It's Happened!

[PaulineMi]

Hard well water with high TDS and discus can thrive.  (Don't expect hatching though.)

[Mugwump]

The guys down in Chicago raise em in 8.0 ph....who knows???...... I know most will start a separate pair tank with a R/O blend to bring the tds's and PH in line tho....

Congrats on the pair......cool...

[b125killer]

That's awesome. Maybe with a little luck you will get fry.   

[PaulineMi]

The guys down in Chicago raise em in 8.0 ph....who knows???...... I know most will start a separate pair tank with a R/O blend to bring the tds's and PH in line tho....

Congrats on the pair......cool...

Thanks Jon.

I used distilled water to hatch my angel eggs, then blended it with my tap water to raise them. I slowly transitioned them over to straight tap (well) water.  The distilled water worked great but was very inconvenient.  If I wanted to breed and raise discus I'd get an RO unit though.

[Mugwump]

You can soften the water with peat, leaves. wood ,etc....but for the tds's you'll need a couple good filters, or R/O....I have a buddy that uses two big heavy duty house filters and pulls his tds's below 75...that may be enough..?

[Barb]

How exciting Pauline!!  As they are doing this, their cone is now in my kiln being fired to 2100 degrees.  They will have a more "comfortable" spawning site for next time.  What a beautiful pair!
Barb

[PaulineMi]

That's awesome. Maybe with a little luck you will get fry.

Thank you.

Barb see how that planter is about the same size as the dis?us?  They're bound and determined to get the job done on there though. They're young.  It's like making out in a Volkswagon. Lol.

[BallAquatics]

That's fantastic Pauline!  You really know how to make your fish happy.     Fingers crossed that you get some fry.

Dennis

[Mugwump]

That's awesome. Maybe with a little luck you will get fry.

It's like making out in a Volkswagon. Lol.

I'd forgotten about that.....LOL....good grief.....

[LizStreithorst]

Ha ha ha.  I knew what this thread would be about as soon as I read the title.  Congrats!

[derick]

got my fingers crossed you get some fry, 

[PaulineMi]

Ha ha ha.  I knew what this thread would be about as soon as I read the title.  Congrats!

   

Thanks Derick.

[derick]

no problem. 

[LizStreithorst]

The guys down in Chicago raise em in 8.0 ph....who knows???

It's all about which minerals are in the water and in what form more that it's about pH.  I have gH 0, kH 4.5, pH 7.2.  I should be able to breed in that water, but I can't.  I tried peat before I invested in an RO unit.  I got wigglers using peat.  I didn't have a meter at the time.  I know that peat raises the TDS.  I bet that it lowers electric conductivity.  Do we have any water experts here?

[ilroost]

Congrats!!!!