uncle white
08-10-2009, 01:43 PM
Hello everyone! What a fantastic site! THANKS to all those involved in setting it up and maintaining it. I had two discus in a 60 gal. tank about 15 years ago. They were about 4" and were sold back to the LFS where I got them when I got rid of all my tanks. I had them about six months. My Mother first got me started with aquariums at a young age, we always had tanks growing up. So I do know some about keeping fish. I've been reading on here for about a month. After recently being put out of work by my job moving to Mexico, I have ALOT of free time on my hands and usually read here a couple times daily till my eyeballs are about to bleed. Already have one notebook almost filled with notes. I was gonna get a few books, but since I found SD I think I'll wait on any books. Might go ahead and get "Discus Health" by Dieter Untergasser, looks like a good source of info. I can get it for $27 shipped.
OK, so here's my plan moving forward, continue reading and learning about discus here and elsewheres. Hopefully go to visit a breeder, I have two with both being about 2 hours from me. I was thinking of offering my time to help them out with daily chores if they would let me hang around a few days and educate me along the way. Don't know if anyone will go for this but I will try. Heck if anyone wants to come help me pull weeds in the garden, I'll teach you about growing GIANT watermelons.:D During my readings and education processes I will set up a area for raising me up some juvies. I'll outline that set up in another post as this one has grown quite long...Look forward to picking everyones brain and making new friends here.
OK, so here's my plan moving forward, continue reading and learning about discus here and elsewheres. Hopefully go to visit a breeder, I have two with both being about 2 hours from me. I was thinking of offering my time to help them out with daily chores if they would let me hang around a few days and educate me along the way. Don't know if anyone will go for this but I will try. Heck if anyone wants to come help me pull weeds in the garden, I'll teach you about growing GIANT watermelons.:D During my readings and education processes I will set up a area for raising me up some juvies. I'll outline that set up in another post as this one has grown quite long...Look forward to picking everyones brain and making new friends here.