Taking the discus plunge

[Kymark]

I’ve kept fish for most of 50 years, but just recently decided to try discus when I found a local breeder. These were described as “pigeon” and “turquoise”. After reading a lot on this site, I decided against my plans of growing them out in a heavily planted tank, and instead bought a new 75 gallon tank to raise them. The basement turns out to be a much easier place for water storage and changes, plus it was a good excuse for another tank.

I’m feeding them mostly red wrigglers, which I have an almost unlimited supply of in my composting operation (gardening is another hobby!). But as you can see, they also love the FDBW I got from Al!87CA0686-76DA-4D6D-86D5-A61CB88501E0.jpg

[brewmaster15]

Mark, Glad to see you here! I think you made a good decision on raising them out in a bare bottom tank and that 75 gal will give them plenty of growing room.

Red wigglers can be a great food item. I used to have several cultures going here at a time for both my fish and amphibians. I should probably start one up again for my critters. Glad to see your fish are enjoying the blackworms!

I hope you can post updates as these grow, It will be interesting to see how pigmented they are as adults..Do you know what strain(s) the parents are? Looks like a few are non pigeons ?

Welcome again!
Al

[jeep]

Welcome aboard! Here's an old thread you may enjoy http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...1-Red-Wigglers

[Second Hand Pat]

Hi Mark and welcome to the forum Your guys look like they are growing well. You might consider creating a growout thread and tracking their growth here. Here's a starting place http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumd...-Tank-Journals if you like the idea.
Pat

[Kymark]

4 are pigeons, 3 are turquoise. Most of the pigeons look to have quite a bit of peppering -- hoping that fades as they mature in a tank with as little black in it as possible.

I find I'm feeding much more aggressively once I moved them into the bare bottom tank, since I can see and siphon out any excess after 10-15 minutes.