New Tank

[mastermamo]

Here is the new tank I am busy setting up. Will post pics as the days progress

Filling up
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Filters, sponges, heaters, diffusers in
1 x Aquaclear 70
1 x Eheim 300W
1 x Eheim 250W
2 x Eheim CO2 diffusers
2 x Large Sponges
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Substrate in (1cm river sand)
Rock BG and blue sides in
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T5 lighting in (blue/white 40W mix)
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FX5 canister in
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[DiscusLoverJeff]

What size and dims are the tank? Looks good.

[mastermamo]

What size and dims are the tank? Looks good.

It's a 1.2x40x50 with 10mm reinforced glass. Top and bottom bracing.

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Cycle time before my A grades arrive

[mastermamo]

This is my other 1.2 discus tank

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[nc0gnet0]

Why do you mount your heaters so High up on the tank?

Don't they get exposed during water changes?

[mastermamo]

Why do you mount your heaters so High up on the tank?

Don't they get exposed during water changes?

I mount the 300W high up and horizontally to avoid fish bumping into it and to allow maximum heat spread through the tank. When Im about to do a WC I switch off and either remove or push holding suckers lower. However my WC regimen is 20% everyday and then a 50-60% weekly. When doing a 20% it's not so high up that the water level drops below it.

[dash]

Looking good man. Keep the updates coming

[krislewis3]

Firstly.....it looks great, as do your others.......Question....is the top of the tank a good place for the heater, considering that heat rises????

[mastermamo]

Firstly.....it looks great, as do your others.......Question....is the top of the tank a good place for the heater, considering that heat rises????

Good question. I have set up my flow to run over the surface of the heater which effectively gives the heat horizontal movement thus spreading heat evenly throughout the tank. This doesn't allow much heat to escape and my temp never fluctuates from 28.5-29 degrees Celcius.

[mastermamo]

My imported Triple A Grades just arrived. Impressed with quality. Time to settle them in and then a 3 week quarantine treatment before release.

Blue diamonds
Red Melons
Yellow Melons
Red Turquoise
Brilliant Turquoise
Snow White Diamonds
Ocean Greens
Pigeon Bloods
Snakeskins
Super Eruption
Blue Diamond Scorpion Snakeskin
Snow White Diamonds

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[Trier20]

Where did you get the fish from?

[mastermamo]

Where did you get the fish from?

Importer that I deal with

[Trier20]

Importer that I deal with

Ok

[William Palumbo]

Congrats on the fish...But honestly, not seeing the AAA quality in those...Bill

[mastermamo]

Congrats on the fish...But honestly, not seeing the AAA quality in those...Bill

Lets give them a bit. They are tiny still

[nc0gnet0]

Lets give them a bit. They are tiny still

Which begs the question of how can anyone rate a fish AAA when it is that size?

[yim11]

That grading should be applied to the actual fish received, not based on their potential down the road. I agree with Bill, but perhaps the AAA grading there is different than in the US.

[mastermamo]

They were bred from AAA parents and hand selected by breeder. Lets see as they develop

[Second Hand Pat]

M, who was the breeder?

[ktltn04]

They were bred from AAA parents and hand selected by breeder. Lets see as they develop

AAA parents will not produce 100% AAA babies. Hand selected means he put his hand in the tank and catch each one out ?. For next purchase I recommend you should buy from sponsor in here. They might not bred from AAA quality parent but they are sure much better quality than those you just bought from AAA parents.

[mastermamo]

Do sponsors here export to South Africa? I've requested info from Chicago Discus weeks ago when they responded to a pm but not a squeak from them after my mail enquiry. I was ready to place a large order but no one has bothered getting back to me. Been chatting with Kenny who is really friendly and helpful with great feedback but he unfortunately does not have an export license.

Here's the last message from Josie from Chicago Discus:

"We have wholesale pricing available for exporting and we shipped overseas you need to send a request to the email chicagodiscus@att.net and Miranda will send you out a package"

I mailed her thrice and sent various messages but got not a single reply back.
I'm pretty disappointed in this so I sourced my own Asian breeder

[ktltn04]

Do sponsors here export to South Africa? I've requested info from Chicago Discus weeks ago when they responded to a pm but not a squeak from them after my mail enquiry. I was ready to place a large order but no one has bothered getting back to me. Been chatting with Kenny who is really friendly and helpful with great feedback but he unfortunately does not have an export license.

Here's the last message from Josie from Chicago Discus:

"We have wholesale pricing available for exporting and we shipped overseas you need to send a request to the email chicagodiscus@att.net and Miranda will send you out a package"

I'm pretty disappointed in this so I sourced my own Asian breeder
Sorry, I didn't see your location when reply your thread.

[Chicago Discus]

Sorry,
Ok let me break it down I have been in contact with my Broker about shipping to South Africa and have been waiting for his reply but as you might not know there has been a government shut down here in the States. With the Government shut down it have been very difficult (not impossible) to import and export livestock. I apologize for not getting back to you privately in emails or
by telephone but you are a wholesale customer which is not the same as a retail customer and not to be confused. So as our Customer service has been not the greatest with you wholesale and retail are two different animals.
Im very happy you found a supplier for your discus in Asia and wish you all the best.

Regards
Josie

[mastermamo]

Josie

I was fully aware of the US government shutdown as I have business interests in the States as well. I would have appreciated a mail explaining the delay though. Once you are ready to resume negotiations please let me know via mail. In the interim I am also in talks with Forrest to get some stock in.

Thank you for your response

M

[Chicago Discus]

Josie

I was fully aware of the US government shutdown as I have business interests in the States as well. I would have appreciated a mail explaining the delay though. Once you are ready to resume negotiations please let me know via mail. In the interim I am also in talks with Forrest to get some stock in.

Thank you for your response

M

Forest Is a great supplier and has nice discus to offer. You wont go wrong with him. Good luck in your new business.

Josie

[mastermamo]

Forest Is a great supplier and has nice discus to offer. You wont go wrong with him. Good luck in your new business.

Josie

Thank you Josie

[Skip]

Forrest is kenny supplier.. there are a few othersd suppliers in asia.. and there are a couple in Australia. . That maybe a good option

[mastermamo]

Update

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[mastermamo]

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New arrivals

[Second Hand Pat]

M, go with Forrest. You will be much happier.

[mastermamo]

M, go with Forrest. You will be much happier.

Spoken to Forrest and placing an order very soon

Thanks Pat

[dirtyplants]

Forgive me for being stupid, but what is a wholesale customer verses a retail customer? Does this mean that M you are buying for resale or are we talking quantity discount verses one or two fish? Given your location, Pat is correct you might be happier and it may be easier to go through Forest directly.

[mastermamo]

Forgive me for being stupid, but what is a wholesale customer verses a retail customer? Does this mean that M you are buying for resale or are we talking quantity discount verses one or two fish? Given your location, Pat is correct you might be happier and it may be easier to go through Forest directly.

A retail customer is someone who buys a few fish at a time from a LFS or from a breeder and this has retail prices attached. A wholesale customer buys in qty ie a volume customer. I buy wholesale ie in qty and therefore lower prices. If I place an order with Forrest as an example I will order roughly 180 fish as a minimum box lot.

Hope this explains the difference

[dash]

Love the fish. Man and glad to see the project is working out for you. Will be in contact soon. Also I know the guy that you are working with and let me tell you that he I's one of the best in South Africa

[dirtyplants]

Yes it does, thank you, but is this tank your baby, for your enjoyment? If so looks like it will be awesome.

[mastermamo]

Yes it does, thank you, but is this tank your baby, for your enjoyment? If so looks like it will be awesome.

Thank you. Yes the tank is for my personal enjoyment.

[mastermamo]

Love the fish. Man and glad to see the project is working out for you. Will be in contact soon. Also I know the guy that you are working with and let me tell you that he I's one of the best in South Africa

Thanks Dash. Appreciate the kind words. Looking forward to chatting with u soon.

[Cakes]

I like the fish, they look great. Your setup looks solid, good luck.

[mastermamo]

I like the fish, they look great. Your setup looks solid, good luck.

Thank you. Posting new updates now

[mastermamo]

Another setup

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[mastermamo]

My main tanks doing very well

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[Madaboutdiscus]

Very nice.

-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Very nice.

-Victoria

Thank you Victoria. I'm having great success with my tanks and my fish are growing very well. All in all I now have 30 fish of various sizes in different tanks. I'm thinking of doing a nice big 2m tank soon for the 14-18cm fish I have.

[mastermamo]

Here's my pride and joy. Nursed him back from the brink of death a few months back. I think he's a Green tefe

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[Madaboutdiscus]

Id love to add more but just dont have room for another tank. We have the 30 with my daughters goldfish the ten with my other ones frog and my 56 with the discus lol. We live in a small house.

-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Id love to add more but just dont have room for another tank. We have the 30 with my daughters goldfish the ten with my other ones frog and my 56 with the discus lol. We live in a small house.

-Victoria

Can I see some pics of your fish plz

[Madaboutdiscus]

I only have a few lol. The last one are the 2 biggest. At 5 months one is over 4 inches and the other is right at it. But its a high body keeps going itll be a bat fish lol.

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-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Hehe they are sweet. Lol baitfish. I also had one that was so high bodied it seriously looked like a rugby ball haha. How long ago have u started with discus?

[Madaboutdiscus]

I started with almost adults about 2 years ago. I just started raising babies in July of this year. I got them tiny from the breeder and you see them now lol. Theyre big fat pigs. They beg for food anytime they see me.

-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Do u still have your adults? Can I see them? U have any wilds or all domestics?

[mastermamo]

I started with almost adults about 2 years ago. I just started raising babies in July of this year. I got them tiny from the breeder and you see them now lol. Theyre big fat pigs. They beg for food anytime they see me.

-Victoria

Do u still have your adults? Can I see them? U have any wilds or all domestics?

[Madaboutdiscus]

One picture is my avatar. Ill add some more though. Theres one pigeon one im thinking is either a stunted pigeon that didnt get spots or like a tangerine or marlboro it just stayed orange and not as big as the rest. Three are blue diamonds. The 6th I lost due to a deformity but it had a yellowish body with stress bars and the fins were turning red and blue marks. Very pretty it didnt live long enough to get its full colors. They hadnt gotten their colors yet in these pics. Theyre not with us theyre at a friends house that kindly offered to take them when we had to move and couldnt take them.
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-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Lovely fish. As most on here know I think all fish, stunts, runts or just small, are beautiful. I'm thinking of doing a piranha tank soon. Would be really interesting. That blue diamond looks great.

[Madaboutdiscus]

Ah piranhas are illegal here theyre cool though.

-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Ah piranhas are illegal here theyre cool though.

-Victoria

They are illegal here as well but I'm trying to get a collectors permit. Lets see how it pans out. What kind of filtration are u running?

[Madaboutdiscus]

I have aquaclear 110s. Plus the prefilter sponges.

-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Awesome. I have a few Aquaclear 70's and a few Fluval FX5's and of course the many many sponge filters which I can't live without. I want to try aquascaping but Im not into Co2 etc.

[Madaboutdiscus]

Yeah id love to do an aquascape but id try that without discus first and see how it went. Try another type of fish or something. I love the aquascapes though they're awesome.

-Victoria

[mastermamo]

Ive got a spare cycled 90cm tank that I think I will experiment on. A nice substrate, some moss, ferns, rock and wood and then maybe drop in a few tetras etc to see how it looks. Can't wait to try it. Hope your fish are doing well. I'm starting another tank with some wild green tefes soon. I'm pretty tired of these "christmasy colored" discus. I really like the wilds. Here's a few pics of what I'm hoping to get in.

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[mastermamo]

Update :

Main tank 1 fish are rapidly growing

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