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Aight..

I just bought a rather large self contained jebo tank...don't know the exact size..bit it's quite large!
I bought it with the intention of breeding Discuss..This guy sells fish from his backyeard and he as heaps and heaps of really small discuss say 3-6 weeks old..

How many should i purchase to start off with... and what else should i know... ? i've read the info..but i dunno i'd like a lil more

Congratulations!

If you are going to start with small fish, buy as many as you can afford. The smaller the fish, the less that they cost and the more that you can put into a tank. At 1 inch in size, a discus should have at least 2 gallons of water as they are little poop machines.

If you are growing out small fish, I would recommend a bare bottom tank. The reason for this is that small fish need 4 to 5 feedings during the day and it will be much easier to maintain in terms of cleanliness from leftover food and fish crap.

Heavy water changes with hard water will be great for these fish. Think 50% water changes per day with daily vacuuming of the tank. Since these are young fish, they have underdeveloped immune systems. A clean environment without waste is great. Hard water provides the necessary minerals for them to develop. A great way to stunt fish is to raise them in water devoid of minerals.

Send me an e-mail if you would like some good resources for information!

Last edited by Bob Wesolowski at 30-Jun-2005 10:22

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Hard water provides the necessary minerals for them to develop

But Discus are fish that dwell in the very soft, acidic waters in the amazon acid pools. You would have to acclimate them to harder water, but I don't recommend trying to keep them in anything too hard. Best keep them in the current water conditions if they are working for your source. Cleaning the tank a lot is actually a very good strategy, but don't overdo it, too much of a water change at one time can shock the fish.

Good luck though, I have always wanted discus

Last edited by Nameless at 02-Jul-2005 16:38