Malta Aquarist Society

Yes Martin, high temperatures will somehow damage aquatic plants in the medium (more than a few days) to long-term: at least they will stop growing, at most they'll die. Most plants thrive at maximum temperatures of 26-27 deg C, other hardy ones like Anubias can thrive in warmer waters. Fanning the surface will often help you manage ...

Nice shots there, I feel ashamed I never visited such a lovely place. Kindly count me in if there's ever gonna be another group visit.  P.S. Well done Ray btw

Hi Mike, can you send us an update of your planted discus tank - has been quite some time since we last talked. I assume it has matured nicely since March. P.S. Had your Cobalt Blue discus recovered from the suspected Hole-in-the-Head?

Martin, nice people like Ramon have inspired me to start and I cannot turn back now. :) I have been into the hobby for 18 months now and the planted tank challenge has given me a lot of satisfaction lately - you can change the look of your tank every now and then by moving some things around and exchanging some ...

Well done Edmund for breeding such gorgeous fish successfully....and I like your new planted discus setup. I am setting a similar sized one this week to save me from repeating some issues I've had with my discus in community but it will eventually house 4 to 5 adults only together with some algae eaters and tetras. I always read that to ...

Yes a TDS metre is fundamental I would say and costs only abot EUR16 from ebay (range 0-2999). In Zurrieq tap water is crap with all sorts of contaminants. TDS reading proofs this with a reading of 1150! DI resin alone won't solve the problem and a combination of both RO and DI is necessary to sustain healthy fish and plant growth in the ...

Hi Edmund, thanks for your reply. If I have 9 young ones it's better than 6 for the simple reason that not all of them would grow to have the right shape and size. I will only choose the best 6 for my display tank once fully grown and give away the rest. At the same time I don't want to overcrowd the current tank in a way that ...

Hi Edmund, Are you the Zabbar guy I know who started breeding Discus last year? Welcome to the forum mate! All my 6 new 5cm Discus I just purchased are now quarantined in the 50l bare bottom tank I mentioned. I am feeding them 3 times a day mainly beefheartmix, frozen bloodworms/brine shrimp and flake food and performing 25% to 33% ...

My young discus died as well :( (but she was of a stunted size and did not have a place in the display tank) The middle one is healthy and back in the display tank now. I now have another 6 young ones (5cms) which I am growing in the small bare tank. My dream is to remove all the big fish from my planted (angelfish, clown ...

Hi All, Sorry for the delay in giving an update but i was away on business travel for 10 days and only returned last Thursday. Because of the travel I could not do much (left all as is) and the discus' condition worsened to the extent that I lost my favourite one last Saturday and was very close to losing the second one :( I felt guilty ...