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Try Pier Aquatics in Wigan first, I think they are you best bet.

Also try Premier Aquatics in Runcorn. And Finest Aquatics in Widnes. Good luck.

Hyphessobrycon Margitae

Hyphessobrycon Margitae. Stunning. Close the thread.:cool:;)

A high protein diet and as varied as possible. Any live food such as live white worms, brine shrimp etc will help. With Discus it is best to try them on as many different foods as possible. Have a look at TA Aquaculture website, look at the dry foods available. Spirulina flake, earthworm flake...

This is my latest pair with fry in their 200 litre breeding tank.

Hi Mell, for me it is a 'no brainer'. Move the pair to the new tank. All the behavioural characteristics you have listed screams out that they want their own space, so let them have it. I've had 4 pairs of Wild Discus trying to spawn in a 400 litre tank, each pair protecting their own space...

Personally I would not use the API test kit for measuring anything at all. The results are inconsistent to say the least. If you are adding Kalkwasser, (not Karwasser) there is no way you GH and KH could be as low as the readings are giving you.

For some reason I think he means Kalkwasser, which is usually dropped into Marine Tanks to boost the calcium levels and keep the hardness up. Although why anybody would add Kalkwasser to a fresh water aquarium I'll never know.

Flubendazole is an alternative option to Praziquantel

Do you filter your water through a HMA (Heavy metal axe) filter

Yes could be the Fluke Solve, which clearly is not working. If I were you I would start doing 50% water changes for the next five days to remove all trace of the meds you have been using, this should also reduce your TDS by at least half. What is the TDS reading of your tap water?

Contact Mark Neil at Discus Studio Scotland. He stocks all the latest scientific medications from Manaus Aquarium Products Ltd in Germany. The latest of these is a product called Excosal. A general application for undiagnosed or unspecified fish ailments. I know people who have used to excellent...

A very wise choice, one that you won't regret.

Not a match made in heaven those two. The blue one looks like Blue Diamond and is paired with a Marlboro Red or Red Cover of some kind. If it were me I would separate them and not let them breed. The fry if they survived are not likely to be good specimens. Forget any thought on breeding...

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This is the link for the British & International Discus Keepers Association B.I.D.K.A on Facebook. You are welcome. https://m.facebook.com/groups/282706469124539?ref=bookmarks&_rdr

How old are these Discus and what type are they? If you have a compatible breeding pair, all they need are the right conditions regardless of what tank they are in, so good water and good food. A 46 litre tank is way too small to set up as a breeding tank. You need something like a 20 inch cube...

Hi all, As I have been keeping both domestic tank bred discus and wild discus fish for over thirty years I have probably gone throught the complete range of medicines available from a fair few countries to be honest, including all those previously mentioned in the above thread posts. I have...

Hey Lindy, Thanks for the tip, I will check these out in the morning. For information here are the breakdown of costs if I was to go for them from Germany. 6x Curipera Alenquer Red 13-15cm 259 EUR each = 1554 EUR 6x Tefe Green & Red Spotted 13-14cm 149 EUR each = 894 EUR Fish total: 2448 EUR...

Cheers Alto, I was thinking along the same lines in number of fish, but I will certainly take on all your other points on board. I am already weighing up the cost of driving over there to pick up the fish myself. I will ask him all those questions when he emails me back with the pictures...

I know! That's why I am so keen to get my hands on them. Suitably Stunned Steve:)

Hi All, Has anyone heard of a company called AAA - Exotics - Live Tropical Imports based in Germany? I found their website while doing some research into Wild Discus on the internet. The link is below. http://www.amazon-exotic-import.de http://www.amazon-exotic-import.de/Imports.html I saw...

Hi roadmaster, No I have had them for a month or two. They have been raised on a diet of almost exclusively beef heart as most breeders tend to do. At the moment I have got them on flake food and Tetra Prima pellets soaked in Seachem Garlic Guard, but that's all they seem to want to eat at the...

Hi flygia, Never say never I say, and I leave no stone unturned in the quest for knowledge, especially where discus are concerned. I watched the whole video and made notes on the method and the ingredients. It was strange how Carl Weiss appears to be being interviewed, and every now and then...

Oh I do love UKAPS, well done Martin you are a star mate, thanks very much for finding this for me, spot on! Steve

Hi Flygia I know the feeling, I have tried several commercial ready made brands and had the same problem. Now that Martin has done the business and found the video I was looking for I am going to watch that for the next hour and see where I go from there. Cheers, Steve

Hi Guys, I know there are loads of videos on YouTube on how to make your own discus food using beef heart and so on...but a while ago I saw one on the UKAPS site to a video made by some old foreign guy sat in his garden talking for ages, he might have been a doctor or scientist or something. But...

Hi I am very interested in this fish, banana, green peas, carrots and spinach food you are using. It seems to have done a great job in making your discus better. Can you tell us how you make this food, what type of fish are you using, are you cooking it all, blending it and freezing it or what...

Sorry mate, I was just browsing the forums and wasn't paying much attention to the dates, lesson learnt - note to self, don't be browsing at midnight when you are knackered! What did you finish up using in the end or have I missed that as well. Cheers Steve

That's a horrible looking parasitic worm you have got there. Have you been feeding lots of live foods, it's possibly got in there with the live food especially if it is worms of any kind. Not properly treated they will kill the fish sooner or later. If it is only one or two fish you might be...

Leeches yuugh! I hate them. I want a radio active multi directional nuclear powered armour penetrating laser gun to zap them with! I am looking on eBay now to see if I can find one:) Steve.

Well I had a day off work today so on an impulse I drove to Clitheroe near Burnley to pay a visit to Steve Punchard's Discus shop at Aquascope. Things are a bit hectic as he is in the process of moving stock to another shop. That said he made plenty of time for me and allowed me to wander around...

Thanks guys I will check out the BCA Website and see what is going on. I agree from my own previous experience with discus that the larger ones are easier to keep and usually feed better. Steve

Hi I have seen the discus at Just Discus website and they look pretty good. The only downside is I have seen other people selling offspring from Just Discus and they don't look half as good but they still call them Just Discus or (Jim's Discus)

Hi where do people on here mostly buy their discus from? There are so many places to choose from, Chens', Devotedly Discus? Steve Punchard's, Stendker? I have seen young discus on Ebay but not happy with the quality. Steve

Thanks. Hith, Hole in the head disease yuk!

Hi I just saw another part of this post / thread and I think someone has also answered the question, peepering means peppering. But what causes it exactly. Is it stress? Cheers, Steve

Hi there, I enjoyed this article. I have kept discus previously over about fifteen years but it is always good to refresh your knowledge. Can I ask on question? What is 'peepering' and what do you mean by it. I am guessing you might mean 'peppering' but I am not sure. Thanks, Steve

I have got 14 Ember Tetras which you can have for £1.00 each. They shoal beautifully and are a contrast to the green plants. Check out Google Images for Ember Tetras. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... LNfyPNQEQk http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... tPgmQ1_QJg Steve

Good news!! I thought it would not be long. Let's hope they are loved as much as we love them :)

Re: Home for Discus fish needed Hi sorry to hear that your new job is interfering with your love of discus. I have been in your situation many times over the years so I understand how you are feeling. :( I am guessing these are for collection only? Any chance of some pictures, I might be...

I have kept two Cory Sterbai in my tank with CO2 running for the last two years and I fed frozen blood worm maybe twice a week and never had a problem. But like others have suggested I am inclined that they either ate the blood worm while it was still frozen or just ate too much and became...

Mark, I have just picked up on this thread. I am not a fan of a fish less cycle or starting any tank off without adding plants, and I would never go down the ammonia dosing route I think this is totally unnecessary, BUT that is just my opinion, which is the point I am going to make here. When...

Sounds to me like you are good to go also. A friend of mine used to add fry from either Black mollies or guppies right from the start and had no problem at all. These were fed minimally. The filter needs some waste to feed the bacteria - Nitrobacters or Nitrosomas one is aerobic and the other...

Ruby Tetras do it for me!!

Hi, What have you been feeding the adults on to get them to spawn? :sick: Also how many adults have you got in the tank.

Amy, do yourself a favour, buy two Dwarf Puffer fish. Problem solved. When I read the topic heading I thought you had a Snail that was eating your fish :lol: :lol:

I dunno either, its just something about their grace and demeanour, when they get to know you its brilliant. Mine used to take flake food from my hand when feeding them. Also when other people walked up to the tank they would move away from the front of the glass. But some how when I walked into...

:D Aaah that was very good of you to post a picture especially for me. WOW :shock: That's a big tank, perfect for discus to shoal up and down in. I notice that the Cardinals to the right are in a pretty tight shoal. I guess they probably shoal around the discus. I agree, Discus are king of the...

Slackey, Thanks very much. Here is yet another great site that I did not know about and thanks to your post I shall probably be attending the UK Discus show in Bristol in November 2008. I also enjoyed reading the interesting article about the use of Potassium Permanamate as an anti bacterial...

Cheers for the info. I have had a look and am still looking. Should keep me busy for a while :D Regards, Steve.

Hi, I put my house up for sale over a year ago and thinking it was going to sell very quickly I got rid of all my discus and just kept a basic planted tank. I am really missing my discus fish but I have promised her that must be obeyed that I would not buy any more until we moved house. Fat...

5 or 6 Threadfin rainbows Personally I don't think that the Threadfin Rainbows will go with the selection of other fish that you have got. I have kept them before and they were a bit finicky and got bullied slightly by the others. Just a thought :cry:

I have heard that Ember Tetras are a great shoaling fish and look more natural than say Cardinals. I read somewhere that if you want your smaller fish to really shoal you need to add a trigger or target fish. Something fairly big which keeps the tetras in a tight shoal. Has anyone got any...