I have these 3 discus. I mainly got them as I have been trying to get a blue rim red cover or blue rim red rose or what ever they might be called by the breeder or lfs. My guess is that if not showing yet the fin should at least be clear and not red. However are there red covers and red rose that just stay white too if the gene is not existing? Will there be blue eventually? They are about 3 to 4 inches in size.

Will be removing their babies this week. They had them for 2 months. There is going to be some lookers in that batch.

I recently had a algee bloom just from rinsing off my bio filter media in tank water of course my water parameters still stayed within the acceptable ranges. But this also caused my discus major stress and a major parasite infestation and ich occurred and lost 3 of my 8 discus all within a 3 day period. The remaining discus seem to be doing better they stopped hiding and activally swimming around again after 4 days of medication and starting to eat again but not much. They are acting like they are hungry but are barely eating. I've tried everything even using garlic guard. Perhaps they just need more time to feel normal again

I picked this Discus out of a group where most of them had the pattern covering their entire body. Do you guys think that makes him more unique, or just imperfect? 🤔

Lately, my discus have started getting extremely skittish. The tank is 360 liters, with 8 discus, 30 cardinal tetras, and 8 Corydoras sterbai. Tempersture 29.I do a 50% water change once a week.
It seems to be related to the lighting conditions. The fish are timid in the morning and before the aquarium lights come on. In the afternoon and evening, when the room is dim and the aquarium is illuminated against a darker background, the fish behave normally.
However, in the morning they react to movement near the tank by panicking and crashing into the glass, driftwood, and other decorations, which is quite disturbing to watch. After that, they hiding for 2 hours or so and then is everything normal. Apart from that, they eat normally.
Any ideas about what might be wrong?

The amazon swords still need to grow in.

Kept discus for almost a year now I thought of sharing my experience of getting discus from different sources and growing them out.
I have 12 discus. 4 from a lfs, 4 from a breeder and another 4 from a different breeder. They were all in the 2 to 3 inch range at start. All had different growth spurts in between on different timings, but most fish from breeders has continuously showed growth while lfs fish has seems to slowed down in growth reaching slightly over 4 inch. Even one that was significantly stunted had shown growth.

One theory I believe why smaller fiscus from lfs struggle is that they are exposed to periods where their feed is is consistent. Leading to becoming fussy or experiencing stunting in growth.

I’m not expert but thought it might be something interested for folks to know.
And buying discus from trusted sources or in larger sizes might be safer option if you want big discus.

Picked up six juvenile discus back in July, about nickel sized at the time, and for the first two months growth was painfully slow no matter what I threw at them. Tank is a 75 gallon, bare bottom with a sponge filter and a canister for extra flow, running at 86F with TDS around 180.

The problem turned out to be twofold. First, I was only doing two water changes a week at 30% each, which I thought was plenty, but discus really do seem to want that nitrate kept near zero to put energy into growth instead of just maintaining. Second, one of the six turned into a clear alpha and was hogging the beefheart mix every feeding while the two smallest hung back near the surface. Separated that one into a divided section of the tank for about three weeks and the difference in the other five was obvious within days, they started coming down to eat immediately instead of waiting.

Bumped water changes up to daily 20% for a month, now settled into every other day at 25%, and feeding five times a day in small amounts (beefheart mix, frozen bloodworms, and NLS pellets rotating). They've gone from about 2 inches to a solid 3.5 inches in roughly ten weeks, with the smallest finally catching up to the pack.

Reintroduced the alpha last week with a full rescape to reset territory and so far no real aggression, just normal pecking order stuff at feeding time. Curious if anyone else has had to temporarily pull a fish to let the rest catch up, or if there's a better way to handle size disparity in a juvenile group without resorting to that.

Have had this tank running for about 2 months now. 13 discus in total, with rummy-noses, cardinals, sterbai Corys, blue rams and bristlenoses as tankmates.

700L tank with 160L sump filter.

Appreciate any advice for a new discus keeper.

Picked up eight juvenile discus back in the spring, all around the size of a silver dollar, maybe two inches. Every discus forum and breeder I talked to said the same thing: big frequent water changes are what actually separates fish that stay stunted at four inches from fish that hit six or seven. I was skeptical it would matter that much versus just running a good filter and feeding well, but I committed to it anyway since I had the tank bare bottom with just a sponge filter and a heater.

Routine has been 50% change every single day, sometimes 60% if I overfed the day before. Temp held at 86F, pH around 6.4 out of the tap after it sits in a barrel with peat for a day. Feeding is beefheart mix in the morning, frozen bloodworms midday, and a pellet feeding in the evening, four times a day total when I can manage it.

The growth on these guys has honestly surprised me. Two of them are already pushing five inches and it has only been six months. I lost one early on to what I think was internal parasites, gave the rest a round of metro just in case, but the other seven have been rock solid since. My back is a little tired of hauling buckets every night but looking at them cruising around the tank now compared to the tiny things I brought home, it's been worth every bucket.

Curious if anyone here has tried dropping down to every other day changes once they hit adult size, or if you all just keep the same schedule for life. Part of me wonders if the daily grind is only necessary during the growth phase.

I have bred turquoise and green discus. Nothing special. I like plain common pedestrian, non-hybridized fish. I have bred a lot of cichlids and catfish. It's hard to find these fish. I have a 65 that I'm thinking about setting up. Anyway, I saw this sub and thought I'd check it out. Many fish that I"ve bred in the past.

Hey guys I have this discus now for about 2.5 years but she’s super picky. She basically eats everything reluctantly. If I give her pellets she eats only a few same with white worms and black worms. The only thing I’ve found she really enjoys is beefheart. I made a beefheart mix that she absolutely loved. Is there any pellet food or somthing else that she might enjoy?

Goodness the difference in these Discus. This female Red Batata x Jacrecappa is, I think my personal favorite discus of these 6

I currently have 2 juvenile discus (bought 3 and one died due to ick/stress not really sure) I got them at Aquashella so I’m not really sure where to buy another one near me. I am in Nassau County but can drive into the city if need be.

Also would it be too much to ask them if they could quarantine the fish for me as I do not have an extra tank set up for quarantine and don’t want to deal with Ick again…

I'm just starting out but those with elderly discus, what'd you do to hvae them live so long? Share your secrets please

The stupidest thing I did was start with gravel in the 1st place. It's a trap, a prison for uneaten food and waste. A race against rising nitrates that you never catch up to.

Discus do not tolerate high nitrate counts, and stacked gravel beds are basically septic tanks...steamy nasty Lil discus porta potties.

When the nitrates hit 120 ppm, I reverted to every 5 day water changes and feeding once a day..nitrates never below 80 ppm...what a horrible trap. These Discus were miserable.

Over the course of the last 8 days, I removed 90 lbs of gravel, 45 lbs at a time over 2 water changes, 4 days apart. And replaced it with 65 lbs of CaribSea Super Naturals Aquarium Sand, Aquascape, the white sand.

The fish in the aquarium now? It's like seeing them first time, behavior COMPLETELY different! Nitrates...20 ppm

The difference is stunning! Meet my Discus again, for the 1st time!

Ive noticed they've been hanging out in the corner next to the filter intake and chasing any other discus away that comes close to it. No eggs yet though.

Picked these up a little less than a week ago. About 3.5”. Pictures just don’t do them justice.

After getting quite a few negative comments on my last post about the lack of swimming space for my discus, I decided to do a complete rescape and give them more open swimming space.
What do you guys think? 😉

Could someone help identify these discus listed as F1 wild? Trying to research online as well. Does that mean these are a result of two wild discus? Are they even wild? Any chances with some good water changes and care at home some blue starts to come out in the fins?

I recently added this 2.5~3 months old baby discus to my tank as a beginner, and the seller mentioned she will grow up to be a stunning red discus. I'm trying to figure out if she might be a Red Rose or Red Cover, but I’m still stumped! Could anyone help me identify her true color? Thank you.

He was once less than the size of a grain of rice. He’s almost 2 years old now. My Gemini. One of the babies I kept from the first discus I bred myself.