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Posted	equipment for keeping discus
12-06-2006 21:03 by dave w	can anyone advise me what equipment i need for keeping discus successfully i currently have a 4ft 250lt tank with eheim 2227 wet and dry filter ....thanks
12-06-2006 21:22 by george	thats about it, just food...use a discus forumula eg zm food and use bloodworm etc set temp to 27 0c
12-06-2006 21:27 by dave w	thanks george, but what are these heavy metal filters i keep reading about
12-06-2006 21:30 by dave cook	do u meen ro filters i keep discus with out them
12-06-2006 22:48 by -Rob C-	Dechlorinated tap water don't f**k about. There only fish there no way near as hard as people make out. All you need is good water, which shouldn't be hard if your a true fish keeper. 27oC is abit low george I keep mine at about 29-31oC.
13-06-2006 09:18 by george	alrite i shall heat mine a bit more then!!! the guy i bought them off kept em at 26
13-06-2006 10:15 by -Rob C-	Theyre more succeptable to disease when kept at a lower temp. Mine kept getting whitspot until I turned the temp up, no problems now
13-06-2006 11:00 by george	really is that the same with angels??
13-06-2006 11:18 by darren	Make sure that when you increase your temperature to do it slowly as you could do more harm than good Try about 2 degrees per week
13-06-2006 11:22 by -Rob C-	Angels are fine at the average temps. In the wild I think discus come from higher temps.
13-06-2006 11:25 by george	i thaught angels and discus come from the same place in the amazon....\angels do alot better woth temps 28 plus
13-06-2006 12:06 by -Rob C-	I'm not sure, all I know is discus like the higher temps. Angels are more adaptable than discus.
13-06-2006 12:42 by george	yeah their alot more sensavtive
21-07-2006 12:46 by vu1974	weather you need an RO or HMA (heavy metal axe) depends entirely on how your water comes out from your tap. Some people don't need it, some need RO and some need HMA or a combination etc... I use 80% RO and 20% HMA.

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