The Discus fish is a South American Cichlid that belong to the genus Symphysodon, which currently includes three species: The common Discus fish (Symphysodon aequifasciatus), the Heckel Discus fish (Symphysodon discus) and a new species of Discus fish which has been named Symphysodon tarzoo. The Discus fish was first introduced in the 1920s and is now regarded as one of the most beautiful of all aquarium fish. While they are colorful and attractive, they are quite difficult to care for; nevertheless, their popularity continues to rise.
As the name implies, Discus fish have the typical disc-shaped body with full dorsal and anal fins reaching to the tail. The body of an adult Discus fish can reach about 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Originally, due to the environmental diversity of the vast Amazon River basin separate populations developed differential in color and markings. Discus fish breeders have greatly expanded upon this and developed new variations through selective breeding, with the colors and patterns of the Discus fish varying according to the type of species bred, habitat and diet.
Discus fish are widely found in calm parts of small, blackwater rivers, lakes and deep pools throughout the Amazon River basin. The water is usually very clean with little or no pollutants, acidic (6.0-6.5 pH), very soft (0-3 dH) and warm with a temperature of around 77-84°F (25-29°C). They are usually found in small groups around submerged decaying trees, vegetation and aquatic grasses. Discus fish are wild-caught in the Amazon River basin at night by using a strong light to mesmerize the fish, the area is then encircled with netting and slowly drawn closer, with all obstructions such as wood being removed. Some species of Discus fish are now considered endangered in some areas of the Amazon River basin.
For more information visit this Discus fish guide.
http://cichlidbreeding.net/cichlid-breeding/discus-fish/
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Frage von : What will be the size of my Discus fish ?
I hav a tank of dimensions 36x12x15 inches (length x width x height)….and i have 10 discus fish . I feed them with live blood worms or beef twice daily… What will be the max size i will get???
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Answer by Sharpi
10 inches from top to bottom and about 8 inches from front to back. They are the size of a large dinner plate. You are going to need to get at least a 200 – 300 gallon tank or they will all start to die.
Just a heads up. To give you an idea. Heres 13 discus in a 1600 gallon tank. http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u312/plantbrain/resized1600galfeb20.jpg
You can fit maybe two discus in that tank. But they need to be in groups of at least 5.
I would either invest in a much much larger tank orw two much larger tanks.
They are going to get huge. Especially with how you are feeding them. Other than the tank everything looks great
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Frage von Eamon : What is the rarest most expensive Discus Fish ? Please provide link where I can purchase?
and any additional information. thanks!
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Answer by ϟϟFish Manϟϟ
Chameleon Discus
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Frage von : Putting bamboos in a discus fish tank?
Hello! I have put a single bamboo in my discus tank so that it can use the nitrate as the fertilizer while its leaves are out of the water ,but the roots reaches to the bottom of the tank. Would you guide me what the right way is to do?
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Answer by K. Plesner
Sounds like you already did it in the correct way.
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Frage von fanfanreptiluv0800 : How easy to look after is a tank of catfish, discus fish or cichlid fish?
I am not allowed to have tropical freshwater or marine and I was wondering if my only other option was coldwater
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Answer by Dave and Rebel G
All 3 of thee types of fish will require warm waters. If you can not have a tropical tank none of these will work.
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Frage von : Canister filter for a discus fish aquarium?
Hello! my tank dimention is: 1meter length/35cm width/49cm height. Would you tell me how much the power of the filter should be? Because I don’t want the filter absorb all the food at once while the discus fish need the water stable (as far as I know).Thank you!
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Answer by !There is no cure for Ignorance!
That tank is not big enough for discus that is around a 20 gallon tank you should be looking at 55 gallons plus for discus and I recommend Fluval filters
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Frage von : My discus fish are laying on their side on the bottom of tank all day?
Is this normal behaviour? Only got them Friday evening but they seemed to be settling in ok yesterday they were swimming about upright. Then today they haven’t really moved, just laying on their side.
Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated.
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Answer by Ross Harvey
I hate fish.
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Frage von JaiKUBER : I got myself 3 numbers of 5″ size red Discus fish .. Please feel free to suggest me all tips on Discus Care
Its a 70 gallon planted tank, running on a fluval 5 external filter, water temp is stable at 30 degree C through submerged heater… tankmates includes 6 red eye Tetra and 2 clown loaches..
PS: I have about 6 years experience in fishkeeping, but this is my first discus tank.
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Answer by nosoop4u246
Make sure you have plenty of live and frozen food, and most importantly, be sure your fish have been/will be dewormed. Internal parasites can be a huge problem with Discus, so consider starting them off with some medicated food. After that, just keep up their feedings with high protein foods like frozen or live worms and brine shrimp. They may not eat the frozen food at first, but I have found that using a turkey baster to squirt the food toward them helps immensely. Also, soaking their food in garlic juice (crushed garlic) has proven to be mildly attractive to them. You probably don’t need to keep the temperature that high, but nothing bad will come of it. As a final note, be prepared to give up the Clowns as they grow– 2 14″+ fish don’t do well with Discus, especially if the Clowns are active. You may want to get some more Red Eye Tetras, as they usually don’t school well if they have small numbers in a large tank.
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Frage von ryan s : How do you get rid of fin rot on discus fish and will the medication kill my live plants i dont have a?
separate tank.
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Answer by nosoop4u246
Luckily, fin rot is very easy to cure; unfortunately, the medications aren’t so easy on plants. Diseases are opportunistic and will only be effective in infecting stressed or weak fish. For Discus, the most likely cause of stress is poor water quality or rowdy tankmates, so I’d remedy that first– your maintenance routine is probably a bit lax for Discus (even with live plants), so you should probably increase the frequency of water changes a bit; also, remove any hyper, aggressive, or boisterous fish.
As far as medicating, after the water change, remove the activated carbon from the filter (if you have any) and begin treatment with tetracycline (Maracyn TC, Fish Cycline), Triple Sulfa, Trisulfa, erythromycin (Maracyn) + minocycline (Maracyn 2), nitrofurazone (Furan 2), or any similar gram negative effective medications. Do NOT use Melafix or Pimafix– these may be effective preventatives, but they are far from effective at curing full blown infections. Try to remove any plants you have from the tank before treatment, or even get a 5 gallon bucket with a heater and filter for the sick fish. While Maracyn and Maracyn 2 claim to be plant-safe, this is not true in many cases.
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Frage von : Hi, I was wondering what type of plants can i have in a Discus(fish), and tetra aquarium.?
I want to create a Bio type (natural), aquarium for the fish.
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Answer by Gary C
For a biotope aquarium, you want plants native to the Amazon Basin.
Amazon Sword plants come to mind as one example.
I wouldn’t use Java Fern or Java Moss, since (obviously) they are Asian, not South American.
Really, what kind of plants you can have is determined primarily by the amount of light in your tank. Discus won’t eat plants, and seldom even dig them up (unlike most other cichlids). Most tetras won’t bother plants, either.
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Frage von : How long does it take discus fish ‘s fins to gow back its like bitten off?
I needa knowhow long so i can worry.
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Answer by TheExoticFish.com
Depends on the extent of the injury. If it caused too much of an injury it may not grow back normally. You can add Melafix to your tank and keep the water spotless and it will help it heal/grow faster.
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