Now I Done Gone And Got A Bee In My Bonnet

[star4]

Mark if you are every in my area I would love you to come and have a cuppa and see what no room actually means

I still regret not delivering Bailey to you would love to see your set ups

Bailey has grown! and is utterly beautiful you are most welcome too.

Mark if you are every in my area I would love you to come and have a cuppa and see what no room actually means

hey if im ever down your way id love to come see your tanks. then not only can i see your fish , but i can have a little reunion with vinny

Vinny has just had a waterchange and has to be the biggest softy ever, would be nice to see if he still recognises you

 

[ChilliPepper]

I was going to say get a bigger tank as well Can you not get anymore than 6 Discus in a 100g then? Not that I know anything about them, but I remember in a thread someone found a source that said they shoal in large groups in the wild? I know yours are tank bred ones, but I suppose that goes for a lot of our fish but we still try and replicate a natural environment if we can.

I think you should keep your Cobalt

Ive just seen a 7x2x2 for £30 you know you want it!!

Ah, would love to have room for a 7ft tank! Oh what I could do with that!

 

[markandhisfish]

yeah star he is a big girls blouse and of course he would recognise me after all i lovingly raised him from a tiddler , he will always love me

chillipepper according to stocking guidelines yes you could have more than 6 in a 100 gallon . the general rule of thumb seems to be 10g min per fish . however from having had 6 in my 100g i wouldn t want to push it and have any more especilly if you get a pair form .
i may keep the cobalt .

 

[ChilliPepper]

yeah star he is a big girls blouse and of course he would recognise me after all i lovingly raised him from a tiddler , he will always love me

chillipepper according to stocking guidelines yes you could have more than 6 in a 100 gallon . the general rule of thumb seems to be 10g min per fish . however from having had 6 in my 100g i wouldn t want to push it and have any more especilly if you get a pair form .
i may keep the cobalt .

Fair enough

 

[ajs2294]

*cough* *cough* has colbolts, turks and albinos along with others (blue PBs) all from discus hans

 

[snowflake311]

Haha yup when you start to shop around you see all the strains that could be yours . I myself am into the natrual looking fish I can't wait to see what my tefe will look like and the royal blue should be a little like the heckels.

And it's all your fault i started thinking about discus. We are all so bad haha

 

[markandhisfish]

im looking at stendker teffes at the moment , very much like wilds in appearence . and they are pressing the " i want" button in my brain

 

[Littlemonkey]

Mark if you are every in my area I would love you to come and have a cuppa and see what no room actually means

I can 2nd that

 

[ChilliPepper]

Haha yup when you start to shop around you see all the strains that could be yours . I myself am into the natrual looking fish I can't wait to see what my tefe will look like and the royal blue should be a little like the heckels.

And it's all your fault i started thinking about discus. We are all so bad haha

Are yours coming today Snowflake?

 

[meguro]

1 discus per 10 gallon. why sell when u have space for 6 more

 

[markandhisfish]

because i only want 6 discus in the tank , i dont agree with the 1 discus per 10 gallon theory , there is some debate around this and many differing opinions. and from actually having 6 adult discus in a 100 g tank i personally feel that is about right ,especially if they hit their full potential size . i think 6 is enough of a group for the fish to be happy but not so big a group as to be overcrowded. i find it to be a nice happy medium whereby there is still enough room for them to have space should they want it at any time. i may have 8 instead of 6 and some dithers , but that would be with the hope of seperating a breeding pair from the group.

 

[meguro]

for all u know they could be better behaved, healthier etc. in a bigger group

if 1 discus per 10us gallons is good enough for heiko bleher then surely its worth experimenting urself?

 

[ChilliPepper]

Do you do 25-50% waterchanges EVERY DAY Mark?

 

[walkers101]

i do 50% a week so far and everything is fine if the tank gets into trouble ill step it up a bit

 

[markandhisfish]

for all u know they could be better behaved, healthier etc. in a bigger group

if 1 discus per 10us gallons is good enough for heiko bleher then surely its worth experimenting urself?

heiko bleher is indeed a higly regarded expert in the field , i just find that 6 works well for me , altho i may up it to 8 as i said

Do you do 25-50% waterchanges EVERY DAY Mark?

i do 30% every other day , its easy tho just syphon out straight down the sink with a hosepipe , while thats doing give the sand a clean , then put the hose on the tap and re-fill the tank , hey presto hardly any effort at all.