Earthsiege
11-13-2010, 01:40 PM
Good morning everyone.
I found this site through a posting on Craigslist and have been reading anything I can get my hands on, but have yet to figure out how to best work with my situation.
So, the story goes that I had found a breeder on Craigslist that I had seen advertising discus for a couple months. Having never had the time to care for them until now, I thought I would try my hand at it. While I must say I'm excited, I'm a little nervous that the three I have are in a bad situation.
I've got three roughly nickel-sized discus fry that I'm trying to raise in my 100g community tank. I know, I really should have them by themselves until they're bigger, and that was the original plan. What I didn't realize was that the 10g I was going to keep them in for a little while, it's filter stopped working sometime during the week before I got them and the ammonia was sky-high. I couldn't use my 5g either, as that filter had stopped working the weekend before. So I was left with using my 100g. I happened to have a net breeder from my earlier fish-keeping days, so they're currently in that.
Anyways, on to the real issue. So, they're in this net breeder, surrounded by other fish and plants, under my 4x54w T5HO light fixture, and I can't help but feel bad for the little guys. I had thought about putting netting over the top of the breeder and sticking it in a darker corner, but it would make for very difficult feeding, which at this stage happens quite frequently.
What would you guys recommend I should do? I know I've put myself in a less-than-ideal situation, but I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy and know we can work something out. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I found this site through a posting on Craigslist and have been reading anything I can get my hands on, but have yet to figure out how to best work with my situation.
So, the story goes that I had found a breeder on Craigslist that I had seen advertising discus for a couple months. Having never had the time to care for them until now, I thought I would try my hand at it. While I must say I'm excited, I'm a little nervous that the three I have are in a bad situation.
I've got three roughly nickel-sized discus fry that I'm trying to raise in my 100g community tank. I know, I really should have them by themselves until they're bigger, and that was the original plan. What I didn't realize was that the 10g I was going to keep them in for a little while, it's filter stopped working sometime during the week before I got them and the ammonia was sky-high. I couldn't use my 5g either, as that filter had stopped working the weekend before. So I was left with using my 100g. I happened to have a net breeder from my earlier fish-keeping days, so they're currently in that.
Anyways, on to the real issue. So, they're in this net breeder, surrounded by other fish and plants, under my 4x54w T5HO light fixture, and I can't help but feel bad for the little guys. I had thought about putting netting over the top of the breeder and sticking it in a darker corner, but it would make for very difficult feeding, which at this stage happens quite frequently.
What would you guys recommend I should do? I know I've put myself in a less-than-ideal situation, but I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy and know we can work something out. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!