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You have some very red reds! So nice!
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Very nice reds. Also nice to see someone else cleans the outside of their tanks as often as I do. :)
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rickztahone
Absolutely gorgeous! Tfs
Thanks Rick, you're welcome
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Keith Perkins
Very nice reds. Also nice to see someone else cleans the outside of their tanks as often as I do. :)
LOL, yeah
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Phillydubs
You have some very red reds! So nice!
Cuipeua are supposed to be the reddest wild discus, Thank you.
Hope they start breeding soon.
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Your wilds look very good, Cuipeua are red and the heckels have maintained their blue. The pics are quite good. :)
Pat
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Very very nice. What are you feeding them?
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Thanks Pat, glad you like them
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Mattgoanna
Very very nice. What are you feeding them?
I feed them a seafood mix with my Nutriboost food enhancer
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Jason.M
Beautiful group.
Thanks, say high to the king of DIY
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Hello Everyone,
After I conditioned the wilds I made the move to their 8' tank to get them to pair. At the moment there are 16 Discus in there (13 wilds+3 domestics). I believe it is crowded and that will keep them from pairing. I will remove 4 and see how they like it @ 12.
I was keeping them in normal tap water while cleaning and conditioning them, Now that I moved them to the Display/pairing tank I started making WC using RO water do the conductivity is gradually coming down. I am targeting a conductivity of around 60 uScm-1 and will let the pH drop naturally to 6-5.5 range.
On the filter I an using moving media filter followed by denitrification reactor then Purigen reactor. I will later add a UV sterilizer in the series.
Hopefully when the parameters are right I will start seeing breeding behavior. This group is showing a lot of potential and it will be great if I manage to breed them.
Enough talking ... here are some pictures
(Mind the dirty glass)
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...psuwavzim7.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...psqltqwiwz.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...pstlk2e1qu.jpg
This blue moon Heckel is showing unreal colors not common in wild Heckels . but unfortunately its other eye has filled with water... I don't know if that will keep it from breeding.
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...ps98lwn8k4.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...psb7wjy24a.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7lk14zyb.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...ps99emqebm.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...psdvecvxh1.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...psykgpohyg.jpg
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What do you think is causing the eye issue? Can that be treated ? What 4 will you remove ?
Gorgeous group.
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DatDiscusDude
What do you think is causing the eye issue? Can that be treated ? What 4 will you remove ?
Gorgeous group.
Thanks.
At the start I thought it is the regular pop eye and treated accordingly. However it seems to be due to a physical injury I don't think it is curable. It is in one eye only.
I will remove the larege RT and blue SS " domestics" and one Heckel and the Yellow Wild.