New Tank Pics

[Disgirl]

Wow Toni, look at those huge discus! Well grown for sure! Good to see you back with us.
Barb

[pauline]

Those are great pictures and I love the little vignettes that go with each one.

[Greghp90x]

Awesome fish! Thanks for sharing.

[Skip]

Toni.. the best pic u posted. Was the one with a tape on them

[Northwoods Discus]

Nice looking fish, great shapes. Here is a dumb question. How do you get the worm feeders to stay upside down. Are they special ones? Mine are loose in the holder and would just fall out.

[strawberryblonde]

Nice looking fish, great shapes. Here is a dumb question. How do you get the worm feeders to stay upside down. Are they special ones? Mine are loose in the holder and would just fall out.

I hunted down the original cones which are all one piece. Found them in my lfs last year, then had to head to Amazon.com to find them again this year when I needed new ones. I'll warn you though, the suction cups vary according to whatever they have at the time, so you might get a great one, or you might get a useless and have to replace it with one of your own. For under $2 these things are totally worth it for me. =)

[strawberryblonde]

Toni.. the best pic u posted. Was the one with a tape on them

Yeah, but they complain about feeling sticky after I pull the scotch tape off them.

[BODYDUB]

You have some good looking fish there..................

[Sandy Clay]

You have some Beeeutifuuuul fish!

[sandy]

Which type of sand you are using


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[strawberryblonde]

Which type of sand you are using


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Hi Sandy,

It's CaribSea Instant Aquarium Freshwater Substrate. Mine is called Crystal River. I like the white color and the slightly larger grain that doesn't get sucked up in my siphon as easily as others I've tried.

[Jeff O]

Toni what % of water do you take out daily at this size? And how much did you change when they where Juvies?
-Jeff

[strawberryblonde]

Toni what % of water do you take out daily at this size? And how much did you change when they where Juvies?
-Jeff

Hi Jeff,

I bought them at 4", plopped them into a 50g pentagonal tank and changed water twice a day. Smaller 60% change in the morning and larger 80-90% change after the last beefheart feeding at night.

I know you didn't ask, but they had 6 feedings a day, plus snacks in between if they were really begging and pestering me. 2 Variety Discus Flake meals, 2 Al's FDBW meals and 2 San Fransisco Bay Beefheart meals.

They stayed in that tank for 2 months, and by then it was obvious that they'd outgrown it.

I finally reduced WC's to one 90% per day when they reached 6" and went into the 115g tank. Had to increase it now and then whenever a new batch of 4" discus went into the big tank to compensate for the new load on my bio-media and to clean out any leftover beefheart.

They currently are getting 90% every other day, except when I feel the tank needs a little extra attention, and then I increase it to every day for a couple of weeks. It's not for the benefit of the jumbo discus, it's more for the benefit of the "little" 6" discus who aren't even a year old yet. LOL

[a volar]

The "little" 6" .. I like that