mleibowi
12-02-2021, 05:59 PM
Hi All,
Newbie here. I've kept fish on/off for the past 25 years. I'm new to discus. I've had these guys for about 3 months and I decided to add a few more plants to the scape and a larger piece of driftwood. I'd appreciate constructive criticism. My tank is an old oceanic 120 gal with 2 corner overflows into about a 20 gal sump. The substrate is quartz sand between 0.5-1.5 inch in depth. I have driftwood with anubias and java fern varieties.
A few rocks and 2 amazon swords. In terms of stock: I have 9 discus between 2.5-6 inches from a local importer from Asia. If I could do it over again, I would have gotten my fish online from Wattley etc... Anyhow, I also have some dithers (cardinals/rummy nose), 8 cory's and 1 small bristlenose pleco. The sump has floss and seachem matrix as well as phosguard (was getting diatoms) as well as carbon and purigen. I have 3 150 watt heaters in the sump and my return pump is rated around 1500 gph (I'm sure is less due to resistance gravity etc..). My pH is 7.8 (locally water supply) I know it's high, but that was also why I went with a local discus importer since the fish were already acclimated to the high pH tap water. I keep it around 30C, and have added root tabs for the swords and crypts in the front.
I would like to do water changes every other day, but my wife is not too pleased about it. I cut back to every 3-4 days. I do move the wood and rock to remove all of the debri I can find. I feed them vibrabites, beef heart flake, beef heart mix, mysis/brine shrimp. I did lose discus which I later suspected was due to internal parasite. It stopped eating, got bloated and had stringy and pouch like white poop. Another stopped eating and has had the same GI issues. I never dewormed my wish (newbie mistake) so I'm treating the tank with flubendazole and I'll also treat with prazipro next.
I appreciate any advice/comments. I really enjoy them and they have provided some peace and enjoyment during these crazy times.
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Newbie here. I've kept fish on/off for the past 25 years. I'm new to discus. I've had these guys for about 3 months and I decided to add a few more plants to the scape and a larger piece of driftwood. I'd appreciate constructive criticism. My tank is an old oceanic 120 gal with 2 corner overflows into about a 20 gal sump. The substrate is quartz sand between 0.5-1.5 inch in depth. I have driftwood with anubias and java fern varieties.
A few rocks and 2 amazon swords. In terms of stock: I have 9 discus between 2.5-6 inches from a local importer from Asia. If I could do it over again, I would have gotten my fish online from Wattley etc... Anyhow, I also have some dithers (cardinals/rummy nose), 8 cory's and 1 small bristlenose pleco. The sump has floss and seachem matrix as well as phosguard (was getting diatoms) as well as carbon and purigen. I have 3 150 watt heaters in the sump and my return pump is rated around 1500 gph (I'm sure is less due to resistance gravity etc..). My pH is 7.8 (locally water supply) I know it's high, but that was also why I went with a local discus importer since the fish were already acclimated to the high pH tap water. I keep it around 30C, and have added root tabs for the swords and crypts in the front.
I would like to do water changes every other day, but my wife is not too pleased about it. I cut back to every 3-4 days. I do move the wood and rock to remove all of the debri I can find. I feed them vibrabites, beef heart flake, beef heart mix, mysis/brine shrimp. I did lose discus which I later suspected was due to internal parasite. It stopped eating, got bloated and had stringy and pouch like white poop. Another stopped eating and has had the same GI issues. I never dewormed my wish (newbie mistake) so I'm treating the tank with flubendazole and I'll also treat with prazipro next.
I appreciate any advice/comments. I really enjoy them and they have provided some peace and enjoyment during these crazy times.
132258132259