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jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Discus Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:40 pm | |
| I got some cheap ones at the MASI swap meet bought 6 of them for $30 and they threw in an extra one. I got a 55g tank that will be ready for them in hopefully a month just gotta move some things around. Will post some pics when i get some | |
| | | Grumpa Master Profiler
Posts : 1220
Age : 52 Location : cichlid world Humor : Not often Favorite Fish : tanganikian
| Subject: Re: Discus Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:18 pm | |
| Sounds good and a nice deal. | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: Discus Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:39 pm | |
| Cool! Nice deal on discus. | |
| | | jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Re: Discus Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:04 pm | |
| thanks i wanna post some pics but they are all hiding right now so it is hard to get pics | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: Discus Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:37 am | |
| Nice pick up! 6 is a good number for keeping discus. Have you ever kept them before? They are not as hard to keep as everyone makes them out to be. They are just super sensitive to fluctuations in water chem. | |
| | | saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: Discus Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:25 pm | |
| Yea, Mike is right, I kept some for a while. You just have to be very consistent with water quality and changes.
Hopefully yours will get less hidey for you soon.
The handful I had were *always* insanely shy. Mike had a bunch of things he tried that worked to make his less skittish, but I never had good luck with it. | |
| | | jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Re: Discus Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:13 pm | |
| i have never kept them and the guy that i bought them from said that 6 is better than 3 my original number and when should i switch them over to my 55g? Should i wait till a certain size or does it matter? | |
| | | Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Discus Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:45 pm | |
| I would let them settle in a little before moving them again...maybe a couple weeks. Good pick up, what kind are they? Anyway good luck with them, I have kept many Cichlids but never Discus! | |
| | | jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Re: Discus Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:31 pm | |
| the tag on them said gold discus but i havent seen them in full color yet they sre still too pale | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: Discus Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:00 am | |
| How are the Discus now? With discus its better to keep 6 or more this way they can establish a strong pecking order were one fish isn't singled out and killed. It also increases the chance that them might pair up | |
| | | jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Re: Discus Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:02 pm | |
| they are doin great coloring up a lil more and about 1 week away from their next tank the 55g | |
| | | SBL Member
Posts : 413
Age : 28 Favorite Fish : Right now, any fish I own.
| Subject: Re: Discus Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:07 pm | |
| I want to try discus one day when I have a bigger (I mean at least 100 gallons) tank. I wonder why discus are one of the very few schoolers of the cichlid world | |
| | | Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Discus Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:44 pm | |
| - Senegal160 wrote:
- I want to try discus one day when I have a bigger (I mean at least 100 gallons) tank. I wonder why discus are one of the very few schoolers of the cichlid world
Mainly because of most Cichlids size and aggression! | |
| | | SBL Member
Posts : 413
Age : 28 Favorite Fish : Right now, any fish I own.
| Subject: Re: Discus Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:07 pm | |
| - Mostlycichlids wrote:
- Senegal160 wrote:
- I want to try discus one day when I have a bigger (I mean at least 100 gallons) tank. I wonder why discus are one of the very few schoolers of the cichlid world
Mainly because of most Cichlids size and aggression! So true, I can't believe angels and Discus are cichlids though. | |
| | | jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Re: Discus Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:56 pm | |
| sorry been a little busy with real life but the discus are looking great and just got some new tankmates some corry cats and a trio of pineapple swordtails. My camera has been broken for awhile but i just got it fixed so after the holidays i will post some pics | |
| | | Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Discus Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:46 pm | |
| Sweet js will be waiting eagerly for the pics....good to see ya back too! | |
| | | jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Re: Discus Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:36 am | |
| yea seen a lot of new members too good job on the new recruits lol | |
| | | Wyomingite Fish Wrangler
Posts : 1781
Age : 56 Location : Wonderful Windy Wyoming Humor : "I drank what?" - Socrates Favorite Fish : I won't choose and ya can't make me!
| Subject: Re: Discus Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:38 am | |
| - jsorensen wrote:
- yea seen a lot of new members too good job on the new recruits lol
Cool, can't wait for some pics, Kiddo. Good to see ya back, been wonderin' where ya been. We all figgered maybe ya found yerself a pretty little woman... WYite | |
| | | jsorensen Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30 Location : St. Louis Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| Subject: Re: Discus Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:40 pm | |
| No young girl yet just some young discus | |
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