trinidentist
10-21-2007, 11:23 PM
ok im sure that most of the readers will think i am crazy
im setting up a new dental office and in between the waiting room and my office we have cut a 60*36 hole 30 inches off the ground
im planning to put in a fish tank (it relaxes people). if we make the tank 24 deep thats about 224 gal(if im wrong its because i use metric). of course a dozen discus will look fantastic.
I will have professional set up and monthly mainenance(its a tax write off) and i will see if we can set up the plumbing to aid in water changes.I will also see if i can get the staff to do the hard work :D.
oh by the way did i mention that the pro tried to advise me agaist discus saying that they were hard to keep and i want a planted tank and i am planning to get the discus little.
now i asked the local breeder(i think there are two in the country)
and he said that he has grown discus in planted tanks with 25% weekly water changes with no problems and he wanted to know where i have been getting my information from saying that there is so much misinformation about discus. he sounds old on the phone so i did not want to tell him about using this forum.
oh and ive never kept discus before.
now about these stunted fish, dont fish grow their entire lives and discus live 10-12 years, is it that the small discus will never reach their full size or only get there slower. and with such a low bio load
would't they grow in such a large tank?
i know that people will advise that i get adult discus but i think it will be fun seeing the little fellas grow up. oh i have no plans on breeding for the time being
im setting up a new dental office and in between the waiting room and my office we have cut a 60*36 hole 30 inches off the ground
im planning to put in a fish tank (it relaxes people). if we make the tank 24 deep thats about 224 gal(if im wrong its because i use metric). of course a dozen discus will look fantastic.
I will have professional set up and monthly mainenance(its a tax write off) and i will see if we can set up the plumbing to aid in water changes.I will also see if i can get the staff to do the hard work :D.
oh by the way did i mention that the pro tried to advise me agaist discus saying that they were hard to keep and i want a planted tank and i am planning to get the discus little.
now i asked the local breeder(i think there are two in the country)
and he said that he has grown discus in planted tanks with 25% weekly water changes with no problems and he wanted to know where i have been getting my information from saying that there is so much misinformation about discus. he sounds old on the phone so i did not want to tell him about using this forum.
oh and ive never kept discus before.
now about these stunted fish, dont fish grow their entire lives and discus live 10-12 years, is it that the small discus will never reach their full size or only get there slower. and with such a low bio load
would't they grow in such a large tank?
i know that people will advise that i get adult discus but i think it will be fun seeing the little fellas grow up. oh i have no plans on breeding for the time being