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    My father keep Discus for 20 years in Milwaukee (80's and 90's) while I was a kid. I'm new to the hobby but not the fish, and I must say I've watched years worth of water changes first hand, but as most children do I paid no attention. I've only a few things to offer here, one, I've read Simplydiscus for about a year and a half, and besides discipline I've learned most about keeping discus from this site. Two I bought from Hans. Three, I've killed 5 of 14 fish and two are stunted and one is peppered. So with that said, here's a video of where I'm at today. I think I'll start threads of these grow outs from old photos. They are young, and not breeding.

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    Those are some gorgeous fish!! Whatever you learned, it looks like it working!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solid View Post
    Those are some gorgeous fish!! Whatever you learned, it looks like it working!
    +1 great job and gorgeous discus. May I ask what you feed your discus ?

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    Thanks Blueluv,
    They have not really had a steady diet as I'm kind of a newbe. (fresh water is a constant though)
    Valentines day I made my own BH mix for the first time. Currently I give BH and one upside down cone of Al's FDBWs in the morning , when I get home they get BH at night.

    Before this is a long story and I'm seriously not sure why they are still alive. I got them at 2.5" from Hans around 8/2014 and started them out with Hans' Colbalt flake using an auto feeder a few times a day. I bought raw salmon 2 weeks later but I lost 2 fish the next few days. One darted into the glass, and one jumped out (I assume he darted out) I posted my concerns and I QT'd with metro. I think the Salmon was freshwater not saltwater and the rest eventually recovered, but I think that's what stunted the Pigeon SS and the Dark Angel.
    I bought 2lbs of Hans Beef mix at the end of October 2014 and also tried feeding straight ground beef. I have feed 4 or so packs of San Francisco BH and Brine Shrimp from time to time. So to sum it up, not to consistent.

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    So just goes to show you that Kids can follow in their Parents fish keeping footsteps! Glad that he set you on the proper Discus keeping course!

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    hard to tell that you didn't have a consistent feeding schedule. They look great. Yeah, you have some runts there, but almost every tank has that odd ball out, lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickztahone View Post
    hard to tell that you didn't have a consistent feeding schedule. They look great. Yeah, you have some runts there, but almost every tank has that odd ball out, lol.
    Haha, Problem with the runts is I really start rooting for those underdogs!

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