Somthing To Laugh About...

[michaelh]

It does not have to be a costly venture to properly setup your new discus fish aquarium and provide proper discus care. It will require an investment of time to properly maintain your discus aquarium. You should investigate the parameters of your local tap water. If the tap water in your area is very hard with a high ph, you may want to use softened water to blend with your tap water in order to achieve desirable water for the discus. The softer water will be easier to adjust the ph to the desired range for the discus fish. An excellent method of softening tap water for use in the discus aquarium is the use of a reverse osmosis filter. In many areas of the US local tap water supplies are fine for keeping discus. However, most cities add chloramines to the water to disinfect keeping discus. t. This is a blend of ammonia and chlorine. Both are toxic to discus. They can be removed from the tap water by filtration or use of a dechlorinating water conditioner. Discus are a schooling fish and should be kept in groups. Resist the mpulse to add a lone discus to a community tank stocked with various types of impulse to add a lone discus to a community tank stocked with various types of fish. A lone discus added to a community setting may survive, but will not be happy. In choosing a stocking density, allow a minimum of 5 gallons per discus.

Coppied and pasted straight from rockymountaindiscus.com
Pay particular attention to the last line.
So i can keep 2 in my little 10 gallon? Or 11 in my 55? Outrageous!!!
Definatly made me chuckle so i thought it worth a share lol..
Hope you guys enjoy...

 

[creeker]

I would probably find it funnier if in my years of working in the industry I hadn't heard of people doing exactly that!

 

[Wills]

Discus are a schooling fish and should be kept in groups. Resist the mpulse to add a lone discus to a community tank stocked with various types of impulse to add a lone discus to a community tank stocked with various types of fish. A lone discus added to a community setting may survive, but will not be happy. In choosing a stocking density, allow a minimum of 5 gallons per discus.

Not seen the original post but just wondering if they had a minimum tank size for the species? They say minimum of 5 gallons per Discus not minimum tank size for a Discus is 5 gallons. Since they mention groups I would imagine they mean keeping 5 or 6 together though using there logic that means 25 or 30 gallons for those size groups which is way out.

Got to be honest I think they are on the right track just need to add a line like minimum tank size 55 gallons or something along those lines.

Wills

 

[michaelh]

Excuse the language but even i found it pretty pss poor and i know very little about discus...
Lets be honest most of us get our "trustworthy" info from these specialist websites.

Discus are a schooling fish and should be kept in groups. Resist the mpulse to add a lone discus to a community tank stocked with various types of impulse to add a lone discus to a community tank stocked with various types of fish. A lone discus added to a community setting may survive, but will not be happy. In choosing a stocking density, allow a minimum of 5 gallons per discus.

Not seen the original post but just wondering if they had a minimum tank size for the species? They say minimum of 5 gallons per Discus not minimum tank size for a Discus is 5 gallons. Since they mention groups I would imagine they mean keeping 5 or 6 together though using there logic that means 25 or 30 gallons for those size groups which is way out.

Got to be honest I think they are on the right track just need to add a line like minimum tank size 55 gallons or something along those lines.

Wills

I had a pretty good read and didnt see any min tank size then +5 gallon per fish. Even if it was though that would get pretty cramp pretty quick.

http/www.rockymountaindiscus.com/Discus_Fish_Care.htm
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http/www.rockymountaindiscus.com/Discus_Fish_Care.htm

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