So went for a look round the other day and came home with 3 stendker discus. They have about 21 strains of discus that have been developed over the past 3 or more decades to happily exist in in a wide variety of town water supply conditions. They are all blue turquiose and are maybe 3.5-4" from top to bottom. Stendker Discus will acclimatise to any ph between 5 and 8, 7 to 7.5 is perfect. Feed your Stendker Discus 2 to 3 times day Change 20 – 30% of your water weekly Siphon the bottom of your aquarium Remove unwanted algae. Suggested Water Parameters for Stendker Discus: Water Temperature: 83 to 86 F pH: 7.0 Total hardness: 15 Carbonate Hardness: 8. I merely found that my discus are happy and breeding even tho' my nitrates are between 15ppm and 30ppm. In order to keep nitrates and ammonia levels under control, you need to change discus fish’s aquarium water more frequently than other fish. Stendker is a German bred line of discus. The fish are bred in soft-water, but raised in German tap water and have been so since 1966. I don’t have the Discus yet I’m waiting to get my water right. For keeping the discus fish we use our German tap water with following water parameter: PH 7, GH 15, KH 8, MS 800, 29 ° C keeping temperature and a big and powerful longstanding operated underwater filter (Hamburger mat). Hans Discus USA is the US supplier of Stendker Discus. I’m new so hi everyone, I’m trying to set up a 125 gal discus planted tank . Reply to this topic; Let Discus breeding pairs form naturally. Can anyone help? You can of course if you live in a soft water area or want to use RO water also keep them in soft water. Siphon the bottom of your aquarium. Wild discus are found in a pH as low as 4.0, though typically somewhere around 6.0pH, and some of the softest conditions around — typically under 3°GH and KH. STENDKER Discus Fish live for up to 15 years, can reach a size of up to 21cm / 8” in diameter and are fully grown at the age of 2 to 2.5 years. Water parameters: These will depend on the source of your Discus, so discuss the finer points with your supplier. At first they wer quite shy and didnt move out of the back corner of the tank but theyv been in there 3 days now and each day they are getting more confident and are swimming about happily. If you buy smaller Discus the more water you will have and the better they will grow. it seems that , some people say that the rules of taking care of Discus do not really require all the mumbo jumbo unless you want to breed them. Discus Stendker is holding and breeding the same discus … Remove unwanted algae. When it grows in waters in public places the local authorities usually close access to the water to prevent a health risk to the public - the last place you want it is in your Discus tank! Total hardness: 15. Change 20 – 30% of your water weekly. As breeders, Stendker achieved something I thought physiologically impossible; they altered the tolerances of original discus strains into fish that can cope with wide ranging parameters. Suggested Water Parameters for Stendker Discus: Water Temperature: 83 to 86 F. pH: 7.0. Discus fish love the company of members of their own species (Cichlid Behavioural Characteristics) and should be kept in groups of … Carbonate Hardness: 8 25-50% percent of the tank water should be changed every week. Algae problems usually come from poor tank hygiene allowing a build up of phosphate and nitrate and possibly a small ammonia outbreak. Thanks I think a 120 l/26 gal tank is minimum and, with prudent husbandry, one fish per 20 litres of water is fine. Changing water – Survival essential for discus fish. Suggested maintenance for your discus aquarium: Feed your Stendker Discus 2 to 3 times day. My ph is good and it seems like everything else in going good but hardness is in the 700s not sure what to do.