I wont i know what you mean. Your not saying to stop asking. Your just saying that im kinda asking the same thing over and over in a way. I wont stop asking questions. And that was a very nice speech lol
keeper of the fresh
keeper of the fresh
Back to your original question... i check the water in the bags the fish come in. if the ph is close or a few points higher (like 7.2 in bag 7.6 in your tank), as long as temp is within a few degrees I just drop them in.
If you ph is lower than the bag and temp is way off I add 1 cup tank water every ten minutes for at least 1 hr then put them in.
I would never mix fish from different sources without qt. not to say any certain source is bad, but many times it leads to cross contamination of pathogens that fish are not used to and because they are stressed as it is it can effect them. I also put a tbls salt for each roughly 20 gallons for a couple days.
keep it simple will be my advice.Temperatures and water parameters should be same and no disease should come to your tank from the new fish or the fish stores water so quarantine them.I have never kept a quarantine tank so far and have been lucky so to say as i always never buy on impulse meaning i observe the fish for at least 15 to 20 minutes from its eye,gills,shape of body,head,thickness,abdomen normal size,swimming speed and angles,whether they are bold and coming to the front of the tank when i slightly tap the front glass,are they darker than normal in color,are they feeding on a couple of grains of wetted fish food ,buy from the same dealer most of times.Most often when i see and select a fish i pay some advance and to the LFS and observe them for a couple of weeks.Then i buy them & put the bag floating in your tank for about 20 minutes, and when the temperatures are same inside the plastic bag and tank water make a small cut near the top of the bag,remove some 25%water and add water from tank,keep doing this for a couple of times and then take the bag out of the tank and after make the cut larger in the plastic bag,big enough for the fish to get out easily pour the contents with the fish slowly into a fine,sterile large net and put the netted discus into the tank.Try feeding other fish in the tank before this to prevent any fighting and switch off the lights or if transferring during the day pull the curtains,turn off the room lights and keep the place quiet and dark as possible and the next day you would see the new discus swimming nicely in a shoal with the older discus in the tank.
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Ok thanks. I dont have a QT tank so ill see if it works out. But thanks for the info on how to put them in guys i really needed to know how to do that so i dont buy them and dont know how to put them in. Thanks again
keeper of the fresh
Thats not drip method that is just the normal way of adding fish.
Heres drip method. I only add my fish this way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBFsHujE3A
-Kevin
40 Breeder Growout Tank-3 TRSG, 2 Red TQ, 2 Red SS
Last edited by discuspaul; 04-23-2011 at 12:36 AM. Reason: I have to ask myself if I'm wasting my time here ? Does anyone else feel the same way?
I dont know why you need to know how old i am but i am 13
keeper of the fresh
Oh and Hsunami where do i get a drip set thing he was using? Thanks
keeper of the fresh
Well I have seen alot of great advise to all your questions Matt but you are missing one very important point. You really do and or will need a quaratine tank. Not only do i recommend quaratine new discuss but if one gets sick and you do not quaratine and treat that fish you could loose all of them to an illness. I know your parents don't want you to have another tank but if you follow everyones advice you will have some great looking discuss. Remember these are not fish you buy at Wal Mart. Good luck with your fish.
Wade
Thanks i know these are not fish i buy at wal mart lol. But ill have to see what i can do about the QT tank but they keep saying if you buy it from a good breeder they should already be quaratined. But ill see what i can do. Thanks for the help guys.
keeper of the fresh
Hi Matt.
Flip and flop method..........starting a discus tank...be patience and buy from only one source(no cross contamination).....get at least 8 discus and put them there............since you have no other discus.....this will be yr display tank and enjoy them............wait two months later and you may want to add more discus ...........now you have to QT the new fish.......new discus in qt tank for 3 weeks and add one discus from yr existing stock and monitor them for another 4 weeks............no health problems and you can combine both stocks...........just my 2 cents.
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All advice I give, is because I've good results with it, you're free to copy it. It's not a rule, it's just my way. Ohhhh and don't take me serious, I'm most of the time kidding