Spicy Reef Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 7:11 AM, Daniel said: Discus are extremely political and have a pecking order just like chickens. There is usually a dominant fish who enforces its dominance by bullying. Once you removed the first bully, it gave room for the second fish to become the bully. This is totally natural and there is no way to stop this other than to keep a large school of discus so that any bullying effects are very diffuse. It two pair up they do not try and enforce dominance over the other but instead mate and raise babies. At about 12 the discus will school nicely and bullying is not a problem. After they pair up, they will set up territories and tend to just guard the boundary areas. That's a beautiful aquarium art you have there. here's a "quick 13min no cuts video of kinda feeding time" I just rolled. lot's of junk in water column I cleaned the glass for easier viewing 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Tank plastic rim cracking fix? Thanks to a member suggestion, we'll see if it holds or if Patrick is wet behind the ears... hahaha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Our new Saltwater Goldfish: By contrast you can tell these cute little guys really care about one another... This was their introduction to the tank. They had all traveled on the road for 5 hours. The one at the bottom had a tough trip. Notice how they all stick around him. Also, off camera he immediately sunk to the sand when I put them in, two of them followed him down, they both rounded up the rest to bring them over and one of them would stay on the sand with him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 But wait, there's more. Time to spice it up a notch. MikeyMikeMike aquascaper from down under is now my mentor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Slight detour and how I've been cooking my live rock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 This is how I made a floating sphere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Will the death star sink or float? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 Rock-qua-scape Beam me up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 This simple internal filter can be used for fresh or salt water tanks 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy Reef Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 12:06 PM, Spicy Reef said: That's a beautiful aquarium art you have there. here's a "quick 13min no cuts video of kinda feeding time" I just rolled. lot's of junk in water column I cleaned the glass for easier viewing 🙂 Sad news... #2 was gaining color looking healthy, still getting shoved around but otherwise healthy looking, it was fattening up etc. one morning is saw him in the corner not moving. My suspicions were correct he passed. Upon further reading I may be dealing with an "inbred/farmed"dilemma of some sort that I can not find any documentation about... I added more plants and hiding places that solved nothing. So I still have #1 and the other two are getting along or so it seems. I think I might have to tap out on these discus. Who knew, when people are talking about it being difficult to take care of discus, who knew that it was behavior problems not water parameters or feeding. Anyone interested in rehoming (#1), or (#3 and #4) or all 3 red marlboro discus? If you take all I'ld be willing to let you have the 29gallon with 1 large sponge filter w/bubbler and 1 heater. I'll keep all the little creatures though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Sorry, no giveaways per forum guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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