oh wow Pope!!! That is a fantastic story!!! So glad everything is ok now....

they look stunning !

__________________
Live Life To The Full

beautiful fish man, good job!!

Really good information for me as first time discus keeper. I am planning to buy my discus from Chens Discus in April, but just wondered how often you are water changing. I dont really fancy a daily water change to be honest.
I was advised on a weekly for discus, is this enough?

Glad your discus have worked out and that your problems did not put you off!!

To be honest i at first only did weekly waterchanges as i only had the 2 in a comunity tank with compatable fish!

you would be better to do more if you can as the fish will reward you in return!

in my opinion many of us buy small fish as its what we can afford and like the idea of growing them on.
For discus to grow then they need plenty of high protin food something like beef-heart/Ox-heart fed 3 or more times a day! all this food will soon polute your tank either from being passed through the fish as waste or from un-eaten/rotting food.

you idealy want to remove the uneaten food and fish waste every day after feeding and the easy way is to syphon! then top up with new water!

i was told by a very experienced breeder/keeper to do as many water changes as what felt comftable to my living ..........he went on its no good pulling your hair out trying to waterchange every day if your not enjoying the fish! he was convinced once you enjoy your fish you do more waterchanges !

depending on what you want to keep ? where its situated and what you want to get out of it all comes down to a personal choice

Ray waterchanges every day with his discus and i do 3 weekly .

if your tank is in the right position and of a big enough size you could set up a auto top up......and then you only have to do the syphoning ??

__________________
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")♥

excellent story ,stunning fish , glad the thin one survived and is now back with his mate .

for those that followd this story hes a prety boy now

rather than start a new thread i have added here!

Attached Images

 

__________________
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")♥

That is a stunning fish Rob

Love the colour variation and the yellow/orange edged fins.

Never seen one like that

hes so hand tame peter,hes my buddy

__________________
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")♥

get some video footage sometime rob, would love to see it.

you know the more i see discus the more i like them.

between you and mr chen i feel myself getting groomed like a schoolboy in a chat room lol