Outcast Discus

I use wonder shells with my live bearers and actually have thought about trying them with my rams ..
To my surprise and actually documented they raised TDS [I am sure with calcium] but lowered pH !
They took my tap water 7.6 pH / 350TDS to 1100 TDS and 6.6 pH...Without adding Baking soda the pH drops hard IMO which could make for some interesting water that rams or discus may just do fine in and blow my speculated TDS numbers for breeding away ? Or prove that pH is a worthless number in most aspects when it comes to breeding parameters.
When I use them fish seem to enjoy them .I buy the largest and break them to pieces with a hammer ..

I haven’t seen any real change in my pH, but I used less than the suggested amount in the hospital tank (which was a large shell I broke into pieces with a hammer, too), and only 2 medium shells in the 75g. That would be a bonus for me, too, if they lower pH, as mine is 7.6. Thought of using sphagnum moss in the filter, but figured it would be hard to regulate, so I’d just see how the Discus do with the higher than ideal pH. Maybe I should keep using the Wonder Shells!

 

Sorry to hear about outcast. It tough when you try so hard. Well August was a bad month for discus . The rest look great in the 75. How are they doing?

 

Sorry to hear about outcast. It tough when you try so hard. Well August was a bad month for discus . The rest look great in the 75. How are they doing?

Thanks so much 86 ssinit , I still feel bad that I lost him. With everyone talking about how their Discus are growing, and watching mine grow (the 2 Turqs from Hans are around 4” now!), I realized a couple weeks ago that it would be a small miracle if Outcast made it. He hadn’t grown at all that I could tell, and was only eating enough to stay alive. Yes, August was a bad month all the way around. Hopefully the dark cloud has passed! The ‘Magnificent 7’ are doing great, thanks! I got a pretty good video of them earlier today that I’ll post soon. I’ve got to get the gang’s opinion on whether the Cobalt I ordered from iFish is actually a Blue Diamond