Amanda's Discus Journey

[jeep]

Nice job Amanda!!

[Acerrato]

Thank you everyone... After having Hans' fish for 10-12 months and trial/error with that tank & equipment, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the 90 gallon. I took my time setting it up, making sure it was perfect and ready (and of course fully cycled from scratch). It's bare bottom, running an FX6 with a spraybar, sponge filter, air stone, 4 large faux bamboo plants, black background, 2 AI Prime Reef lights, dual 200watt titanium heaters with an inkbird temp controller. I'm very happy with this setup and the fish really are so healthy and lovely to watch.

[fljones3]

Sweet. Beautiful.

[Iminit]

Found it . And I’ve been here before . Great looking discus from winnies!! You went to the store? I forgot about them . They recently moved. Where are they now? How’s all the Hans Discus doing? Pics maybe? Like I said it gets addicting!! You must have restraint . Looks like your husband likes them too!

[danotaylor]

Wowzers, very nice mate!

[coralbandit]

They look great !
It is nice to hear from you again Amanda .

[Second Hand Pat]

Your guys from Ceyhun are gorgeous Amanda Everytime Ceyhun posts fish I drool. The man is a master.
Pat

[Jenene]

Beautiful fish! My daughter lives in Manhattan and I’d been meaning to visit Ceyhun since I met them at Al’s years ago. The timing just never seemed to work out.

You’ve learned a lot since that first group of three and certainly have two big success stories to share!

I just started another group as well so I hadn’t been back to the forum much in a long time. I have really been enjoying the return to the community although I don’t have as much time with the reef tank care as well. The second group is a bit more enjoyable having more experience isn’t it?

My favorite time of day is settling in with my coffee and watching the first feeding. It’s reassurance that they are thriving.

Thank you for sharing. They are stunning.

[Willie]

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I've met lots of discus keepers who tell me they can't have a bare bottom tank in the living area. If only they could see how beautiful such a setup could be...

[seanyuki]

What are you feeding those discus and your water changes routines.

[Acerrato]

Thank you all so much! Jenene - Yes... I've certainly come a long long way from those 3 little guys that I first had!! .. The fish from Winnie's are extremely easy to care for now that I have some experience and now that I can identifying what is/is not an emergency - I am no longer panicking over every little thing that I notice... Those were a wild few months (I learned a lot though). I wish I could respond to you all individually but i'll try to reply to everyone here! Iminit - Ceyhun just moved! He's in Coram now (only about 25 minutes or so from me)... Thank you Willie - I agree - I love the look of bare bottom tanks - I painted the outside bottom a sand color and I put a black window tint on the back glass.. I loved the sharp look that this combo gave! Added a few faux bamboo plants and voila! I'm very satisfied with the entire setup.

Fljones, Pat, Brian, Dano, Tom... Thank you guys so much!!

[Acerrato]

Francis - Winnie's fish are getting freeze dried blackworms, Prime reef flakes, sera granules, freeze dried brine shrimp, beefheart (only once a week at most for the BH)... I mix it up everyday so it's never the same. I'm water changing 50% twice a week for them! They're all adults (18 months - 3 years old).

[Acerrato]

Another video of the 90 gallon (Winnie's Discus)

[Acerrato]

And here's the 125 gallon tank - All Discus Hans fish!

[Shan_Evolved]

Holy gorgeousness! How old are those beauties?