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My advice to anyone wishing to breed discus for some part time hobby and business is this - DEDICATION! You must stay with them and monitor and clean constantly, and you will have success - though maybe no money! There are so many things that can happen, and like Mr. Murphy said - they will! The last thing to do is panic! I found this site last June I believe, and have found tremendous insight and information here and at DAAH. (Of course - I supply that info!) I do firmly believe there is more info on these sites than in any Discus book ever written. In fact, most books give false information in my opinion - especially on Discus water conditions.
My future plans currently include more growout tanks and an auto WC system for them and then the rest of my large tanks. I will continue to do Breeder tanks by hand, at least for the forseeable future. My favorite strains tend to be blue fish. I have Blue SS, and Fantastic Brilliant Blues, and Red Turks. I am working hard to add some red melon strains also. I do have White Butterflies, and they have had wigglers, but not attachment, but again, they are young fish. Another favorite pair of mine are a pair of Red Diamonds I purchased from Dennis Hardenberger. Problem is - I think I broke them! Still working on them though - I am very patient.
As for feeding, I use a good deal of Tetra Bits and a ton of California Blackworms! Last year, I broke an old rule and tried some from Dan! Damn- the fish loved them! And they were alive the next day - and the next - and on and on and on. I was under the mistaken impression that CBW would give my fish all the terrible diseases in the world. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS! They are the best stuff in the world for Discus! I was very relieved to see how well accepted they were when I began reading the forums!
Well, I guess that about covers it! My cudos - ok - well to my wife for letting me do this and take this risk. To my friend Cary - who is always there when I need some help and gave me some very important encouragement! (One of these days, I may even meet him!) Gil Curtin, whose initial advice for me was invaluable. Tim Thimios - who supplied some awesome fish for me and sound help whenever I asked. Tad Fujita - for just being there to listen to me bitch and moan some days. And of course, my Dad-RIP.
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