How To Keep Discus Fish: Species Sunday: Steve's Thoughts on Discus

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speeddemons004 - 7 years ago

which fish are there as alternatives for discus

Inappropriate Reefer - 7 years ago

As soon as I heard, "regular water change is a must"... I'm out. LOL

Maxik - 7 years ago

Your aquarium looks beautiful but seems a bit overcrowded.

sagrath1982 - 7 years ago

talk about discus with no discus in the tank to show!? lol

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 8 years ago

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Cody Chamberlain - 8 years ago

lol if your gonna keep discus do a barebottom ... 10 secs later if keep discus get you a heavily planted tank

Zoie Clements - 7 years ago

He was referring to when they're babies to do a bare bottom. And once they get old heavily plant the tank so that the plants can consume the excess nutrients.

ItsAceDeNiro - 8 years ago

Cories wouldn't like temps of 82-84 at all though.

Freshfruitz - 8 years ago

Could I have one discus in my planted 30 gallon, I have some strange blue gourami, 7 neons, 1 fancy guppy, 2 zebra danios. I have a 55 in the storage so when it gets bigger I can add it to that possibly.

Jonas Broch - 8 years ago

No.

Chris Rego - 8 years ago

808 love

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KING MR - 9 years ago

That millennium rainbow is ridiculous!!! such a nice fish

MarsOneOnOne - 9 years ago

Whats up DUSTIN

Jamie James

Alan Sotelo - 9 years ago

Nice tank man looks better than mine. (:

Alan Sotelo - 9 years ago

Well there is a beginning for everything and discus keeping is one of them

Karl Fenech - 9 years ago

floating plants like frogbit / water lettuce work well especially for shading the tank, which suits the discus very well!

Devin Solomon - 9 years ago

What kind of pellets should they be trained on ?

xDAVMANx - 9 years ago

Way off topic, is a wave maker a no no in a planted?

Paul Willis - 9 years ago

I'm sure your offerings are excellent for the newbie, however you just sound like another blow hard. I'm not shelling out anything for something I can get for free.

Gabe M - 10 years ago

I'm an aquaponics grower, and an intermediate aquarist as well, but I've not yet stepped up to discuss. I still have things to learn before I take the plunge, and am also currently in process of 125 gallon rebuild-for discus. My question to you is- If your tank is heavily planted, and you have the proper amount of fish (not overstocked) with a good clean-up crew- why do you need to do such frequent water changes? I don't understand how that many plants per fish, and some kind of power filter (like a canister) don't adequately filter waste by themselves. Can you enlighten me please? Thanks in advance- Gabe

RoboNarples2929 - 9 years ago

You don't have to do as many water changes but still more than a normal tank

ILY fish - 10 years ago

what kinda cory is that??

Whonton ____ - 9 years ago

Yeah, I really want some of those guys but they're pretty expensive

Mike Kollin - 9 years ago

Thanks! Yeah, I have learned a lot in the last 12 months or so...

Whonton ____ - 9 years ago

+Mike Kollin probably got ur answer by now but the are sterbai cories

Mike Kollin - 9 years ago

Yeah, that's what I was wondering... It looks cool...

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Logan Moos - 10 years ago

ya i straight up just went and got one myself before i saw this and i havent have any issues with her and its been 2 weeks i usually run my tank at like 86-89 and she seems to be out in the light more often

Taylor Shulse - 10 years ago

hey i went from goldfish that i kept in a planted tank for 3 years. straight to discuss in a 125 with a 90 gal sump and i have no problems! if you want ill try and put up a vid of my beautifull babies!!!

RayMondoART - 10 years ago

wow, combination of rainbows and cardinals are magic!
i thought rainbows like alkaline and cardinals love acidic... so what is the parameter?

daness621 - 11 years ago

Does this guy have a youtube account?

stephen brown - 11 years ago

Great looking planted tank ...aquascaping is excellent. This is a 55 gallon?.....what lighting do you have?...how many watts? What about fertilization ?

flutterbuggarden - 11 years ago

What substrate is that?

CartoonsZ Channel - 11 years ago

hello i just bought 2 discus about 2 or 3 inches and they dont eat food about 3 days, i trying to feed them with "tetra proqolour" special discus food (granules) and beef heart but they ignore food my tank is 300L temperature is 31 32C no plants no gravel just a tank and they breath fast. please help

MzBlooppable - 11 years ago

beautiful tank but where are the Discus???

Marnie George - 11 years ago

GODLY - i think im ready to eat my arm for an hour with Steve before my discus arrive.....fishtanktvpros dude, im counting on you for more discus time !

FishAntsPlantsAndDave - 11 years ago

1:33 what are the longerish bright green leaves coming from behind the log? i have a few of these plants never got their name. thanks

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Shell - 11 years ago

Killer tank!

Marcus Aurelius - 11 years ago

There is some good advice here. some is out to lunch. #1 keep you discus at at least 86 ( eliminates chances of ich) I keep discus under 2" at 88-90. you can have WAAAY more discus in a 75 gallon tank than 4. it's best to keep them in groups of 6. i stock 1 fish to 2 gallons of water until they are 3". at adult size i stock 1 fish to 8 gallons. Keeping them densley stocked helps keep them active and eating well. And you CAN breed discus in a planted tank. all plants work when using Co2.

Kristiāns Izaks - 11 years ago

Steves TANK are cool !!! Like!

Charlie mjh - 11 years ago

but that tank doesn't have any discus in it :s

wjeon5000 - 11 years ago

discus dont really need plants in the wild their's barley any plants in the wild for discus

Bob Steven - 11 years ago

I don't have the tank yet so nvm

wjeon5000 - 11 years ago

yes very crowded danios are very active and u have 6

kb3gjp123 - 11 years ago

Talk about how to deworm your Discus.

alphonsedoinel - 11 years ago

Gorgeous tank. Hard to make a tank look good with that amount of plant species, but you did a great job.

Brandxisor - 11 years ago

That's an incredibly beautiful, colorful tank that rivals a lot of the reef tanks I've seen.

Elvisr29 - 12 years ago

Thanks

Bob Steven - 12 years ago

thank you :)

Bob Steven - 12 years ago

If you can respond, does this sound over crowded, a 10 gallon tank with 4 platy's a betta fish and 6 zebra danios can you please reply quick

spartan381 - 12 years ago

those are turquoise rainbow fish

Jp Dave - 12 years ago

What's the name of the thin, tall spiky plant in the background of the tank? Dave, the Aussie

Matthew Martinez - 12 years ago

Man that tank looks nice!

84Infinity - 12 years ago

Beautiful Tank!!

Utsukushii - 12 years ago

They're pretty easy to keep. I've had a few different dwarfs in my 29 with no plants. Clean water and temp at mid 70s. Feed regular tropical flake food and they should be fine. Mollies and tetras make good tankmates. Also, I noticed the Kentucky shirt. Are you guys in KY? I'd love to check out your tanks in person some time.

Lisa Foster - 12 years ago

What's the name of the blue-and-white fish in the video? Looks like some kind of rainbow.

Lisa Foster - 12 years ago

I believe that discus need a few of their own kind.

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poppinsmoke81 - 12 years ago

also i use a sand substrate will that be ok for planting

TheRossiboy - 12 years ago

Awesome vid, Steve knows his stuff

poppinsmoke81 - 12 years ago

how about sprite for discus

dope sack - 12 years ago

u need more discus videos more information on them

kev jar - 12 years ago

I have a 55 gallon with nothing in it at the momment so could I get 2 angels and 1 discus?I'll heat it at 82F

Fabulous - 12 years ago

@anthony duffy I think it's dirt

anthony duffy - 12 years ago

Isint it rotala?

anthony duffy - 12 years ago

what kind of a substrate does this tank have, is it just dirt, or is it amano dirt or what?

AlexTubed - 12 years ago

RO is a must in my experience, a small change in climate such as rain and even good tap water can go wacky as a result of the water pumping stations. They actually add ammonia and such to make in safe for humans, weird.

coleworld777 - 12 years ago

Is Steve's tank dirted ?

joetaff - 12 years ago

Go Cats

Coasterintheyard - 12 years ago

DUSTIN WHY YOU NO UPDATE GREENHOUSE?

DETAquarium - 12 years ago

Hahaha, I can tell. Tell him to get on it, did you get a chance to check out my videos?

Cody Yost - 12 years ago

Dustin, have you ever kept native fish from the states? I'm curious because iv set up my 75 gallon into a native tank lol.