The tank is well established. I am prepared change the water once a week. Also what do you think of mail order Discus. They have much prettier ones than I have seen locally. Thank You
The narrow depth of the 55 makes it a pretty confined discus tank. The 75 gallon is a much better size to give them adequate room and allow for proper decorating too, and then you can do a group of 6, as long as you are diligent in your maintenance routine.
Discus do best and look best in groups, in the 55 gallon it’s pushing it and a pair is better. you need to establish yourself a mating pair and just ’2′ isn’t the same as ‘a pair’. . Going midway with a very small group of 3 or 4 of them tends to increase aggression issues and I don’t recommend it.
you can have up to 2 full grown discus in a 55 with out them feeling cramped. if you plan on upgrading to a larger tank down the line you can have 4 young ones easily
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I’d say 2 if you want them to be stress free, but maybe 3
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The narrow depth of the 55 makes it a pretty confined discus tank. The 75 gallon is a much better size to give them adequate room and allow for proper decorating too, and then you can do a group of 6, as long as you are diligent in your maintenance routine.
Discus do best and look best in groups, in the 55 gallon it’s pushing it and a pair is better. you need to establish yourself a mating pair and just ’2′ isn’t the same as ‘a pair’. . Going midway with a very small group of 3 or 4 of them tends to increase aggression issues and I don’t recommend it.
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I would say you could have 4 fully grown discus in a 55
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