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New to discus need help
Hello I just wanted to start keeping discus, its a turquise, i'm planning to keep them in a 40 x 20 x 20 inches tank. they will be about 2 inches size, and about 10 of them, my tap water is about 7.5 ph and GH is about 12, what is the recommended filter type for my tank. only sponge filter? i was thinking about hang on top filter with a submersible pump so it will do good mechanical filtration. please advice
how much water change shoud i do daily?
since I'm working from 8am to 8pm i might only feed them once a day is this ok?
thanks
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Re:New to discus need help
Hi Gretag, welcome to SimplyDiscus
Filtrations is not as important as water changes for discus. I like a hang on the back filter like an Aqua Clear with two internal sponges and a pre-filter sponge on the water intake. An Aqua Clear 500 would work for your size tank. Add an airdriven sponge filter too if you like.
With 10 two inch discus in a 69 gallon tank you should change 25% water everday.
You may want to get older (bigger) discus since you work such long hours. Two inch discus should be fed 4 - 6 times per day. With your schedule you can feed three times per day. Feed first thing in the morning, as soon as you get home from work and again a half hour before bed.
Perhaps you would be better off with 6 or 7 discus that are 3+ inches.
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Re:New to discus need help
Thanks Carol, i thought discus is sensitive to water movement, and i saw lots of tank with only sponge filter.
Shouldn't i remove the feces from the tank asap? or i just worried too much? and my tank will be bare tank. i think i'try to get 3 inch up
regards
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Re:New to discus need help
I clean the bottom of my tanks everyday when I do water changes. I run an Aqua Clear 500 on 55 gallon tanks and the current does not bother the discus at all.
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Re:New to discus need help
Congratulations on your discus. But don't get too paranoid, discus are not some weakly fish, as many believe. They will survive as long as you provide a fairly constant habitat for them (constant ph, water temp, ammonia and nitrate/nitrite levels). My discus live in a dangerous environment by some standards and still do very well. Mind you I don't plan to provide breeding conditions. Also I feed all the fish in the tank only twice a day.
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Re:New to discus need help
Frank and fish poop, thanks for your help,
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