I keep 2 discus tanks, 1breeding and 1 display
My display tank is a 300ltr/66gal juwel rio.
Water peramiters are PH6.4 KH 2' temp 29'C.
Decore, sand, bogwood and plants.
Water change 20% every 4rd day.
My breeding tank is a 100ltr/22gal homemade tank.
Water peramiters are PH6.4 KH 2' temp 29'C.
Decore, pot to spawn on and 2 potted echinodorus barthii (no substrant)
Water change 50% every 3 day.
A fine substrant (ie sand) is best, becarse it limits the amount of mulum that gets trapped under the surface, basicly cleaner, just desturbe every once in a wile to stop it compacting and going anarobic. (problem is with growing plants, you need fast growing ones that draw most of there nutrients from the water)
You could keep a bare bottom tank as some prefer, i think elgeco keeps his that way ( less pollutants, cleaner water, better looking fish? personaly i'm not sure about this, as i have both, and both show good colour, i think its all a matter of husbandry and taste, i'm not argueing ether way)
Temp is 27'C to 30'C to the higer end for breeding (depends breeding pair)
According to steve punchard the KH and GH should be kept some where between 0' to 12' the lower end to breed, all thought they have kept at higher.
PH depends on your local supliyer, best thing is to have a word with who you intend on buying your fish off, and match there water peramiters, then you can alter it slowly if u wish.
As for KH and GH the best thing is
reverse osmoses, you can controle your water peramiters exsactly then.
What fish? some people like to keep discus on there own, but if not, rummynose, black neons, cardanals tetras are all favorites, also corys are ram.
I've read about lots of people that do keep and breed discus in tap water, which is fine if your blessed with perfect water, but most of us arnt!
I found out the hard way, when i first started keeping discus, that they tend to die after a wile, this is becarse of the varing levels of desolved solids, (ie metals etc) that weakens there amuine system.
Best advise is get an RO unit, if you look after the water the fish will look after them selfs, most problems in the tank are carsed by poor husbandry, or adding fish or items that havent been prossesed properly. "this was the advise given to me by "Steve punchard" when i first started keeping discus"
Sorry if you already know all this
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