TedsTank

Tomorrow I will be getting our assortment of 6 discus fish!!!!!! This has been a lengthy project that I have been working on with my 11 year old grand-daughter. She had to commit to assisting her poppi with care and learning....and deciding which to get....so we requested fish that have a more traditional discus appearance for now....sooo excited....I so love her!!!

Don't ask....YES THERE WILL BE PICS!!!!!!!

capekate

Congrats Poppi! Wishing you the best of luck with your Discus.. Its a wonderful hobby to share with the children and grankids.

MissMTS

Congrats on the discus They are such beautiful fish. Have fun sharing the care and tank with your granddaughter

bolivianbaby

Congratulations! Can't wait to see the pics!

gmen4life

thats great!!!! discus tanks are awesome one day i will

Slug

Awesome! Can't wait to see them and watch them progress. Did you go to Hans? Good luck with them, a little bit of TLC and i'm sure they will do fine! If you have any problems let me know or post so we can all help and learn!

Lucy

Oh how fun! I know you're exciting, your grand daughter must be also.
Discus are such gorgeous fish

TedsTank

Matt, actually we have Hans and Gynnbrook Farms....Hans very busy to catch up with and Gynnbrook rarely has special deals....his order is a low $$ beautiful discus order as a project. GGrand daughter has seen me do enough fish that she jumped to the top of the line!!!....lol....but we ain't going there ....Yet!!!

I'll start watching freecycle for a 110+ tank!! no i wont, yes i will, no wont, yes i will....helllllllp!!!...well i could just look...lololol

fish_newbie

Congrat !! I'm sure you will have awesome times with discus !!!

ATKINSON

Good luck. Wonderful fish

TedsTank

They are here!!! 10:42 am...following explicit drop and plop instructions after temp acclimations. So cute...approx 2 - 2.5 inches...6 little babies.

Pics to follow in a couple of days for whatever little colors they might have....too young for anything stunning yet.

Drop and Plop....humm...its so different than what I'm used to...but the science behind that procedure makes sense!!!

TedsTank

Just too cool....fish are released....they are already flashing each other!!! Lights out til tomorrow...sorry I'm sure you dont want a minute, by minute update here....I'll go find something to do!!!!....lol

Slug

Nice! Glad they came in safe and sound. Drop and plop is widely used these days, especially with discus. Its a good method.

Its actually good that you don't see much color yet. For one they are a bit stressed, but secondly, young discus showing full color is a bad sign. It either means color enhancers or they are stunted, so letting them grow into their colors is good!

aquarist48

Congrats on the new additions!
Ken

Slug

BTW, my internet is screwy. Did not mean to post twice like that.

Taken care of. Thanks Slug
Ken

TedsTank

Scarey day #2...will they eat day?? 2 are swimming around as if nothing ever happened. 3 are ok and stressed. and one is very thin and a bit boney...he is my worry...couldnt notice when they were in their bags and release into a fairly dark tank.....oh well poppi...be patient!! That has always been my concern about shipping fish...can't see what your getting before it is in the bag!....c ya later need to find busy work!!!....lolol

And of course a partial water change every day til they settle in. Buckets of RO water waiting in line.

Neji

Congratulations on getting the Discus fishes!

I absolutely love the delicate and rare fishes When they are at their full colors, they look ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!