Hi Dane, welcome to SD. Sounds like you have been bitten by "DAD" this is what I refer to as the "Discus Addiction Disease" Trust me, we're all members of your disease support group, we are all addicted too.
Anyway I am looking forward to your journey, keep in mind that this is the place where you can ask your questions and get lots of different answers so don't always take one person's advice/methods as facts. The biggest advice I can give you now is to start simple, start bare bottom, and start with adults discus.