Smaller sized pellets when young, and larger sized pellets when bigger, is the ideal food for these fish.Ĭlick here to learn more about and shop online for premium fish foods. with 78 being perhaps ideal.Ĭlick here to learn about aquarium temperature, aquarium thermometers, and aquarium heaters.įeeding: Premium Fish Food Pellets is best to feed to Discus. Temperature: Discus live best from about 75 to 80-degrees F. Not aggressive fish, but from time to time the can be territorial.Ĭompatibility: Some recommended tank mates include, other Discus species, a few Corydoras Catfish, some small Tetras like Neons and Cardinals, and perhaps a small Plecostomus Catfish.Ĭlick here to read more about compatible groups of pet fish. Origin: Discus are Cichlids, and their ancestors lived in or very near the Amazon River in South America.īut now of course they live in aquariums all over the world now.Ħ" long and 6" tall and rarely even larger These Discus are very Highly Recommended." "Plus they eat the pellet food that we recommend, and they are doing very well in our water, which is rather high in pH and minerals. Never use tap water for cleaning filters or for water changes.Note: "We have a new supplier, who ships these Discus to us, and they arrive in super good condition. Clearly Chlorine and filter bacteria are not a good mix. Water conditioners are available and should be added to neutralize the chlorine in your water supply. This has the added advantage of cost and convenience. Most fish breeders sell fish that are raised in tap water and these fish can do well in tap water. The Tap - More and more Discus keepers are using tap water. Since I have been using HMA water I have seen a number of improvements in the tank from less algae to improved fish colour and reduced fish issues. This is a good solution to clean up your tap water.
Usually by a combination of sediment filters and carbon. Heavy Metal Axe (HMA) - This is again filtered tap water but heavy metal pollutants, chemicals, chlorine and dirt particles are removed. TOP TIP - Never use straight RO water for fish (unless topping up marines). Quite a volume of waste water is produced and the water is stripped of everything so must either be mixed with tap water (to add some of the good bits back) or remineralized with any of a number of products available. Reverse Osmosis (RO) - Tap water is pushed through a membrane which blocks anything that shouldnt be in the water getting through. Make your water changes regular and consistent and measure your parameter to ensure your water change schedule balances out your water parameters at an acceptable level. This will give you a good idea of what you need to do, or if you are lucky enough to have happy fish in your tap water. These are averaged values and indicate whats coming out of your tap. You will get a report on your water supply by postcode. TOP TIP 2 - Visit you local water suppliers web site and search water quality. An ever changing pH value is far worse than a consistent pH that is slightly wrong. TOP TIP - Consistency of water parameters can be more important than the parameters themselves. The choice is yours and will depend on where your Discus are from. Some use RO water, some use HMA filtered, deionized and some even use just tap water.
Therefore regular water changes are essential. The only way to reduce Nitrates is to replace water with water with less Nitrates or there are products available to absorb Nitrate, but these too soon become saturated. Nitrate will continue to build and at low levels is ok but as levels build this will cause issues. Your Ammonia and Nitrite should be zero if your filters are correctly sized and working properly. You'll also understand that fish waste is converted to Ammonia then Nitrite then Nitrate by your filter bacteria. If you read up on the nitrogen cycle you will understand why you need to test. Almost all of your success is down to the water in your tank.
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