Vervo Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Was in at Animates on the weekend and couldnt resist. Hes rather small, but has blue showing on the tips of his fins, and a bit around some edges of his body. His fins are very pointy Looks awsome. Bought bloodworms and brineshrimp (frozen) to feed him, also have some tetra colour dry food. Am planning on feeding bloodworms and/or brineshrimp every 2-3 days, and the tetra colour the rest. Since putting him in the tank, he was a bit scared at first, but has come out and is swimming around the tank with confidence. The golden ram we have is showing a bit of aggression towards him, but he seems to be doing a good job holding his own. Ill have pics up on my blog asap First time we have kept Discus, we would like to think we have done a bit of research into it, but any comments suggestions would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishplants Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Enjoy! You should really have more than one, though. They are a fish that have very strong schooling tendencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 He would be alot more confident in a group of 4-6 I would be doing water changes everyday or at least every second day, so he grows out nicely. Mine love bloodworms, it's like a feeding frenzy when I feed bloodworms to my 6 Discus. Nice clean Tank, frequent water changes, good food and he should be all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 yeah, they love groups. in big groups you see them swarm your front of the tank when its feeding time. feed a good beef heart mix - growth is superb on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vervo Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Unfortunatly our tank just isnt big enought for more then one disc, and we will be buying a bigger tank when he gets bigger, maybe then we got for a huge tank and get him a bunch of buddies. Ill have pics of him up on my blog soonish cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 how big is the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vervo Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 its 140 L, but theres a few other fish in there to. so yea, to small for him when he gets bigger, hes only real small now though, Also, how much bloodworm should i feed him? I got the frozen pack that comes with those cubes of bloodworms, ive been feeding him like 4-5 individual worms, is this good or to little ? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 you only feed blood worms occasionally. get it eating colourbits as the staple diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 you only feed blood worms occasionally. why is that? I feed bloodworms every second day (not to discus though) is that a problem? (the other day I feed brine shrimp) my fish just are not that into prepared foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 They are nutritionally inept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 ah ok. I do feed prepared food too. are brine shrimp better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 brine shrimp are most nutritious within 24 hours of them having hatched. adult BS are very high in protein by dry weight, as you can imagine, but protein is not everything. I use colourbits and a few other foods for my discus and other fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I have frozen brine shrimp. but anyway i might cut down on the frozen food. sorry to derail the thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vervo Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 So when i do feed him blood worms or brineshrimp every 2 - 3 days, how much should i be giving him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishplants Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 So when i do feed him blood worms or brineshrimp every 2 - 3 days, how much should i be giving him? As much as he (and the other inhabitants) will eat in a few minutes. Maybe start off with 1/4 a cube, see how that goes. Really depends on how much your other fish will eat as well. Unless he is extremely small, 4-5 individual bloodworms isn't many! Frozen bloodworms/brine shrimp are good, but they do lack all the nutrients that discus require, and a nutrient deficient diet may lead to Hole In The Head (HITH). Colourbits/Flake etc are more nutritionally balanced. I have seen vitamin enriched bloodworms at Redwood Aquatics, but haven't examined the makeup of these. Depending on your total fish load (of non discus fish), 140l would be adequate for 2-3 adult discus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Should allow about 50 Ltrs per Discus, if your wanting more, it means more water changes. What fish do you have in the Tank with your Discus?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vervo Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 We have: - 14 cardinal tetras - 3 Flying fox black line - 1 golden bristlenose - 3 clown loaches (small - will be moving them to bigger tank when they get bigger) - 1 gold ram - 6 rummy nose tetras - 1 small discus around 2.5cm wide So im assuming we wont be fitting any more discus in there. When i get some money together im going to buy a bigger tank and possible make it a pure discus (maybe with the cardinals also) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishplants Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 You could certainly have 3 or so baby/juvenile discus in that tank at the moment. But as they grow you would need to reduce the non-discus load if you wanted to keep the discus in that tank. Your lone discus would be much happier/healthier with mates, especially as he is very, very small. Although you would need to get mates that aren't too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vervo Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Mmm thanks for the info, this sounds like a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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