ATKINSON

Hi guys, My dad and I are busy making a tank with measurements: 1.8m X 0.6m X 0.7m. My first question is what size is this tank?

Second question is do you think my future stocking list is up to standards:

8 Discus
3 clown loaches
2 BN plecos
And my dad wants a large school(+-15) of either red eyed tetras or glowlight tetras.

And?

P.S: I will have to convince my dad about the discus because to him they are just disasters waiting to happen. AKA: He thinks they are impossible to keep.

Heather M

Your tank is 199.7 US gallons (755.86 L). You might as well call it 200 gallons. As for your fish stocking, I have no idea. I'm new at this. The only reason I know your tank size is I converted the meters into inches and typed it into the aquarium size calculator. You are sooooo lucky to have a tank that large!!!

mr. Clown Loach

CLOWN LOACHES ALL THE WAY!!! but u kind of watch out for fungus and ICH i just lost three in the passed two days from ich but they are easy to take care of

Tony G.

i think your stock sounds just about good. if your dad doesnt want discus, you can try angels, they are kinda similar body wise ( in size lol)
you are so lucky to have a tank like that!
if i had it...
i would stock it with...
100 neon tetras and 50 leopard cory's

Annadvn

That stocking plan sounds similar to my plan for my 200g.

Only thing i would change is do 6 discus and 5 or 6 clown loaches, the loaches will appreciate the school and i have been advised 6 discus (start off with less and add as you learn more about them and want different colours!)

Anna

fish_newbie

Discus is an easy fish to keep, that is if you know what you are doing and willing to keep up with the frequent water change.

Now, a 200G tank is a pretty difficult tank to be raising discus in. What size discus are you thinking of?

eiginh

You can have it planted with clown loaches!!! and the tetras. Wow you are so lucky long with the others here with huge tanks.

ATKINSON

Thanks guys.

QUOTE]Only thing i would change is do 6 discus and 5 or 6 clown loaches, the loaches will appreciate the school and i have been advised 6 discus (start off with less and add as you learn more about them and want different colours!)
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I already have the clown loaches and 4 of the discus. It will be an upgrade for them. Also Clown loaches are very expensive here.

[/quote]Now, a 200G tank is a pretty difficult tank to be raising discus in. What size discus are you thinking of?[quote]

I already have 4 discus. They are 8cm in diameter. I read that that is about half fully grown.

fish_newbie

You are partly correct, a well kept fully grown discus should be 15-17cm in size, so your is half as big but it isn't fully grown. After the 9th month the discus will start to gain size sideways (get thicker) and becomes rounder, rather than getting bigger in diameter.

This is a growth rate guide by Hans, a true inspiration among discus keepers.

Approx. grow Stendker Discus:

2 ~ 2.5" 3 months
3 ~ 3.5" 4.5 months
4" 6 months
5" 9 months
6" 18 months
7"+ 24 months

Hans

An adult discus should be around 1-1.5 year of age. So yours is pretty young and still have a lot of growing to do. IMO you would need 12+ discus of the same size as in such a big tank as they would get lost, feels very insecure, can't find food and you are very likely to see deaths. Generally, for medium size tank (50-120G) people keep 1 discus per 10G, I have 9 in my 70G and I've known quite a few people that keep 15+ in a 120G. They REALLY need to be in a school large enough for them to see other discus wherever they are in the tank

ATKINSON

Thanks for the advice, unfortunatly I dont have enough cash to buy 8+ more discus now but I am able to buy 1 a month or 2 evry 2 months depending on whether they will get lonely in the quarentine tank or not. Would that be alright?

Also my future tank will only be ready and fully cycled in maybe 2-3months. Give or take.

ApolloX54

Oh don't call yourself a victim.... EMBRACE IT... lol

ATKINSON

Haha, very true!!