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  • 23-08-2013 10:29am
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    fguinan
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    Hi all, I am upsizing my 2 year old 120 ltr community tank to a 240ltr.
    Current stock is 1 large angel, 1 red tailed back shark, 8 rummynosed tetras, 2 german blue rams and a small pleco.

    Its very stable and the only casualties ive had are neon tetras which were eaten by my angelfish!
    PH is stable at between 7.5 and 8.

    For the new tank I was thinking of adding a few discus.. and another two angel fish.

    I see a fella in leitrim has discus for sale on donedeal and discus.ie. Can anyone recommend him or am I better off going to a shop?


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    fguinan
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭fguinan


    Another question... I will be setting up the new tank in the same place as the old tank so I was going to buy a plastic tub in woodies and put about 40 ltrs of water and and filter into it along with the fish. Then I can take my time setting upthe new tank. Would the fish be better in this or individually in bags?


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    scwazrh
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    What type of filters do you have, your filter on the 120ltr probably wont be enough on a 240ltr . When your transferring the fish I would keep all the water from original tank and the gravel as this will have bacteria in it.You should ideally have your tank running for a few months before considering discus and afaik the shark wont mix well with discus


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    fguinan
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭fguinan


    scwazrh wrote: »
    What type of filters do you have, your filter on the 120ltr probably wont be enough on a 240ltr . When your transferring the fish I would keep all the water from original tank and the gravel as this will have bacteria in it.You should ideally have your tank running for a few months before considering discus and afaik the shark wont mix well with discus

    Thanks scwarzh, I have an external JBL 900 which is supposed to do upto 300ltrs. Hopefully it will be able to cope.


    I saved all the the tank water and the move didn't seem to stress the fish too much.


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    CruelCoin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    Hi,

    Discus require fairly warm water (towards 27/28celcius) which can be too warm for most other fish.

    They also need pristine water conditions (50% water change, twice weekly). They do poorly in un-perfect water.


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