Discus

all good. I get REALLY excited when discussing discus, wanting to learn as much as possible so i always ask loads of questions

 

Pic update

the 'byrds' as they have become known as in the office heading towards food.

Total of 15 fish : 5 leopards, 6 snakeskins, 1 cobalt and 3 pseudo-browns

More pics to follow

 

I must say they look dam good

 

Thanks @salim

Here is a photo of one of the leopards. It seems as though the red striations are now breaking up to form rings.

 

Andrew, they are BEEEutiful.... the leopard is changing his spots then? he he he!

 

Come now Andrew no need to be modest that is a A grade fish and yes mate those ring are looking perfect I think you and I need to have a serious chat before I leave to Nam, about relieving you of 2 or 3 of those leopards and sparing you the disgust of having to look at them all day.

 

@jpvd007 you must check the male Marius has loaned me for a while......

 

I'll be come round 2mr to see said fish thank you very much.

 

cool, just leave all nets and buckets at home please:blink1:

 

Nothing Nicer than a school of beautiful discus .. well done

 

I will do so but I distinctly remember seeing bagies, elastic bands and a oxygen canister at you premises.

 

tut tut Jason.....that could be misconstrued as 'non-sponsor' advertising.......:blink1:

 

HaHaHaHa don't worry I will bring some beer along to make negotiations a lot smoother and we can talk about giving me a warning for the punt.

 

If the punt was intended, the beers are on me then......

 

Wow Andrew! Your Discus are absolutley Stunning! :fisheye:

 

Thanks Candice

Its been 6 months of dedication and personal sacrifice to get them to where they are. They landed from Malaysia at the beginning of March as 4.5-5cm juvies and I just hooked out the dominant one to measure him and he already has a SL of 14cm. Hopefully I will still get some additional growth out of him as he is only 8-9months old at the moment.

Andrew

 

here is one of the slightly smaller leopards

 

Spotted snakeskin

 

Cobalt

 

Ok, thought I would show what filtration I am using on this grow out tank. Its a custom trickle filter which has various filtration media which I have accumulated over the years. Bottom layer is approx 16litres alfa-grog, 22litres of Siporex ( not ceramic rings ), 2litres of @Seachem pond matrix and 5 litres of zeolite. I know its a bit of an overkill, but the stuff has been lying around so I thought I may as well use it all. And at least this way, I have plenty of media seeded with bacteria should i need to whip a bag out and set up a new tank quickly.