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Originally Posted by akangelfood
Discus are beautiful and full of personality, but they are not for the inexperienced hobbyist. There was a local couple who was breeding them and I almost bought some, but they are way too delicate. They are rather stkittish fish and demand perfect water conditions. Some people like mixing them with "dither" fish, to get them used to the activity, but that is not generally recommended. Discus do best in perfect water, with lots of water changes, and in a quiet area without a lot of people passing by on a regular basis. A wonderful fish for someone with the experience, the time required, and a quiet home.
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my freshwater experiance is nil, i have 9 years of saltwater reef experiance... im not to overly concerend with tank maintance as that is something every hobbiest better grasp before setting up something.... im just not sold on discus. i stopped by the lfs in bloomington mn today right next to work and watched the discus tank for over an hr today... hoping to get inspired by them... and it didnt work. however the did have a wonderful tetra tank set up with about 25 different tetras and it was simply amazing. so im guessing that is what i will be sticking to.
im deffinetly going to be adding galaxy rasboras to the list as well as a few others as well as taking a few off so here it is.. updated
20 cardinal tetras
10 cherry barbs
15 glo lite tetras
15 head and tail light tetras
15 rummy nose tetras
11 harlequin rasboras
15 penguin tetras
7 albino corys
10 siamese alage eaters ( i like them better than the chinese)
7 zebra dainos
11diamond head neon tetras
11 x-ray pristella tetras
17 galaxy rasboras
10 bloodfin tetras
13 gold tetras
now as for plants ive kinda thought about it more and more and here is a list of plants i plan on trying to keep
anacharis
micro sword
cabomba
vallisneria
water sprite
variegated japanese dwarf rush
ozelot sword
java fern
brazillian sword
four leaf clover
these from what little reaserch i have done are some of the easier to care for plants... if im wrong please correct me