Malta Aquarist Society

 My 1.5mt discus tank started taking shape at last. Thanks to my daughter Sabrina, we managed to fill it up, do the fertilizer, do the gravel and started the filter etc etc.

 

martin

 

 

That's nice Martin and well done also to Sabrina. Now you need a nice piece of bogwood to compliment with the backround.

 hey guys I have a problem my friend had 4 amsll discus that he gave me,but thing is that he only feed tham blood worms every day so they only eat tham.how can I get tham to eat normal food or is it too late ?

You should continue feeding blood worms and introduce other foods like Discus granules etc...

 thanks jtheuma il try it thanks

 

 Try to leave them hungry for a day or two before you introduce new food.

 

martin

 thanks martin for the help.This are my good discus that I'll do hours looking at tham.What do you think guys?

 

 Very nice discus indeed. Keep the water changes coming. Do you have only 2 in the tank ?? You should start thinking of breeding them now.

 

martin

 Yes they were nice but this mornig I found tham dead tru the night the power went down and come strong and the heater's termostat went crazy and the temprecur from 29 whem 37 and they were cooked alive.It was hard for me such nice fish, but thats live.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Haqqqqqqqqqqqqqq..... why the hell did you leave the heater on during the summer ??????????????????????

 

martin

Well strictly speaking you can leave the heaters on they just don't switch on of course , this accident could have easily happened in winter when the heaters are on. In these cases there's nothing much one can do ...

 HI there i am sorry you lost all your discus due to electricty failure and fluctuations. I must admit i never thought that it could effect the  theromstat of a heater. Well i leave my heaters on in the discus tanks, and even though the temperature is high, with this fresh weather we had sometime it is on. As regards to the discus, i will give you a couple of small ones in the future. They are locally bred and as such should be quite strong. So that way you can start over again. Do not give up

 Frank

 

 Talking of persuasion.........I admire someone who although tried for several months, maybe years, to have some discus fry and never succeeded, but at the end, his persuasion and commitment rewarded him by an unforgettable scene of young discus fry eating from their mother's body. I know, as I have witnessed that scene myself....... Never give up.

 

martin