[discus day]

Do you have to run your faucet to drain your water or can you just siphon it straight down the drain? Having your tap running the whole time you're draining your tank then adding all the water for the water change itself is a staggering amount of water to use on a daily basis when you might not need to. If you can't just siphon it down the drain, maybe look into a pump to pump it out.

i run the tap to get the siphne starts then i move it to the bathtub and let gravity take over

[stjkm4]

Good advice.

[gerrard00]

Might be too much- you seen this?
http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/water_chemistry/general/wc_formula.shtml

I've never heard of too much clean water being a problem for discus.

[MOdiscus]

interesting read. but it doesnt mention anything about big water changes effecting the fish. so wouldnt it be better t be safe then sorry?
Sorry, I didn't mean to say that it would be bad for the discus, just that there really isn't a huge need to change about 100 gallons of water a day unless you just really want to- around 50% for the babies should be fine, especially in a bb. It's totally up to you, though! If you'd rather do all the hauling and such, more power to ya!