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THE POND-THE FRESHWATER PLACE => Discus => Topic started by: Mugwump on October 15, 2012, 09:16:58 AM

Title: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: Mugwump on October 15, 2012, 09:16:58 AM
Roll call !!!!!!!!!!!!........................LOL
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: LizStreithorst on October 15, 2012, 09:25:50 AM
ME! with one pair who are show winners who delight in frustrating me by not breeding, a 100 gallon with a couple of former show fish, 5 offspring from show winners, and 3 home bred's, and a third 100 gallon with my old daddy fish, a couple of culls I use as sacrificial lambs along with a bunch of angels to take up the extra space.
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: Barb on October 15, 2012, 03:31:41 PM
And me too, it is how I met Liz last year.  I have a 125 gal tank with 15 adult discus in it, sand bottom and some wood.  I raised them all myself from 1 1/2" babies.  I also have a 75 gal. with 15 adult angels, live plants and wood on a sand bottom.
Barb
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: Jo on October 15, 2012, 07:34:04 PM
I still have Mr. Blue Sky.
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: Rjb3 on October 15, 2012, 08:47:57 PM
I've got a few.
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: b125killer on October 16, 2012, 08:16:04 AM
I tried but it was a epic fail. I will try again and from what I learned from the first time around and help from my friends i will do better.
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: Jo on October 16, 2012, 08:19:10 AM
They are wonderful fish. I had a lot of bad luck with them in 2007. I've learned more now. Liz really knows what she is doing her discus are fantastic. So I'd just follow her advice! I have 2 now but they are in separate tanks. When I try to put them together one always beats up the other. So you are better off to just buy a group together. I'm really more into angelfish, but my hubby wanted these so we have them. They are both in tanks with angels.
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: LizStreithorst on October 16, 2012, 09:09:23 AM
Two dominant males ::)
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: Jo on October 16, 2012, 09:39:08 AM
I'm not sure Liz about that, is the breeding tube like the angelfish tube? The cobalt put out a blunt one like female angels and beat the stew out of Mr. Blue Sky, and he did not show a breeding tube. Once I put the cobalt back in other tank the breeding tube went back in???
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: LizStreithorst on October 16, 2012, 09:49:28 AM
Hmmm, if that's the case I'm not sure about it either.
Title: Re: Quite a few Discus folks here
Post by: P4Angels on October 16, 2012, 10:31:54 AM
We have 2 breeder pairs and a hand full of pre-dime babies..