Discus Book?

[njparton]

In the next few months I'm going to dismantle my existing setup and buy a large 500-600 L tank for a planted discus setup.

Does anyone know of any good, complete books that I can buy on discus including details of fellow tank mates and plants that will also thrive in 30C pH 6 soft water conditions?

 

[IMCL85]

Its really not a good idea to start keeping discus in an planted tank. Would probably wait until you sure you can handle things first . A good book you can take a good look at is from jack wally. He is a good discus breeder and well known one of TFH magazine's writer. You can learn alot from his discus books.

 

[SirMinion]

In my opinion, there not much that beats the Aqualog books:

There's this about South American Cichlids in general including all the Discus species, then there's
this and
this just about Discus.

Hope that helps.

 

[njparton]

Its really not a good idea to start keeping discus in an planted tank. Would probably wait until you sure you can handle things first . A good book you can take a good look at is from jack wally. He is a good discus breeder and well known one of TFH magazine's writer. You can learn alot from his discus books.

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I've been keeping angels in a planted tank for 2 years now. The water's been stable and filtered through an RO system and re-mineralised. Although not at 30C, I've kept it very soft and around pH 6.

In fact, they've had it so good they've not stopped breeding!

Although I'm going to be moving up to something 4-5 times bigger, hopefully the water params should be even more stable. Not sure about water change logistics though...

 

[annka5]

This is not from experiece, just from reading up before I take the plunge and start keeping them myself.

Recommendation is, often, to keep juvenile discus in bare-bottomed, unplanted tanks whilst they are growing, as it makes cleaning the rubbish out of the tank a lot easier. They need a lot of feeding to grow big, and therefore poo a lot, and grow best in excellent water conditions - hence, need to keep water immaculate.

However, it is possible to keep them in bare-bottomed tanks with plants in pots, or in fully furnished tanks, so long as you're prepared for the extra time needed/ understock/ buy older fish.

 

[elgecko]

I would have to check my book again to see if it has plants and tank mates listed at all, but Exotic Discus of the World is a great book.
http/www.belowwater.com/products/exotic-discus/