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All the contest albino discus have been doing very well. I keep making water changes at exactly the same temp as the tank
to try to prevent any spawning activity. I suppose as soon as I do a couple cold water changes it would get things going but will
wait another month. Gotta admit I'm a little anxious to see them spawn.
My water out of our tap is 65 microseimens, 30 parts per million, ph 6.5 with a gh and kh <1 so forces me to do daily water changes to
keep the ph from dropping but they really enjoy their water changes. The nitrites and ammonia stay at zero and nitrates <5.
All sides, bottom of tank, air lines and any surfaces in the tank are wiped down every other day.
I am still feeding beefheart/shrimp mix twice per day and flake one to two times with pellets once at midday during their water change.
I only use beefheart and shrimp in my mix at a ratio of 50% shrimp 50% beefheart.
I add no additional supplements to the food or water. Anyway, on with some pictures.
and......Whitey
The more these albino's grow the more beautiful they are in their tank but my I also have a love for wild discus.
Here is an update on my wild caught royal blues from week17 post.
Hoping they would have colored up more by now but just shows how much patience is required raising wild discus.
They have grown two inches, never been wormed or treated for flukes and remain very healthy.
They have been raised exactly like the contest discus except only doing water changes every other day with these.
Second pic one of the heckels joined in. The heckels also have grown a little over two inches and have remained healthy.
Been giving them the simplest of care and they are all thriving. I never witnessed any of the myths about how hard wild discus are to care for.
I treat them like any other discus, medicate only if needed, give them good food and plenty of water changes while they are growing.
This is how I'm hoping their color will intensify, a deep mahogany color along with the royals full striations and black halo ring.
I will probably use these to cross with the wild royal blues above.
Will try to have at least one more update on these wilds by the end of the competition. Hope you enjoy.
Bill
to try to prevent any spawning activity. I suppose as soon as I do a couple cold water changes it would get things going but will
wait another month. Gotta admit I'm a little anxious to see them spawn.
My water out of our tap is 65 microseimens, 30 parts per million, ph 6.5 with a gh and kh <1 so forces me to do daily water changes to
keep the ph from dropping but they really enjoy their water changes. The nitrites and ammonia stay at zero and nitrates <5.
All sides, bottom of tank, air lines and any surfaces in the tank are wiped down every other day.
I am still feeding beefheart/shrimp mix twice per day and flake one to two times with pellets once at midday during their water change.
I only use beefheart and shrimp in my mix at a ratio of 50% shrimp 50% beefheart.
I add no additional supplements to the food or water. Anyway, on with some pictures.
and......Whitey
The more these albino's grow the more beautiful they are in their tank but my I also have a love for wild discus.
Here is an update on my wild caught royal blues from week17 post.
Hoping they would have colored up more by now but just shows how much patience is required raising wild discus.
They have grown two inches, never been wormed or treated for flukes and remain very healthy.
They have been raised exactly like the contest discus except only doing water changes every other day with these.
Second pic one of the heckels joined in. The heckels also have grown a little over two inches and have remained healthy.
Been giving them the simplest of care and they are all thriving. I never witnessed any of the myths about how hard wild discus are to care for.
I treat them like any other discus, medicate only if needed, give them good food and plenty of water changes while they are growing.
This is how I'm hoping their color will intensify, a deep mahogany color along with the royals full striations and black halo ring.
I will probably use these to cross with the wild royal blues above.
Will try to have at least one more update on these wilds by the end of the competition. Hope you enjoy.
Bill
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