Stendker Discus coming in at Discus Hans USA, PERFECT.
Discus 10 years ago 113,976 views
This movie covers about 12 hours total, from 2pm till 2am Putting the Discus in the tanks: This is called "the drop & plop" way, our water is very close to the quality of water they come from. Many moons ago we did the "drip" method. The Discus are too long in the dirty shipping water, we always lost more Discus as we wanted. The way we do it now has NO LOST AT ALL so we must do something right lol lol On temp. difference: Temp is very close bags to tanks. In winter time I bring the temp in the rack down with cold water a few degrees and slowly let it heat up again.
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I swear, next time I’m on the east coast I’m so hitting you up on the way back home!! LOL would love to see this place in Person.
And the Dark Angel? With the blow face. Beautiful!
You don't get tired?
I mean physically.
Hahaha!
10. comment for Stendker Discus coming in at Discus Hans USA, PERFECT.
Moving-on... Ever since learning about Discus, I've been intrigued & tempted to try caring for one... But many of the tank-condition factors & the initial-price are intimidating. Now that "Malika" is gone, and the two black-marbled angels I bought as replacement--her and two others we lost to hexamita--got bullied immediately by the larger "mating-mature" two of the three remaining... forcing me to place them in with my mature Blood-Parrots instead (They don't mind them!)... I've been thinking: Maybe getting just one to would be the way to go, since my friend is so heart-broken over losing "Malika" (Her own specially-chosen fish of the bunch) and she too is interested in keeping Discus.
The intended home is as follows:
40-gal. "Breeder" tank w/the rear & both side walls having full-length bubble-curtains
An API XP2 & XP3 in-series, arranged & filled as-follows:
1st-stage (XP2): 30-ppi sponge over 20-ppi, with two additional even-coarser stages of sponge, special net-bought bio-media, a layer of floss.
2nd-stage (XP3): Activated carbon, Zeolyte crystals, phosphate absorber & two more stages of floss (increasing in fineness).
It's Community:
A (approx.) 10" Iridescent Shark
Three (3) Angelfish, ranging in 2"-3" size (Body only)
A juvenile Blood-Parrot
A 3"-length Silver Dollar
Seven (7) Neon Tetras, ranging from "Juvie" to "Jumbo"
Water temp: 80-82*F.
I get my water tested weekly, just before maintenance (Weekly 50% of water w/vacuum-cleaning of gravel, and change of floss + fresh water-treatment chemicals. Hoses cleaned bi-weekly, as necessary. Canisters fully-serviced monthly.) and the only dubious thing they find is are high Nitrate levels. I've heard that certain Nitrates & plentiful food-supply can encourage growth, so...
I also moderately feed Hikari Mini-Pellets for Cichlids (For the shark) and Omega-One flakes (For the others) once daily.
So... Does this sound like even close to ideal for Discus? Is there anything I missed? Please respond, because I'd hate to drop good money for even the least expensive one of these beauties to only have it die shortly after.
Thanks.
Did you get the discus?
This list is from:
http://diskuszucht-stendker.de/en/Haendler/Haendler_Ausland/
Great Britain
Maidenhead Aquaticsall over the UK and Irelandwww.fishkeeper.co.uk Dorset Discus @ Pets Direct & Aquatics Bridport0044-1308420747 Complete Aquarium Service Ltd. CF118TQ Cardiff0044-2920710792 Devotedly Discus Mark EvendenEast Sussex BN 26 6 AJ0044-1323 483689 WRG Discus Bob GraingerEdingburth EH12 7SW0044-1313348959 Coral Reef AquariumG51 1lb Glasgow0044-414297112 Independent Aquatic Imports Ltd.SL3 0AX Colnbrook0044 1753 687050
Thank You Hans!
your discus shipment from singapore? or where?
20. comment for Stendker Discus coming in at Discus Hans USA, PERFECT.
edit: just read description >.< I love your discus cant wait to buy some one day
I mainly want to know in order to have a sort of benchmark hardiness for what is considered quality discus compared to lesser discus (like what mine appear to be).
I dont think my Vietnam discus (where the importer i got em from says they come from) would survive that kind of drop in.
I made a thread on simplydiscus detailing my experiences if you would care to take a look. Success or fail with my current 4 remaining discus, I will probably give your discus a try the next time around once I clear the growout tank out.
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?115915-Novice-discus-keeper-with-a-few-bad-experiences
What size tanks do you use? Pairs? Grow out Tanks? future pairing tank? or is it all your tanks the same size?
And where can I buy those great sponges from? AUS or can i get them here in the states?
Thanks in advance, SWWWWeeeTTTT videos and Discus!!!
30. comment for Stendker Discus coming in at Discus Hans USA, PERFECT.
Die Temperatur wurde schon vor Ankunft der Tiere in den Aquarien heruntergefahren und so optimal auf die Fische vorbereitet. Da unsere Wasserparameter Discus Hans bekannt sind, wurden auch die Wasserwerte schon im Vorfeld angeglichen. Daher brauchte weder ein Temperaturangleich, noch ein Wasserangleich gemacht werden.
Obsidian, it's called "the dop & plop" way, our water is very close to the quality of water they come from. Many moons ago we did the "drip" method. The Discus are too long in the dirty shipping water, we always lost more Discus as we wanted. The way we do it now has NO LOST AT ALL so we must do something right lol lol
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