Discus Fish Tank Care - Overrated and Expensive
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https://amzn.to/2QWWMjp - Aquarium discus fish tank care can be pretty hard at times. Make sure your filtration is up to par. Get yourself a Fluval fx4 canister filter. They are one of the best in the industry. Here is a link: Fluval FX4 Filter: https://amzn.to/2QWWMjp More off topic fish tank talk: They may feel a little pain, but I'd rather freeze them than slam my fish on the counter or cut its head off. How sick. People get butt hurt for doing minor things but can stomach brutally killing your fish. I put my fish who got an eye infection that went to the brain and started having seizures into the freezer. Sorry, I'm not gonna slam my 8 year old oscar into the floor who I hand fed since I was a kid. I dont care what AVMA says. They say "most people" they don't know so I'm going to do it as I seem fit. There is people out there that cant even kill an animal for hunting if they had to. Let them put it in the freezer, and dont shame them for it. It's hard as it is for them since their pet is dying. I mean, one could also use clove oil as an alternative to freezing since it is more humane, assuming a responsible pet owner would have clove oil on hand for any unforeseen illness that requires euthanization. The freezer method is an “out of sight out of mind” outdated method, where there is clearly a more humane option. To be clear, there’s a difference between shaming and educating. I have little tolerance for people advocating the freeze method, and who continue to freeze their fish when there is a better more humane alternative (clove oil). *edit: I know in this particular case the original poster does not have clove oil on hand, but the point I’m making is that anyone still advocating the freezer method really needs to stop because it’s not humane. It’s like when people drop their dying dogs off at the vet to get euthanized and then leave because the “can’t bear to watch.” Sometimes being humane can hurt or cause you pain, but people really need to put the animals best interest before their own regarding euthanasia, it’s the least they could do. Help please! Not strictly betta related, but one of my Pygmy corys got sucked face first into my filter - luckily it has a sponge on it to shrimp proof it, but somehow this little guy still got stuck I turned the filter off and he zoomed out, but his eyes look pretty swollen to me and maybe his back a little funny. Is there anything you can suggest to help him recover? I just did a half dose of kanaplex to the tank (10 gal) for my betta, so I’m hoping that’ll help stave off any infections for this guy. Poor little dude. Some of mine have. They also lodge their selves in the lower plants sometimes . but most prefer upper spots. Mine backs himself into a plant, uses his hammock leaf or sleeps in his castle. So a mixture of a little top and bottom for him. Yep... dude has been nearly flushed several times cause he wasn't moving until we had him IN the net (poking around with the net did nothing to wake him lol). Sometimes on the gravel, sometimes he sleeps in/on one of his plants and very occasionally he snoozes on his leaf hammock. Although I don’t know whether that last one will continue, he laid on it for the first time yesterday and seemed to like it, went on it a few times but then he sat on it and it fell off and I laughed and called him a little fatty - he’s swum round it a few times since I put it back up but not actually laid on it again. I have had great luck in my tanks, except one male that was imported from Thailand. He eats everything that basically moves. But the rest of my tanks the ghost shrimp do really well. I had them in my sorority. Three girls that never cared to bother the shrimp. It also helps to have them on white sand! Makes it hard for the fish to see them, and then throw a couple of pieces of driftwood and wallah! You'll be fine. I had 5 ghost shrimp in with my male beta, two died but as far as I can tell it was some natural causes (they were intact and uneaten). He will go after them occasionally but with the weight of his fins it's not likely. I have them in all 7 of my tanks. All my tanks are heavily planted which gives the shrimp more of a chance. Honestly I have pretty chill betta fish. They only flare at the hand that feeds them....me. I’m wanting to add live plants to my 5.5g tank! I’ve had the same fish for almost 2 years now and I want to try a more natural look for the tank. Can all you lovely people please recommend me a combination of plants that would be easy to start out with? Along with any special requirements/tips for those plants that you’ve had experience with? Thanks so much! I have a amazon sword in my tank and my betta loves it! It’s like a natural betta hammock for him. He has become more active since I put the plant in a few months ago.
10. comment for Discus Fish Tank Care - Overrated and Expensive
First off, farmed discus are not what you want. You want proper breeders, I recommend stendker for the European lines or professional hunters in Asia like Forrest. If you want wilds, think about it. There are MONTHS of setup before you can actually take care of them in the way you're advertising wilds. They cannot just join any tank, RO/DI water is almost required for the first few months unless you've got a great tap source(which btw I feel is a topic no one emphases enough, How good or bad someone's local tap water actually is and what it means to them)
Secondly, YOUNG discus is not what a beginner should take care of. A lot of people are tempted by those 2.5-3.5 inch discus that tends to get sick. They require A LOT of work before you can get on autopilot mode but they get lured in because they're cheap. Adult discus are very easy to take care of, once a week of water changes or even bi-weekly.
Temperature, I keep my adults around 80-82 degrees, MOST aquarium fish that I'm interested in require your tank to be around 78-82 degrees anyway, so I really don't know where you get your data from.
A lot of that comes from people who try their hand for the first time with discus that are small and weak. Yes, the younger discus are weak, but adults, if you raise them right, are like any other aquarium fish. Now if your argument was they're expensive and hard to raise as babies, I'd say yeah, but if you're talking about adults. You've done the process wrong, to begin with. I think GBR's are harder to take care of than discus.
Food, First off high-quality food? No, my friend. Beef heart is used for only one reason. GROWING the discus, you don't need to feed them that if they're already fully grown. All those "high-quality foods" Are about 2 things, color enhancing, or growing babies.
Keep in mind, your experience is just anecdotal in terms of evidence. You're very arrogant for blanketing this over so many people. It's just not something the hobby needs, your rant could be a detractor for people getting into the hobby and your business. You think discus keepers are elitist but if you sift through the 90% of the content, most of that is from people who care deeply about their fish and will do more than you are willing to for fish. I know a lot of people will shill for you because they're your fans and don't get me wrong. I have a lot of respect for you but you need to do these things in a more productive way
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