Looking for young Discus and information on keeping them.

[danielaw]

Hi,

Anyone know where to get young Discus at reasonable price ?

Thought of keeping some of them and anyone have experience in keeping Discus can share ?
Like what are some of the require - clean water, temptaure, what type of food they require etc.

Thanks

[grey_fox]

Good that you are finding out more about the discus before intending to buy any. Will you be housing them in a bare tank or a planted tank?

If its a planted tank you will need to note that they cannot live with ALL kinds of fishes.

Requirements are the following.

1. Read up more.
2. Clean water
3. Warmer waters ( I keep mine at 26-27 degrees)
4. Again, read up more.

I would suggest that you visit http://www.simplydiscus.com and find out more from there.

Don't forget that discus are pretty sensitive fishes.

[richietay]

danielaw, what kind of price you are comfortable in?

Good that you are finding out more about the discus before intending to buy any. Will you be housing them in a bare tank or a planted tank?

grey_fox, any advice or useful tips for discus keeping in bare tank?

[danielaw]

Hi Richietay,

I am looking at $5 - 15 range (yound one). I need about five to seven of them and keep them in bare tank.

Grey fox,

Thanks for the link,..... ya will do more reading first. Heard that Discus not easy to keep....

[grey_fox]

danielaw, what kind of price you are comfortable in?



grey_fox, any advice or useful tips for discus keeping in bare tank?

Bare tanks are easier to keep and rear discuses IMO, you'll eliminate more possibilities of your discus getting sick, if you're serious about keeping discus, I would suggest a bare-only tank and nothing more.

However, the ultimate challenge would be to house them in a fully planted tank

[celticfish]

you may try aquarealms.com under the discus classified section.

[Justikanz]

It is a common misconception that discus cannot do well in planted tanks or with tank mates.

I had discus lay eggs for me the last time I had them. And they are in a planted tank with lots of tetras and other fish.

I had also seen many other people having success with their discus this way.

You just need to look out for sudden changes in water perimeters, drop in water temperature and keep them away from smaller fish (they will snack on them) and fast, panicky fish (they will scare the discus). In other words, you must be diligent with the tank maintenance work... This is very important, I neglected my tank for 2,3 months due to work and my discus started to get sick...

Oh, try not to keep them with angels too. When the angels try to breed, they are no fight with the angels... My breeding angels killed all my discus... After they got sick...

So, what I want to say is, you can keep discus in planted tanks and with tankmates too. However, you must be able to keep up with tank maintenance work.

Oh! Btw, I still agree that if you want to seriously breed discus, you should keep them in a bare tank for easy maintenance...