jdk246
03-28-2020, 05:24 AM
Hi, ive had fishes as small as bettas all the way to arowanas and even reptiles and always wanted discus for years now and finally got a reputable seller who would sell me for a very reasonable price (i live in Indonesia). I was planning on placing the discus in a 33 gallon tank that is empty at the moment but cycled but upon further research, found out that there needs to be at least 5 discus in a tank and minimum tank req is 50 gal. The tank is a boyu xf-80, filtration is a pump(960 litres/hour) that pumps water to a box right above the water and then it travels through gaps at the bottom of the box (not sure what kind of filtration that is). I currently have a cotton sheet, carbon active, bio ceramic rings and zeolite rocks for filtration. There will be a heater and/or extra aeration if neccesary and Im willing to do water changes everyday if it comes to that.
Apart from that tank, i was also thinking on placing them in a 400 gallon pond. It has heaters that is set to 27 degrees celsius though temperatures may drop 1 or 2 degrees celsius at night as the heaters are not strong enough, a 70 gallon external filter that contains sponges,uv lights,ceramic rings and activated carbons, a fountain in the middle and plants which are only water hyacinth and water lettuce(lots). Fishes that are currently inside are as stated:
1 12cm arowana
1 9cm oscar
5 7cm tinfoil barbs
3 10cm freshwater barracudas
2 15cm pleco
2 11cm polypterus
And probably 1 or 2 baby feeder guppies.
So far, any aggresion in the pond would either be the arowana or the oscar sort of zoning out the others (not biting or nipping) with their bodies whenever i feed them. Otherwise, i usually actually see the tinfoil barbs and the barracudas trailing behind the arowana swimming around while the bottom dwellers stay in their own hiding places. Only problem im worried about placing the discus in the pond is if maybe the tinfoil barbs would nip at the layer of mucus of the discus. I read that discus are more hardy than arowanas so i assume they would do fine in terms of water parameters.
Im sorry for the very long post. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
Apart from that tank, i was also thinking on placing them in a 400 gallon pond. It has heaters that is set to 27 degrees celsius though temperatures may drop 1 or 2 degrees celsius at night as the heaters are not strong enough, a 70 gallon external filter that contains sponges,uv lights,ceramic rings and activated carbons, a fountain in the middle and plants which are only water hyacinth and water lettuce(lots). Fishes that are currently inside are as stated:
1 12cm arowana
1 9cm oscar
5 7cm tinfoil barbs
3 10cm freshwater barracudas
2 15cm pleco
2 11cm polypterus
And probably 1 or 2 baby feeder guppies.
So far, any aggresion in the pond would either be the arowana or the oscar sort of zoning out the others (not biting or nipping) with their bodies whenever i feed them. Otherwise, i usually actually see the tinfoil barbs and the barracudas trailing behind the arowana swimming around while the bottom dwellers stay in their own hiding places. Only problem im worried about placing the discus in the pond is if maybe the tinfoil barbs would nip at the layer of mucus of the discus. I read that discus are more hardy than arowanas so i assume they would do fine in terms of water parameters.
Im sorry for the very long post. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!