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10-08-2017, 06:32 AM
1) Please Introduce your self and tell us what your experience is with fishkeeping, give us as much information as possible as to how long in the hobby, what you have kept in the past and what you currently are working with.
I started keeping fish two years ago when my wife bought a betta for our daughter. I set up a 30Gallons tank and after one year i jumped to 120G. I kept 8 adult discus for about 5 months and then sold them to start again with juveniles. Now I have 11 stendker juveniles growing up.
2) If you have no previous experience with keeping discus, have you done any research to properly prepare yourself, e.g. have you read any Stickies in this section of SimplyDiscus, or other material?
I kept discus for 5 months one year ago and i have already read many sections and have seen many videos of Simply Discus.
3) Describe your tank, its size and dimensions, breeding or display. Include how long it has been setup or if it is still being cycled.
My tank is Juwel Rio 400, 120 gallons, 150*50*66(h). It runs since October 2016 when i kept discus for 5 months then changed to nano cichlids and tetras but a disease to the tetras killed them almost all, so i decided to start with juvenile discus. The only fish I kept from the previous set up is the corydoras adolfoi and nannostomus beckfordi.
4) Describe the décor for the tank; type of substrate or bare bottom (BB), whether the tank will be planted or a biotope.
The tank has beige sand, driftwood and plants (echinodorus, egeria and ceratophylum at the moment)
5) Describe your water changes planned or practiced, percentage and how often. Include if you age your water and use of tap/RO or mix.
I change water 2-3 times per week, about 50% per change. The water is been prepared and aged in a barrel 50% RO and 50% pre filters.
6) Describe the type of filtration planned/used for the tank; sponge, HOB and/or sump. Also include the other equipment you are, or will be, using in your tank, e.g. heater, lighting, etc.
I run an external filter, Eheim Pro 3+ 2080 and i will upgrade to a second filter in a few weeks, my choice is a JBL crystalprofi e1901 external filter.
The heater I use is an Eheim Jager 300 and I use T5HO bulbs, 2 Juwel daylight and 2 Sylvania Grolux.
7) If the tank is already setup and running, include the water parameters;
- temp 29 C
- tank ph 7,6. Thinking of dropping it to 6,8.
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 10-20 (depending on the WC)
- municipal water
8) Describe your current or planned stocking levels; number/size of discus and number/type of dither fish. Where did you get your discus from or do you have a proposed source for getting your discus?
11 Stendker Discus
6 Stendker Tefe
5 Stendker Alenquer
I purchased my discus from an official Stendker dealer in Athens.
9) Describe your planned or existing feeding regimen. Include what and how often you are feeding on a daily basis.
I feed my discus with a variety of foods including dried pellets, like tropical wild, D-50, Tetra bits, JBL GranaDiscus, flakes like Ocean Nutrition Discus Flakes, JBL NovoBel, frozen Beef Heart & Artemia.
10) What are your goals in this hobby? For example are you looking to keep discus in a planted community tank, or do you hope to become a hobby breeder of Discus? Do you want to raise Discus with the hopes of competing in shows?
In the future i want to make a tank as closest to the discus biotope as possible, breed and raise up discus once just for the experience.
Here some pictures of the tank and my discus:
The first photo is the second day of my discus in the tank on 07/26/2017, the second is 3 days later.
The two next photos were shot after one month and all the other were shot the last week.
The fishes were purchased as a pre-order and were about 2.5"
Today after two months and a half the fishes are about 3"-4", I could say some fishes 3" and some others 4". Only one fish was a little bit smaller than the others and i could say that it is about 2.5" now.
I wait for your comments and proposals for improvement!!!
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I started keeping fish two years ago when my wife bought a betta for our daughter. I set up a 30Gallons tank and after one year i jumped to 120G. I kept 8 adult discus for about 5 months and then sold them to start again with juveniles. Now I have 11 stendker juveniles growing up.
2) If you have no previous experience with keeping discus, have you done any research to properly prepare yourself, e.g. have you read any Stickies in this section of SimplyDiscus, or other material?
I kept discus for 5 months one year ago and i have already read many sections and have seen many videos of Simply Discus.
3) Describe your tank, its size and dimensions, breeding or display. Include how long it has been setup or if it is still being cycled.
My tank is Juwel Rio 400, 120 gallons, 150*50*66(h). It runs since October 2016 when i kept discus for 5 months then changed to nano cichlids and tetras but a disease to the tetras killed them almost all, so i decided to start with juvenile discus. The only fish I kept from the previous set up is the corydoras adolfoi and nannostomus beckfordi.
4) Describe the décor for the tank; type of substrate or bare bottom (BB), whether the tank will be planted or a biotope.
The tank has beige sand, driftwood and plants (echinodorus, egeria and ceratophylum at the moment)
5) Describe your water changes planned or practiced, percentage and how often. Include if you age your water and use of tap/RO or mix.
I change water 2-3 times per week, about 50% per change. The water is been prepared and aged in a barrel 50% RO and 50% pre filters.
6) Describe the type of filtration planned/used for the tank; sponge, HOB and/or sump. Also include the other equipment you are, or will be, using in your tank, e.g. heater, lighting, etc.
I run an external filter, Eheim Pro 3+ 2080 and i will upgrade to a second filter in a few weeks, my choice is a JBL crystalprofi e1901 external filter.
The heater I use is an Eheim Jager 300 and I use T5HO bulbs, 2 Juwel daylight and 2 Sylvania Grolux.
7) If the tank is already setup and running, include the water parameters;
- temp 29 C
- tank ph 7,6. Thinking of dropping it to 6,8.
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 10-20 (depending on the WC)
- municipal water
8) Describe your current or planned stocking levels; number/size of discus and number/type of dither fish. Where did you get your discus from or do you have a proposed source for getting your discus?
11 Stendker Discus
6 Stendker Tefe
5 Stendker Alenquer
I purchased my discus from an official Stendker dealer in Athens.
9) Describe your planned or existing feeding regimen. Include what and how often you are feeding on a daily basis.
I feed my discus with a variety of foods including dried pellets, like tropical wild, D-50, Tetra bits, JBL GranaDiscus, flakes like Ocean Nutrition Discus Flakes, JBL NovoBel, frozen Beef Heart & Artemia.
10) What are your goals in this hobby? For example are you looking to keep discus in a planted community tank, or do you hope to become a hobby breeder of Discus? Do you want to raise Discus with the hopes of competing in shows?
In the future i want to make a tank as closest to the discus biotope as possible, breed and raise up discus once just for the experience.
Here some pictures of the tank and my discus:
The first photo is the second day of my discus in the tank on 07/26/2017, the second is 3 days later.
The two next photos were shot after one month and all the other were shot the last week.
The fishes were purchased as a pre-order and were about 2.5"
Today after two months and a half the fishes are about 3"-4", I could say some fishes 3" and some others 4". Only one fish was a little bit smaller than the others and i could say that it is about 2.5" now.
I wait for your comments and proposals for improvement!!!
112821