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    Carol,
    Thank you creating this topic and collecting all the useful information for the beginners like me. One suggestion is the information on books. I know there are a few discussions on books but they are in different areas. Could you add some info on the recommended book? Thanks again.

    Kam

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    Many of the older books contain outdated or even inaccurate information. The best new books are hard to find. My favoriite is Penang Discus by Sahifullah Yeng. Barron's Discus Fish (blue cover - sold in most fish stores) is a good beginner book. Jeff Young (discusfarm.us) has a fairly new book, Exotic Discus for sale - you'll love the pictures.


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    Carol,
    Thank you for the info. I will get my book order in .

    Kam

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    Hello. I am new to the site and I don't raise discus but I am interested in everything to do with aquarium. I do have a problem with my tank though, and as I've seen how knowledgable all you folks are, perhaps you can help me. I have a 10 gallon tank and I cannot get my ph down no matter what I try. It's always up around 8 - 8.5. The water from my tap has very high ph, so I've been using bottled water with a neutral ph to do 1 - 2 gallon water changes every other day. I've used a whole can of discus buffer in about a week (it treats 55 gallons) and still no change. I've even treated the bottled water with the discus buffer before I put it in, and I test it and it's around 6.5 - 7, but I will test my water in the tank afterwards and there is no change. Could it be a rock I have in there, or the wood I have in there, or what? I'm so baffled. I've raised cichlids with my Dad since I was little and have never had such a problem with ph.

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    You must have hard water or something in the water leeching calcium. Get a GH and KH test kit. It is very difficult to lower the pH of hard water. Some bottled water is mineral rich too. REad through the water section for more information.

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    How do we make the water soft?

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    Reverse Osmossis (RO) filter. Go to the water section for more information.

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    Its a shame, the links dont seem to be working anymore

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    This index has been updated to the best of my ability. If there are problems please let me know and I will try to fix it.

    I was not able to find all the threads from the old index. Sorry. I will keep looking.

    hth
    Ardan

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    . . . . and I'll try to get the pictures added back . . .

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    PLEASE Carol!!!! Your pics and post help me start my Discus hobby and now I have 4 tanks set-up and 1 barrel for aging water.
    Thanks again!!

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    thank you carol.

    pat.

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    Hello Community! I'm thinking about purchasing Discus. I have a new 65 gallon hex tank, with white silica sand bottom. I'm waiting for my test kits to come in the mail. Once I get my levels in range I would like to buy 5 or 6 small Discus. I've been reading up a lot for the last couple of days. One thing that I find mixed opions about is having other kinds of fish in the tank along with the discus. I have 5 Hatchets, an angel, a pleco, and a couple small loaches in a quarantine tank that I would like to add to the hex tank along with the Discus. Can I do this? I just need someone to tell that this is OK. Can I please keep my other fish in the same tank? Any input would be welcome. Thanks, Jim

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    If you are new to discus I would not try to grow out juveniles in a community tank with substrate.

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    whoa thanks for all the good links it really helped me out ;]

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