New Discus - Pictures
 

Hello all,

Here is a picture of the new blue diamond discus that we introduced to our community tank:

http://www.fishforum.com/aquariums/p...3f0e2_full.jpg

Here he is with pigeon blood yellow cross:

http://www.fishforum.com/aquariums/p...40186_full.jpg

WOW very bright. nice fish.

Beautiful fish! Truly they are the gems of the aquarium world.

So beautiful!

They are handsome fish. Wish you the best of luck. When the ones I cared for were small,, they loved tetra color bits and freezedried spirulina based Brine shrimp. I tried to keep them with danios,rams,cardinal tetras,and juvenile Angelfish ,but they could not compete for food. I ended up placing them in 80 gal with only sterbai corydoras and trumpet snails.

How to the discus fit into the community? Any problems?

I would love to get a big discus tank, but want more in the tank than discus. Specifically on the cichlid front, I notice you have rams and kribs?


Edit: Also, bloody wonderful fish.

It depends on what they are fed and the personality of the fish. I have 3 angels, 1 krib, 2 rams, a small school of bloodfins (7), 5 otos, a cory (adding another pair of corys from my quarentine tank later today) and 3 platties.

These guys were brought up with angels so they are aggressive when it comes to feeding. They get right into the mix. :)

They eat tetra flakes, freeze dried tubifex worms, hikari pellets and live blood worms.

They are currently in a 55 gallon community but when the angels and discus get a bit bigger I will move them to a larger home.

Those fish have to be the most popular of all fresh water fish....
I personally wanted to make my 120 gallon a Discus tank......
but after seeing the Mbuna's behavior my wife and I stayed
with these guys.... If I can get a 150 gallon tank I think I will
have Discus.... I have to have them at least once in my
life time.

You have a some wonderful looking fish.....
Did you get him Mail order?
or a local Fish Store?

Thanks
Ron

My LFS is also a discus breeder and has some amazing discus.

Very pretty fish.