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    Sorry to hear that brother. I was leaving Hans the day u got them. I remember you from the photo u posted with Hans. I’ll check out ur medication thread.

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    It's been a long time setting up and cycling my tank, but alas I have finally started a new




    I am so pleased but extremely nervous.

    I have stable PH of 7.4-6

    KH of 4

    NH3 NO2 all going to 0 in less than 24 hours.

    I will also be doing 50% water changes every 2 days instead of larger ones daily.

    Nervous but im being very careful.

    As you can also see I have nothing but 3 fully cycled sponge filters in the tank.

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    Hi Shan, they look good and crossing fingers all will be well.
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    Hurrah! Rooting for you Shan!

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    Wow just read through your thread. You’ve been down I tough road. Good luck with these new guys. Did you buy from Hans again? Do you have a qt tank? And do you still have the survivors of the first group?

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    The encouragement is, "Don't give up. Don't ever give up." I have instilled this in my children. More often than not after a few failures they eventually are successful in that endeavor. Same for you, Shan. You will be rewarded for your many efforts and remember that experience is the greatest teacher.

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    Thank you all for the love and kindness and of course the support. As nervous as I am, I can't wait to go home and see my new little guys. My lady fed them some beef heart mix while im at work and she said they all were eating vigorously. So a good sign!

    I will be following Al's quarantine procedure - specifically dosing levamisole in the near future. I also have a microscope on hand in case I run into some funky stuff again. But I'm excited!

    @Tom Yes, these are from Hans. This is my only tank and my only fish so technically is a QT tank. I have a spare 10 gallon that if needed can move a sponge filter and a fish to
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    Good luck this go around man !
    Glad to see you were not turned off completely .
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    I just saw your message. Good luck Shan!!

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    First week of having them has been very nerve racking but so joy filled as well. I'm so elated to finally come home to some baby little discusus.

    Things I've done -

    Took Hans beef heart mix and while it was lightly thawed enough to mold, I molded a bunch of pieces into golf ball size shapes, flash froze them, and put them into ziploc bags. This way I can just pull out 1 ball and feed them pieces for the next day or two.

    Did a 50% PWC every other day. Things I observed is the discus get a little spooked during the water change, they huddle up together and hide in a corner. After the water change, they seem to be alright.

    My daily siphoning doesn't seem to bother them at all. They move away but return to normal right after.

    I haven't noticed any unusual poop, so that's a plus. Red brown normal looking poop from beef heart.

    All of the fish are eating so that's really refreshing to finally see.

    I just finished their first 24hr levamisole treatment. They ate during the treatment and are still eating now, so that's also good.

    I have had the light off for the past week, and I think I'll start to turn it on today for 4 hours mid-day.


    So far so good! Trying to do my best not to stress them out much.
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    All of us are pulling for you, Shan. If anyone deserves success it is you.
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    Thanks mama bear
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    Shan I to recently bought discus from Hans. 8 2” at the end of June. My discus are growing fine and eating well. But for me I changed water every day at 50%. After a month I started noticing a slime coat forming on the glass and driftwood. If I didn’t clean this daily it became noticeable. Also when this slime coat started some of my fish stopped eating. So I raised the temp and cleaned the walls daily. Removed the wood once a week and cleaned it. All but one started eating again. My belief is the slime is hormones coming from the growing fish. My grow out tank was only a 45 this time. The last time I used a 125. 1 month in the 45 for qt than they went into the 125 a planted tank. I think the bigger tank kept the slime from building up. So with the 45 I removed the 1 non eater and but it in a 15g by itself. It started eating the first day and is fine now just smaller than the rest. That’s because I waited to long to move it. But now after 2 months I’ve moved it into the 75 and now all are in the 75. Not seeing the slime in the 75 and all but the little guy have doubled in size. I’m now changing 50% every other day. My thought is at the 2”-4” size they must get daily water changes.

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    Thanks for the reply Tom.

    I used to do daily large water changes but due to my unique situation with the water here being a mystery, I now stick to 50% every other day.

    I wipe down my whole tank, front, back, bottom, and rinse 1 of the 3 sponge filters with tank water weekly; at least this is my plan.

    I plan to move them up to a 125 or at least a 75 depending on the room I have and how much weight I can put on the second floor in the future once they hit 4.5".

    I also previously used wood but this time around there is nothing in the tank but sponge filters and a heater.

    Good to know your fish are doing well!
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    Glad you had a good first week !
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