Weekly Discus Tank Maintenance

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Monstraucity - 5 years ago

Is it tough in the water bill?

Lexus Rene - 5 years ago

Can you add the prime and chemicals directly into the tank while the discus are in or should they be removed?

Krill Aquaria - 5 years ago

We added Prime directly into the tank with the discus just before adding the new tap water.

Arup Das - 6 years ago

Not weekly man you have to change the water daily 80-90 % it is very much essential for discus tank......happy fish keeping

jean claude soquite - 7 years ago

L,W,H Of your tank sir???

Willie Loh - 8 years ago

An 80% change weekly isn't going to get you robust adults. I suggest 100% every other day as a minimum.

Krill Aquaria - 7 years ago

When we do water changes, our water is connected directly to the tap.

Andrei Bloju - 7 years ago

Is the hose directly connected with the tap or with a barrel with water?

Krill Aquaria - 8 years ago

Thanks! Currently our pH sits at around 8.2.

Joe Amazon - 8 years ago

150 gallons is probably a good reason for the growth. I see your using tap water, what is your pH on of the tap?

By the way, love the tank and the big adult Discus!

Krill Aquaria - 8 years ago

You are correct. For those seeking to grow out discus, more frequent water changes are required. However, we purchased most of our discus at their adult size. Those seeking to grow discus from a juvenile size must expect to put in more frequent water changes. That being said, we have managed to grow one of our fish from a size smaller than a quarter to roughly 6” in a year on this water change schedule. Our current water change schedule is based on maintaining lower safe levels of nitrates for our group not based upon the necessity to grow out discus.

Codey Sobrino - 8 years ago

I have 2 discus in my 125 gallon and I tried adding a new discus but was bullied by the other 2 Any advice please

Joe Amazon - 8 years ago

Add in groups of 3 or more at a time to spread out aggression like Krill said. Adding one into an already Discus establish pecking order tank is always tough and possible deadly for the newbie.

Krill Aquaria - 8 years ago

+Codey Sobrino
Discus are shoaling fish, this means they tend to stay in large groups for social reasons. Additionally since discus are cichlid fish, like other cichlids they can show signs of aggression towards one another. Keeping discus in larger groups can help to spread the aggression around so no one fish is constantly harassed. It is usually recommended to keep discus in groups of 6 or more. I’m not sure how many other fish you have in your 125 gallon, but if you have the room I would recommend adding at least an additional 1 or 2 other discus. The two original discus could kill the newbie if the issue continues. Hopefully adding discus will help “spread the love around” so to speak. I wish the solution to more problems in life was to simply add more fish!

Samuel Mendonca - 8 years ago

When doing water change do you age the water and what dechlorinator product you use.

Krill Aquaria - 8 years ago

+Samuel Mendonca
We are fortunate that the parameters coming from our tap water do not require us to age or do any other pre-treatment methods. We simply add Seachem Prime as our dechlorinator into the tank before adding our tap water.