GoodTimes
12-01-2018, 06:37 AM
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Hello Simply Discus!
My name is West and I have been in the freshwater hobby for about 14 years now. I started with African cichlids way back then, and for the last 6 years I have kept mostly discus in my aquariums. I currently have two 40 gallon tanks, one of them is currently being cultured to become a breeding tank, while the other is housing my 3 siamese algae eaters, 3 clown loaches, and an electric blue jack dempsey (everyone gets along ;) ), an 80 gallon that currently houses my 11 discus and school of white mountain cloud minnows, bristle nose pleco and a purple mystery snail, (I'll post photos soon), and two more 20 gallon tanks that I use for quarantine, and hopefully a grow out :). In the 80, I am currently using a fluval 305 canister filter to mechanically clean the water as well as sponges to pick up some of the load. The 40 housing my EBJD and friends, is currently running a Penguin 150 biowheel. The other tanks currently house no livestock so they are just running with sponges. 30% Water changes happen 2-3 times a week in all tanks, and I usually do a 80% every 3 months, usually in between media change outs.
All of my fish are on a diet of mostly homemade foods. Their main diet consists of a mixture of blended beef heart, shrimp, tilapia, green peas, spirulina, and anasthaxin. They occasionally get frozen bloodworms, and pellets. They are all voracious eaters, and will literally take the food from my hand.
I made the jump from the africans to discus because I had so much success that I became bored of keeping them. Not to say that I don't appreciate them, I had just found that I reached my peak with them and need something a bit more...challenging. I did some reading and watched a lot of videos on Discus care and thought I was up for the challenge. Well 6 years later Im still going at it, and loving every second I spend with these amazing curious creatures. I will admit my first year into this species was pretty rocky, but once I understood first hand how these fish behaved and what they need to thrive in a closed environment, it has been nothing but a pleasure interacting with these fish.
I came to simply discus forums because I believe the community here is passionate, supportive and willing to help others in the hobby, and I would also like to be a part of that.
Anyone who wants to ask me anything feel free to ask.
-GT
Hello Simply Discus!
My name is West and I have been in the freshwater hobby for about 14 years now. I started with African cichlids way back then, and for the last 6 years I have kept mostly discus in my aquariums. I currently have two 40 gallon tanks, one of them is currently being cultured to become a breeding tank, while the other is housing my 3 siamese algae eaters, 3 clown loaches, and an electric blue jack dempsey (everyone gets along ;) ), an 80 gallon that currently houses my 11 discus and school of white mountain cloud minnows, bristle nose pleco and a purple mystery snail, (I'll post photos soon), and two more 20 gallon tanks that I use for quarantine, and hopefully a grow out :). In the 80, I am currently using a fluval 305 canister filter to mechanically clean the water as well as sponges to pick up some of the load. The 40 housing my EBJD and friends, is currently running a Penguin 150 biowheel. The other tanks currently house no livestock so they are just running with sponges. 30% Water changes happen 2-3 times a week in all tanks, and I usually do a 80% every 3 months, usually in between media change outs.
All of my fish are on a diet of mostly homemade foods. Their main diet consists of a mixture of blended beef heart, shrimp, tilapia, green peas, spirulina, and anasthaxin. They occasionally get frozen bloodworms, and pellets. They are all voracious eaters, and will literally take the food from my hand.
I made the jump from the africans to discus because I had so much success that I became bored of keeping them. Not to say that I don't appreciate them, I had just found that I reached my peak with them and need something a bit more...challenging. I did some reading and watched a lot of videos on Discus care and thought I was up for the challenge. Well 6 years later Im still going at it, and loving every second I spend with these amazing curious creatures. I will admit my first year into this species was pretty rocky, but once I understood first hand how these fish behaved and what they need to thrive in a closed environment, it has been nothing but a pleasure interacting with these fish.
I came to simply discus forums because I believe the community here is passionate, supportive and willing to help others in the hobby, and I would also like to be a part of that.
Anyone who wants to ask me anything feel free to ask.
-GT