Keeping Discus Fish & Breeding Discus Fish

The last few years have seen more and more being written about keeping discus fish than most other fish species. Anyone who is thinking about keeping discus fish in their home aquarium should of course get all the information they need before actually buying any of them. They are thought of as royal fish, they are native to the warm and calm Amazon waters that charm through their behavior. Keeping discus fish does require a bit of knowledge on their background, about what to offer to make such pets happy and also what to expect from them. Discus fish are considered fish of changing habits that manifest personality.

Cara Mudah Merawat Diskus (Discus)

Memelihara diskus ? diskus kan sulit perawatannya !. Banyak para pencinta ikan hias terutama yang ingin mulai memelihara jenis ikan ini mengatakan hal demikian. Padahal tidak sulit dalam memeliharanya, pemeliharaan ikan ini sama halnya dengan memelihara ikan hias pada umumnya. Tidak membutuhkan keahlian khusus dan perawatannya terbilang mudah. Yang perlu kita ketahui adalah bagaimana dan dalam kondisi bagaimana diskus itu bisa hidup dan apa saja yang perlu kita ketahui untuk memulai memelihara ikan ini.

Budidaya Ikan Discus

Habitat asli diskus (Symphysodon discus) adalah Rio Negro dan perairan tenang Sungai Amazon. Sifatnya omnivora. Gerakannya sangat halus. Ikan ini pun terkenal sebagai "King of Aquarium". Disebut diskus karena bentuk tubuhnya bulat seperti cakram.

10 Tips Memilih Ikan Discus

Discus sebagai rajanya ikan air tawar menarik banyak akuaris maupun orang awam untuk memeliharanya. Selain bentuk, warna, dan coraknya yang menarik, harganya yang mahalpun menjadi salah satu daya tarik untuk memeliharanya. Namun memelihara terutama untuk memilih calon bibit yang baik tidak semudah membalikkan telapak tangan.

Untuk mendapatkan discus yang baik tentulah harus mendapatkan bibit yang baik. Oleh karena itu seorang hobies terutama pemula harus jeli dalam memilih ikan. Kesulitan terbesar yang dihadapi oleh pemula adalah kurangnya pengetahuan mengenai kualitas discus yang baik. Banyaknya jenis discus, terutama nama-nama yang berlainan untuk satu jenis discus ikut membuat pemula ini semakin bingung.

24 Aquarium Photography Tips for Taking Better Fish Photos

 I've taken thousands of fish photos with my digital cameras over the years. Here's a few aquarium photography tips that I've learned along the way that will hopefully help you take better photos of your fish and aquariums.

Getting Discus Pairs to Spawn Again

Discus are considered to be the “King” of all tropical fish. Breeding discus can be very challenging, even for the most advanced tropical fish hobbyist. It requires lots of patience to be successful. Here are a few tips we’ve learned that might help you get your discus pairs to spawn again if they’ve stopped breeding for you.

Discus Fish Tank Mates

What other types of tropical fish can be successfully kept with discus?

Cardinal tetras are probably the best companion fish for your discus aquarium. First of all, a group of cardinal tetras are simply beautiful tropical fish. They are fun to watch. Cardinal tetras are also very suitable with the warm, acidic water that discus like. Finally, cardinal tetras are dither fish. Dither fish can have a strong calming effect on more timid, larger fish like discus. The small dither fish swim back and forth in the aquarium, out in the open. The discus notice that these small fish seem secure in their environment. That gives them a signal that everything is safe in their enclosed environment and allows them to come out into the open without any fear. If you ever have shy, skittish discus that always seem to hide, you might want to add a school of cardinal tetras to your aquarium.

Tips on Increasing Discus Spawn Yields

One of our discus fish pairs guarding over 400 wrigglers.
Keep the spawning surfaces clean to increase your chances of larger hatching spawns.

If you are not getting many discus fry from your discus breeding pair spawns, then try some of these tips below to hopefully help maximize your discus spawn yields.

Tropical Fish Food For Your Discus Fish

1. Frozen Blood Worms
2. TETRA COLOR BITS (Presoak bits in water for a few minutes before feeding)
3. Frozen or Live Adult Brine Shrimp(artemia)
4. Mosquito Larvae
5. Daphnia (great for small fish fry)
6. White Worms
7. Mysis Shrimp
8. Chopped up Red Worms
9. Live Black Worms
10. Omega One Cichlid Flakes 5.3oz