A new Discus adventure 2023

[Sabrina]

Seems this little fellow has a bee in their bonnet today, chasing 3 others all over & head butting them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGvHdY2DHWM

[brewmaster15]

A profile picture of each fish

The largest Turq - The brown one.
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The middle sized Turq - The most colourful one.
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The smallest Turq - Mini.
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PB - The quite one.
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PB - The bossy one.
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Sabrina,
Have a read here on how to fix this issue.

.http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...57#post1374157



Al

[brewmaster15]

Have to say.. for pet shop discus they look pretty good and I bet with your great care they will thrive and be the best they can be. I'm always reminded that its no guarantee that any discus will turn out well if the care is not there.

Al

[Sabrina]

Hi Al,

Thanks, they are cuties indeed. And yes, the time & effort makes a big difference with these fish.

Update: All Discus are alive & kicking, I may need to fence off half of the QT tank though, I have 2 bullies, but I am not going to rush that.

Yesterday, after a lot of stress, travel & chaos, I now have a 6 foot 125G tank in my fish room! I am so impressed with my young discus, they did not freak out with 4 people trying to organise the 6 foot in the fish room.
The tank was quite dirty, I got stuck into it with vinegar, it came up alright but after a rinse then dry the scum marks came back. I have a feeling it had sea water in it before.. I will look for a magic scrubber today and try that.. This tank will eventually be for my discus, a large school of rummy nose & julii corys. But it wont be ready for at least 2 months or so. The way the cupboards are set up under the tank I can not get a sump system for it as each cupboard is separate. I am not a fan of canister filters, so I may have to go with HOB filters x2, one at each end of the tank, as they hold more media than internal filters do. And I would have x2 jumbo sponge filters running too.
Here are before clean and after clean pics of the new tank

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[Sabrina]

Oh, I just had a thought.. I could sit a sump beside the tank perhaps.. That might work

[Iminit]

What is the space behind the doors? There are different size sumps.

[Sabrina]

This is one side of the stand, each cupboard is individual...

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[Iminit]

Wow even a canister won’t fit in there. Wonder f you could remove the center piece and the shelf. Is it a particle board with a Veneer finish.

[LizStreithorst]

I think that center piece is structural support.

[Sabrina]

Hi Tom, Liz

The Shelves come out, so a canister would fit.. But, that centre piece does not come out and is structure of the stand... I was looking at HOB filters, I found one called a HOB canister filter, it has a large part with layered media trays, would 2 of them work perhaps? It's in the link below

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/16480255...Bk9SR7TGrOejYg

[Iminit]

I’ve never seen it before. I’d go with either 2 tidal 110s or aquaclear 110s. They’re hob filters and move around 450gph so that about 8x the tank volume.

[bluelagoon]

That filter is too small; it doesn't turn over enough water, you would need seven of those to turn over as much as a FX6 filter would. The AC 110's mentioned would be better and turn over more water and are easier to clean.

[Sabrina]

Hi Tom, Mervin

Thank you for the comments.. Wow, I just looked at the price of those two HOB filers, no thanks lol... I can get a 2400 L/H canister filter for almost half that price! I might need to rethink this.. I did have two 4 foot tanks with canister filters years ago and they were fine, fish were ok & water crystal clear. Might go that way instead, with 2 jumbo sponge filters as well..

[Iminit]

Ok before you buy sunsun or equivalent canisters look into the marineland 350 or 250 filters. These are a lot cheaper and by adding the black sponge you used in the 60 they become very good filters with lots of media room.

[Sabrina]

Thanks Tom, I will look into it

QT discus tank water test was spot on this morning. All fish are looking well, just having breakfast at the moment. I am blessed they are still alive after 1 week in my care