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Week 20 completed and everything seems pretty good.
When I started this contest I decided not to add vitamins or minerals to the food or water to see if there was going to be an effect
on growing out juvenile discus in my soft tap water. It makes things easiest to use the tap water that's available whether it is soft or hard.
I wanted a baseline to compare their growth to other contestants and then supplement the food if needed. So far they seem to
be averaging a good growth rate so I will keep up with this routine.
They all started headstanding as can be seen in these pictures.
Funny thing is they fully recover as soon as the pellets are gone. Just kidding.
The water parameters have stayed the same, 65 microseimens, 30 parts per million, ph 6.5 with 0 nitrites and 0 ammonia.
The nitrates have remained about 5 ppm with 50-75% daily water changes. All sides, bottom of tank, air lines and any surfaces in the tank are wiped down every other day.
I am feeding beefheart/shrimp, 50/50, mix once per day now and flake two to three times with pellets twice per day.
Bill
When I started this contest I decided not to add vitamins or minerals to the food or water to see if there was going to be an effect
on growing out juvenile discus in my soft tap water. It makes things easiest to use the tap water that's available whether it is soft or hard.
I wanted a baseline to compare their growth to other contestants and then supplement the food if needed. So far they seem to
be averaging a good growth rate so I will keep up with this routine.
They all started headstanding as can be seen in these pictures.
Funny thing is they fully recover as soon as the pellets are gone. Just kidding.
The water parameters have stayed the same, 65 microseimens, 30 parts per million, ph 6.5 with 0 nitrites and 0 ammonia.
The nitrates have remained about 5 ppm with 50-75% daily water changes. All sides, bottom of tank, air lines and any surfaces in the tank are wiped down every other day.
I am feeding beefheart/shrimp, 50/50, mix once per day now and flake two to three times with pellets twice per day.
Bill
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