Bradjames13 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 I'm new too the whole discus tank, I've recently redone my African Cichlid tank and I'm changing it too a discus planted tank. I've read that discus are hard too keep especially in city water. Than I read that if they are captive bred it shouldn't be a problem keeping them. So it's kinda confusing that I'm hearing one thing over another and discus are expensive I don't wanna pay a whole lot then have them die. They are gonna be in a 46 gallon bow front tank with lots of plants right now I have rams and rainbow fish in it right now cause I'm waiting tell the plants mature and my tank is stable. Looking on advice to successfully keep discus fish with out wasting lots of money to just have it go down the drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleen Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 My experience with discus has been that they are a difficult fish to keep. You have to be prepared for a minimum of twice weekly very large water changes,..... forever. I also found that I needed to keep multiple meds on hand as they are fragile, get stressed easily ....and get sick. Local water is fine. They should not be kept with rainbowfish as these are too fast for the discus and they will go hungry, also the temp is too high for rainbows. The best way to get nice ones is to spend the money...... get 5" or 6 inch adult fish, preferable from a specialist retailer, one for every 10 gallons of water max. C.Jerom(sp) in Calgary had some 7" fish recently for $150 that were fantastic. Never seen better. Do lots of research and you can expect to pay 100-150 per fish. Check www.simplydiscus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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