Discus Fish Basics

Discus Fish Basics

• Choosing the Correct Discus
If you are to be happy with your Discus, hopefully, for a long time, then it is important to choose the fish ‘that takes your eye', but just choosing a fish with nice colours is not everything. There are more important issues to address than merely a pretty Discus...
Read More>>

• Buying and Raising Wild Discus
Wild discus varieties include browns, greens, blues, reds and heckels. Wild forms are variable in coloration and patterning. Browns range from a plain brown to lovely shades of red, all of which can have blue striations. Greens may develop into the highly regarded spotted forms. Unspotted greens are usually a lovely golden green. The reds and blues vary in intensity and shades of coloration, striations and spotting as well, while heckels are often found with golden or blue casts to their bodies.
Read More >>

• Wasting away in Discusville
“Are there any acara disco here?” My Portuguese was atrocious. The fisherwoman, stooping over a recent catch, looked up at me. “Yes, but they don't taste so good” she replied as she offered me a black aruana. I was back in Amazonia - again.
Read More >>

• Tales from a beginner
First of all, here is/was my objective: I wanted to raise and breed discus. My goal was to get 6 discus and hope for a breeding pair (or two) to form. I would then move the pairs to 30 gallon breeding tanks and keep 2-4 discus in a show tank in my den. The show tank is a 55 gallon tank.
Read More >>