capekate

Beautiful Discus and additons to your tank! I just love to see new photos of everyones Discus fish! ; Btw, I hope you decide to take your neons out of that tank asap and put them into your 15g since no doubt they are getting killed and knowing that, it would be a shame to keep them there.
Love your new driftwood!

sick-lid boy

Yeah, I thought they might be Cobalt Blues. I searched through every Discus image I could find and they seem to look like Cobalts more than any other type I found. They seem to be adjusting to the tank really quickly. They were eating bloodworms within the first 10 minutes after I put them in the tank. But I think am pretty much at my limit as far as adding any new guys.




It's just that netting little fish can be very difficult in this tank. Too many hiding places toward the bottom of the tank where I can't get at them. And I can't really reach the bottom to take out the decorations. I have to try and snag them while they're eating from the top... but as soon as they think they're about to be netted, they head straight to the bottom and seek cover.


On a lighter note, I am pretty happy with the way the two Dwarf Gouramis are getting along in this tank. I haven't heard about anyone keeping D.G.s with Discus and I haven't seen them on any Discus compatibility lists.... but they seem really happy in the tank. They think they are Discus. They always hang out and school up with the Discus, and eat the same food.

atmmachine816

Looking really good, nice discus. Any full tank shot, it would be nice to see ? If your going to get anymore discus my friend told me about a good breeder in florida that he's getting his from, from the pictures they discus look really pretty like yours, if you want the name I can get it for you.

sick-lid boy

Well, today I set out to capture the two remaining Neon Tetras. The first one was swimming around near the top and I scooped him up with no problem and put him in the 15 gallon tank.

The other guy was hiding near the bottom behind a rock where I couldn't get him. I noticed he wasn't looking too well, though. Kind of whitish and a bit bloated. I was finally able to net him, but he was on his last legs (fins?). The dreaded Tetra disease . I put him in the 15 gallon anyway, but he died very soon afterward. I haven't had good luck with Neon Tetras at all.
So now I have one lonely Neon in the 15 gallon.. hopefully the guppies will adopt him and let him hang out with them, cause I don't have the space to get a school of Neons in that tank.

So now I have just Discus, Dwarf Gouramis, Corys, and Otos in the 80 gallon. Kind of better this way as I don't have to put flakes in everyday just to feed the Neons. Also gives me more space for MORE DISCUS!!! (not really... I think 11 is pretty much the max for this tank... maybe even a bit too many. )

capekate

Too bad about the neons. Those little guys are most likely very fragile. I dont know, I dont have any. But will be getting cardinal tetras for the discus tank when its finally cycled. Hope there wont be any problems with them, as they are so alike the neons. Its nice to hear the dwarf gourami get along with the Discus, its another fish I may think about adding to the discus tank as well. On saturday I went and bought three otos to help clean up the diatoms in my community tank and they are the little worker fish that everyone said they are! And I really do like these little guys. They are active and swim all over the place. I like what you have in your Discus tank.. it must be really great. And Im so envious of your many discus! My tank is a 55g so wont be able to get as many Discus as you have, but would hope to be able to have at least four of them in there.
Love your photos ... and your set up! Ohh btw, what do you feed your discus fish?
~ kate

sick-lid boy

I mainly feed them special Discus pellets called New Life Spectrum Discus Formula... but the Red Turquoise won't even touch them, so I also feed them freeze dried bloodworms and frozen bloodworms. They also eat regualr flakes, but now that the neons are gone, they probably won't be getting those as much anymore. The Dwarf Gouramis eat anything the Discus eat.

capekate

thanks, sick-lid boy.. its good to know what they eat and someone who has had success with a certain product. Will add it for future reference! thanks

Tom

Really nice cobalt blue discus. I really love the colbalts.
Tom

Kevin

check out this ebay discus
http://cgi.ebay.com/BLUE-DIAMOND-HI-...QQcmdZViewItem