Greetings. I recently received a message on my Youtube page about posting in this forum, so here I am :) I have recently returned to Discus keeping after a while keeping a reef. It is a 48x 18x 15 aquarium with a sump. I don't really want to breed from them as I don't currently have the facilities, although a pigeon and marlboro have paired and regularly produce viable offspring. Usually by day 3 or being a wriggler, they are eaten. I also have two pairs of blue rams consistently producing broods, again being eaten. I don't have a photobucket account yet, so more pictures can be seen on my website here, it also shows the set up I had when importing from Malaysia. I will add a few other pics of recent fish below though.











These pictures were all taken about 3 months ago with a still reasonably new tank, a pH of 8 and hardness of 8dH. There are newer pictures that I haven't uploaded yet and also videos on my Youtube page.

Mark

wow , just goes to show that your PH doesn't have to be super low to keep discus just consistant. They look very healthy! Welcom to the site and enjoy your stay!

Beautiful Discus. They look like they're happy with that Ph. Especially since they're breeding in it too. Is your water pretty hard as well? With my Angelfish pairs I always blamed their inability to produce viable eggs on the hard water and higher Ph but I'm thinking now they may have actually been female pairs.

This post has been edited by Katt66: Apr 23 2008, 01:36 PM

Now you're making me jealous. I always wanted to have those fish but I'm too lazy to do my research. If I'm ready, I might need your help bro.

I have previously always kept my discus in hard water, straight from the tap and they have provided me with young. This time as I have my RO from marines I have brought the pH down to 6 using 50/50, but need to buffer the water now as the filter has matured and is causing pH drop.

I'm no specialist, but any questions, i'll try to answer them.

Mark