r/discus

First time posting here - please remove if not allowed.

I’ve been in the hobby for a while, but just got into Discus about six months ago. I purchased a group of 6 fish from a local breeder, and two of them have appeared to be paired up for the last couple months. I returned from a weekend trip on Monday, and to my surprise… eggs!

This is a heavily planted 75 gallon community tank with 6 discus, 2 blue rams, a couple random tetras, and several corydoras. I use RO water kept at about 84 with consistent good params.

I’m not sure which day they were laid, or which one is the mom vs dad, but from what I’ve read they could be viable.

I guess I’m just looking for input from someone with experience.

Do they look viable?

Should I do anything? or just accept that they likely won’t survive.

And just generally any advice or words of wisdom on what to expect?

Thanks for reading!

How do i control this? Idk where I went wrong 😭 im currently quarantining tetras and rainbowfish so i can’t get sterbai without restarting the full quarantine. I’ve added a 2nd filter for bottom flow, i added seachem phosguard and Api phos/silicate remover and vacuum the top layer constantly. My parameters are good so idk what’s going in 😭

So I noticed my normally bright blue discus has been getting increasingly darker so I’ve been keeping an eye on it… then tonight I finally spotted it - EGGS. I’m assuming the discus is stressed bc it’s been protecting this area… I don’t know I’ve never bred Discus - aren’t the eggs supposed to be orange? I don’t have high hopes that they’ll survive bc this is a 210 community tank. Any help would be appreciated…

This is Wendy, her partner Doug recently passed 😔
I’m now debating on how many new discus I should get so she doesn’t get depressed. The tank is 65 gallons. There are 3 cory cats and one ram in the tank as well. I’d say she is about 4”. After a lot of deliberation I was thinking about getting a pack of five randoms, 3-3.5” from Myrtle Beach Discus. I feel like if they all make it 6 discus would be pushing it in this size tank. But also I have bigger aquariums I could upgrade them too. What do yall think??

Edit: my other option is to get just one and hope they get along.. does anyone have experience introducing one on one??

Can’t wait for these guys to color up and finish their quarantine. Beautiful quality from golden state as always and finished off my school with more heckle wild crosses.

Hello! I obtained 5 discus seven days ago. All but one is doing well, the yellow one. He seems interested to where he’ll sometimes go up to the flakes floating at the top. Sometimes I’ve seen him peck at the sand on the bottom but I’ve never seen him actually eat. I’ve ordered pellets but he’s not interested in that either. I have frozen bloodworms but haven’t fed them it since I heard it can carry parasites. I’m looking for any advice or anyone in the Denver Colorado area that would be willing to take him for free. I would hate for him to die on me. Tomorrow I’ll go to the LFS to find other foods, if anyone has suggestions. Also, I’ve read people buying salmon, cutting a cube and sinking it to the bottom with a fork? I thought of maybe trying that since I’ve seen him peck at the bottom. Attached are some photos for your pleasure for reading this. Also my tank is 75 gallons. It’s 4 months old. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrates, less than 5 nitrates. I use liquid master kit. Thanks!

Haven’t posted in a while. After being out of the country for 3 months, I finally came back and decided I wanted to do something to the layout. It’s not finished yet, still missing some plants here and there but it’s going my way. Also, 2 days ago got a new guy, I felt like the tank needed some yellow color so there it is, dude is out and about already, like it’s been in the tank since day 1

Discus Tank

Hey can anyone let me know what type of discus I have.

This is a community tank (mostly discus). I was surprised to see eggs on the glass, this morning.

How do you guys keep your sand clean?? Idk what happened in the last few days that I’m constantly having to vaccum the sand… i know a normal amount is expected, but it comes back practically overnight and and makes it look like I went months without cleaning. I tried to do a 50% water change but it didnt work.

I posted a while ago showing off my discus laying eggs in my community tank, and since then I went pretty deep down the rabbit hole moving them to a breeding setup.
This was their 6 attempt and finally see my fries free swimming!
It was a truely steep learning curve even up to this stage and I ran into new issues each try.

This batch is fairly small since the pair is still young. My tap was was too hard(tds 380) so I used ro water to set tds at 50 and temperature of 29.5 degrees. Water changes daily.

One more thing that’s clear to me is that fry at free swimming phase love to wonder off, so it’s no wonder they went completely missing in the community tank.