jtchia
Mon Mar 16, 2009, 08:24 AM
hi there peoples!
just a bit about myself, my names john, i run a take away shop in the western suburbs in melbourne. i use to keep discus as a hobby and then tried to breed them. have bred discus before but i cannot say successfully, my two pairs of discus i purchased back in the year 2000, they were both a pigeon of some sort. they were big egg eaters, one pair just keep spawning and eating their eggs and the other pair spawned about 5 times before they got it right, the fries grew to about 5cent size and then slowly one by one they died..... i couldn't work it out back then but after reading on this forum, i reckon it was flukes that got them. not long after that, we had a power surge while i was away for the weekend and i ended up losing the parents as well. i was a bit disappointed and ended up shutting down my tanks (2x standard 3footer) at the start of this year, i went to thailand and visited some discus farms, they are amazing, ive seen some colours there that you cannot find in aus, i fell in love with them and after 9 years, i decided to start keeping discus again, when i came back, i went and brought 6 tanks and went nuts in purchasing discus, in the span of 3 months i now have 12 tanks and 28 discus. they are 13 adults 5"+ 15 sub adults 3-5"+. i also love cichlids and catfish, i am into l numbers catfish, african and american cichlids.
i always thought i was a experience fishkeeper but relised how little i knew about keeping fish haha. anyway, i hope i can learn more about these wonderful creatures and i really enjoy reading this forum, i think you guys are awesome for sharing your knowledge!
regards
john
just a bit about myself, my names john, i run a take away shop in the western suburbs in melbourne. i use to keep discus as a hobby and then tried to breed them. have bred discus before but i cannot say successfully, my two pairs of discus i purchased back in the year 2000, they were both a pigeon of some sort. they were big egg eaters, one pair just keep spawning and eating their eggs and the other pair spawned about 5 times before they got it right, the fries grew to about 5cent size and then slowly one by one they died..... i couldn't work it out back then but after reading on this forum, i reckon it was flukes that got them. not long after that, we had a power surge while i was away for the weekend and i ended up losing the parents as well. i was a bit disappointed and ended up shutting down my tanks (2x standard 3footer) at the start of this year, i went to thailand and visited some discus farms, they are amazing, ive seen some colours there that you cannot find in aus, i fell in love with them and after 9 years, i decided to start keeping discus again, when i came back, i went and brought 6 tanks and went nuts in purchasing discus, in the span of 3 months i now have 12 tanks and 28 discus. they are 13 adults 5"+ 15 sub adults 3-5"+. i also love cichlids and catfish, i am into l numbers catfish, african and american cichlids.
i always thought i was a experience fishkeeper but relised how little i knew about keeping fish haha. anyway, i hope i can learn more about these wonderful creatures and i really enjoy reading this forum, i think you guys are awesome for sharing your knowledge!
regards
john