How to keep Discus fish: Steve's Discus tank update 252 31

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GET ON THE FREE LIVE 'PLANTED TANK 101' WEBINAR & GET A 50% OFF COUPON! https://goo.gl/bRejwRoffers/yt-pt101-webinar/ GET A BADASS TANK! Fry-day Update. Discus fish Fry in Steve's tank. Discus Fry in a 55 gallon tank https://youtu.be/TiEPcrBY43Y Steve's Tips on How to Care for Discus https://youtu.be/q6CEwgu0k9M Discus Collecting, Attempt to hunt up some Discus around a fallen tree in the Amazon https://youtu.be/pJIe9x2PFUw Discus https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnw3D5LLGih2_MecJzTU0-hRFWCgr8RlI https://goo.gl/bRejwR Glad to be sharing Steve's tank on a Sunday. I guess this isn't really a "species sunday" (which is now trade marked by the way ;) but steve's tank is rocking so i figured I hope over to his place and share what he has going on. Love the glosso and dwarf hair grass that he has going on in there. I think his plan of growing out the fish really worked out pretty well, they are monsters and i don't think he's had them all that long. I think he should do some really thin tall plant in the back to really make it pop. (skinny sag or onion plants would be killer in my opinion) Steve is just gonna rock the rotala which is straight. I was gonna do a Species Sunday on Clown loaches but mine decided to hide on me when I busted out the camera. Make it a great week folks! Click here to subscribe for more great videos every week ! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dustinsfishtanks Free Top 10 Planted Tank Secrets on website: http://www.dustinsfishtanks.com Facebook: https://goo.gl/gkDOxP Instagram: https://goo.gl/a5ZOIG Aquarium Plants For Sale: https://goo.gl/7d8Dt6 Fish Tank People Social Community http://fishtanktv.com/

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Amboo ooo - 6 years ago

This was 4 years before Jason Derulo's Swalla.....but he sang it.

Maybe jason watched this.lol.

rafal kowalski - 7 years ago

hi.. this rocks are superr. can u tell me where to buy them????

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 7 years ago

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Rachel La - 8 years ago

what a cute little cory cat

Odin's Eye - 8 years ago

Any way we could get an update on Stevie's discus tank bro?

MarsOneOnOne - 9 years ago

W GH==TS SUP DUSTIN

JAMIE JAMES

Annabel - 9 years ago

I <3 Discus!

johnny chimpo - 9 years ago

siiiiiccck

Fresh Jes - 10 years ago

always love some good wu-tang lyrics and fish tanks!

10. comment for How to keep Discus fish: Steve's Discus tank update

Mike Kollin - 10 years ago

What kind of Stones are those?? Cool…

jeff mosier - 8 years ago

Sorry its Flint Ridge Flint found in Licking Co. Ohio. Some places illegal to harvest a lot of places private property. I have some in my planted tank..... OUTSTANDING

jeff mosier - 8 years ago

+Mike Kollin Looks like good ole Ohio River Rock

reaperferno - 10 years ago

Douch !

Jayson King - 10 years ago

Nice

FishTankArmy - 10 years ago

The Cory Cat is like " HELLO YOUTUBE! "

Char and Bree - 10 years ago

That Cory Cat is rocks, man. It's just in there patrolling and pimping.

Aris Sharif - 10 years ago

The Cory is so active compared to mine...

Pamfilo22 - 10 years ago

Solo cory rules! :D

Powerman2442 - 10 years ago

Two Turtles might be the best pet shop in Ohio. Have you ever been to SomethingFishy Inc. in Cleveland?

Narutosagemode85 - 10 years ago

Does Steve have a YouTube?

kountatalk - 11 years ago

*correction. It's a 72g bow front :)

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kountatalk - 11 years ago

Its not a 55g. It's a 75g bow front. The tank is big enough for the amount of fish steve has in it

Vestora Cx - 11 years ago

Nikolas thats the right amount people say 6-7 for a 55 avg

NIKOLAS GONZALEZ - 11 years ago

too many fish for that tank size bro !!

Vestora Cx - 11 years ago

Dat cory is a ratard

Bartek Roszak - 11 years ago

to many discus,to small tank sux...

Matthew Owen - 11 years ago

Hey I've been to RMS! It's a cool store. Have you ever been to 2 turtles in Akron Ohio

iam73en - 11 years ago

i turned on closed captions for the first time randomly before this video to see how it worked and it failed in your initial minute of conversation haha

lefteris gk - 11 years ago

0:00 dat face.

sarazorz - 11 years ago

"we're so white it's awesome"

Tang526 - 11 years ago

Hell yeah WU TANG

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FishTanks704 - 11 years ago

Is it mandatory to keep discus in a school or will it be fine if you just keep 1 discus ?

xelA ppaR - 11 years ago

Tank's looking amazing. That cory cat looks super super happy! :)

Supa Tanks - 11 years ago

Loving the Discus!

omnihash - 11 years ago

What's the temperature of the tank? Seems to be quite low with all the thrilling plants.

Salvatore Ciraolo - 11 years ago

discus / discuss ... hmm.. discussing discus

jimmys grampa - 11 years ago

dustin yer such a goon!

theturtleman09 - 11 years ago

whats that?

almcloud - 11 years ago

That Cory must like Hot Discuss Water lol

almcloud - 11 years ago

Wicked Discus! Wtg Steve!

marshall fishgamelover - 11 years ago

hey dustin i would like to know where your steve got his discus thnk you! by the way im a really big fan and im trying to watch all ur videos lol and thnxs to u and ur videos im keeping some good healthy fish!

Brandon Lee - 11 years ago

you should make a video about the legend of the lonely cory

GreenBanditsFTW - 11 years ago

what kind of rocks did he use do you remember?

rickyd454 - 11 years ago

yes their really good camo against the roots of trees which is their bio tope breeding and genetics defently factors in but ive learned the hard way a dark back round or off water quality can pepper up a fish quickly

Joe N - 11 years ago

NOPE, not at all if the rocks in that aquarium are Inert.

Joe N - 11 years ago

young Zach he has more then enough CO2 that the loss is not that much, the plants will pearl with that diy co2 setup and he is best to leave some kind of aeration at nite so the discus dont choke on CO2 overnight since the plants CANNOT photosynthesize when lights are off.

Bob Nugget - 11 years ago

I got some nice plants from dustin and the swords he sent me are literally the best I have ever seen. they are thick, full, and freshly awesome. I love them and they are one of the highlights of my tank. thanks Dustin!- Nick

theturtleman09 - 11 years ago

how many gallons?

theturtleman09 - 11 years ago

the rocks will raise the ph alot

Sander Bauwens - 11 years ago

about 10 would be better, he is defenitly stressed out now

ProtagonistNonTheist - 11 years ago

They have no room to swim. He needs a bigger tank if you want to keep large fish such as discus.

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velvetris - 11 years ago

wht substrate u used?

exxcel19 - 11 years ago

also i think he can move the airstone behind one of the huge rocks in the back,it takes away from the fish...

exxcel19 - 11 years ago

you can put neons with discuss?i didn't know that..

TripleWX - 11 years ago

LOL "Cory Cat straight trippin'"

Brendan Kavanaugh - 11 years ago

Iwagumi eh? I loved that log with the anubias in the old tank so much it is hard to see such a different layout. I have to say I usually like a dark rock/fish approach to iwagumi but we will see how your blond version turns out. The plants will change it a ton, excited to see it in 2 months.

Saphire023 - 11 years ago

Awesome tank! What kind of rocks are those?

wonderboy2402 - 11 years ago

Just as a cleanup crew, and enough to keep each other company. Not sure if they would disturb the fish from breeding or some such though. I have about 15 bronze cory in my 55 and I have 4 pepper with fry in my 29 gallon tall. LOL.

Captain Savage Aquatics - 11 years ago

Great video!

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 11 years ago

I know his whole first album....;)

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 11 years ago

agreed, he needs at least that many more...

jarog99 - 11 years ago

forth

Alaa - 11 years ago

U woke up the hole house relax shit man!

Garbage Man - 11 years ago

Third

travis p - 11 years ago

Glad to finally see some hairgrass in a video of dustins.

fbexi1981 - 11 years ago

That tank is sweet!

LakeErieWalleye - 11 years ago

Didn't know you worked at RMS Dustin.. I go there every few months just to walk around and spend money haha. great store!

Guppy Rookie - 11 years ago

You can name this series Sundays with Steve

TheBlackLotusKing - 11 years ago

Also in my experience with discus peppering is more like an undesirable trait rather then stress marks. I've kept discus in a 200g community (6 pigeon) with a black background. From that experience and my friends thoughts on them (owns a discus breeding facility near where I live) I can definitely say its more of a dirty genetic look then a sign of stress. Your right about the vertical marks turning into specks but in the wild those vertical marks are used as camo more then anything else.

TheBlackLotusKing - 11 years ago

This is where I also think differently, I think discus are more social shoaling then an actual schooling type fish. Shoaling is more like a group that hang around with one another. Schooling fish tend to stay close together and move as one unit. Also his tank is a 75g with 8 discus a small shoal of cardinal tetras and a cory. If he removes 3 then it would be 5 discus, 5 discus would be perfectly fine as far as social wise goes.

jashelps - 11 years ago

hairgrass is really easy it grows in whatever tank/pond you put it in

bobbonecrusher - 11 years ago

iv allways loved cardinal tetras

rickyd454 - 11 years ago

discus are a schooling fish and they do best in numbers of six or more which is another reason to keep more of them. and as far as peppering goes most discus strains have these things called stress bars that flare up from time to time due to stress or other reasons. But pigeon bloods which i believe is what he has do not have any stress bars instead they get this thing called peppering. Peppering is little black dots that pop up[ on the fishses body and face caused by stress or dark backrounds.

Taylor - 11 years ago

That is straight sexy!

Jwhiser1302 - 11 years ago

Awesome sp sun D!!!

jkirk3348 - 11 years ago

Love the look of the rockscape

duffthebeast - 11 years ago

ODB MUTHA FUCKAS

akalegs - 11 years ago

Wow......what a tank!

Les Malades - 11 years ago

hes brother talks about it in the video

andy79yoda - 11 years ago

Omg love it!!! Love the rocks!!!

mecolin27 - 11 years ago

wow! i have had some of my discus to this date for a year and they are no where near that size !

backerj11 - 11 years ago

watch the video and he will tell you

Aaron Lewis - 11 years ago

What is zac youtube channel?

samueljames - 11 years ago

what are your thoughts on nano tanks?

Money - 11 years ago

tell him to move the sponge filter to the back lol?..tank looks good tho , the discus are so timid , mine is a bully hah

canuckgame - 11 years ago

did you even watch the whole vid?

Sebastian Rivero - 11 years ago

You the man bro , love this channel

River Shark - 11 years ago

I love the hardscape on this tank. One thing I learned is when using rocks in your tank use the same kind throughout. It looks more natural than having a bunch of different looking rocks scattered around. This tank is a perfect example- looking good!

TheBlackLotusKing - 11 years ago

I think differently, in my opinion a little more space for the discus to move around without bumping into each other is much more visually appealing. I have no idea what your talking about with the background but ok lol.

seandelevan - 11 years ago

Pimpin

Giovanni Urso - 11 years ago

hey dustin mind checking out my video to see my tank and comment what u think i need to work on ?

Zack Hitchens - 11 years ago

We Weren't expecting a shout out Thanks Dustin! Steve's tank is looking sweet. Can't wait to see in a month or two!

rickyd454 - 11 years ago

a fulll tank is way more vissually pleasing and i believe that tank is a 72 so 8 full grown is fine but whats not fine if this is a pb strain the black backround is going to fuck him because of the peppering the discus will get from the black backround

Brent Haglund - 11 years ago

So I've been thinking of starting a planted tank. I've been looking into dwarf sag or Java Fern as a carpet plant. From what I've read they're both very durable and easy to maintain. Any preference on either one. Btw you and thegreenmachine are both the people I've been going off of for ideas on what to do.

DJ Dr Sean - 11 years ago

That tank is going to look dope in a couple months

TheBlackLotusKing - 11 years ago

I would take out 3 discus...it just looks way too overcrowded still an awesome tank though

Jonathan .N - 11 years ago

If anything, I would recommend getting a under rate canister filter the sponge filter ruins the amazing aquascape..

Sergio Morales - 11 years ago

I love this tank,congrats Steve.

The Fish Closet - 11 years ago

blood pigeon i think, but i may be wrong.

The Fish Closet - 11 years ago

did u say how many gallons the tank is.

lairdboy - 11 years ago

Steve.. those rocks make the scape.. nice roadside find..

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Joseph Diesing - 11 years ago

wait... is the sponge filter permanent?

joe c - 11 years ago

love the tank looks good from SD California:)

9385dee7 - 11 years ago

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Koebel_7 - 11 years ago

Hey I can't get my aquarium hood to work the button is not working right. Any help?

O Canada - 11 years ago

Looks sweet, but he must be asking for algae with those high lights, dirt AND Co2, ohh well best of luck. Keep doin' whatcha doing!

travismccrayfish - 11 years ago

RMS is one of my go to LFS'. How long ago did you work there?

quietace - 11 years ago

What type of Discus are they?

wonderboy2402 - 11 years ago

Give that cory three more friends.

Tim Burchell - 11 years ago

creepy into.....

mattyb201 - 11 years ago

Awesome tank Steve, those rocks really compliment the discus colors. Good choice

turlte red - 11 years ago

can tou make a video about breeding goldfish

OneBadAssMerc - 11 years ago

hey pimp you should do a video about cyanbacteria. starting to turn into a real bitch for me.

watch057 - 11 years ago

Under 10! Nice discus!

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 11 years ago

second

She Want The D LoL plays - 11 years ago

coooooll

mattyb201 - 11 years ago

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