Brown Discus Fish

Brown Discus Fish Room
Brown bears come to mind when I see the brown discus. I’m not sure why but they do. And the salmon they eat.  I can see both in my mind’s eye, as clear as I see the brown discus swimming effortlessly in the tank. Maybe brown represents the truly wild to me, I’m not sure. But to be truly wild we must relinquish preconceived notions. Let go of our thoughts and just meld into the wilderness of bears and fish. Get away from it all. Get away from the noise, the traffic jams, the mini-malls, the fast food restaurants, the 9-5 rat race… and go for a lethal dose of browns, greens, golds and reds.
A brown bear, also known as a grizzly, can evoke feelings of fear but if we give the Grizz some respect, and give it some space, we should be fine.  Maybe that’s the message–give each other some space. Don’t crowd your friends and family. Let them be. Could be brown bears are telling us how to fish for salmon–only take what we need to eat and then leave the rest. The salmon truly are incredible as well. Fighting upstream to spawn in the very waters they were born. It’s also remarkable–the salmon is–in that it can thrive in both salt and freshwater. It’s durable, adaptable. Perhaps we should be the same way.
Stuff happens, but we must adapt, overcome. They tell me brown is a composite color that is made from combining red, black and yellow. The brown discus reminds us that we too are not one-dimensional. So let’s not judge; people are multi-dimensional. But back to bears and salmon if I may. They remind us of who we really are–wild by nature.
By Robert Gluck

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  4. My Discus pair have begun to spawn every week since Christmas. The eggs are fertile. As they hatch, the parents seem to fight over the babies; which then soon disappear. What should I do?

  6. Im having issues off and on by loosing fish. I have 7.6 ph tap water. I keep a 40 gallon barrel with heater and air Stone. I treat the barrel to lower ph in between weekly water changes for 40 and 90 gallon tanks. Any suggestions are welcomed.

  7. I have 2 pair of Breeding Discus. They are all in separate breeding Tank (20 Gallon). The female lay eggs almost every week. the male also ejaculates, but within a few weeks, the fertilization fails. Eggs are all white, and I am not successful. Are both male impotent? Sometimes they also eat their eggs. Can you help me ? Thx

  9. I received in the shipment of the purchase #10880 an extra package of a yellow powder that medicine is and how they are used. Excellent the fish shipped although 2 of the 4 Altums 2 of them were not the expected size 3” but very healthy and beautiful fish the super excellent and punctual packaging under the adverse weather conditions to send.

  11. Great article and very informative.
    I myself use to use 3 large canister filters in my 150 gallon xh aquarium, but maintaining 3 sun sun 704b canister filters became alot of work for me and made it hard for me to enjoy my discus I purchased from DISCUS.COM. so I took the plunge into a sump for my discus tank. 40 breeder aquarium makes a great sump…and now I definitely enjoy sitting and relaxing watching my beautiful discus…maintaining my sump is very easy and takes minutes, instead of hours cleaning several canister filters….also adds volume and is a place to add all my equipment…thank you Michael for providing such a wonderful website with loads of information and beautiful discus..

  15. I have a few questions rather than a comment.

    Would opening the shipping bag and allowing the built-up CO2 (from the trip) to escape suddenly raise the pH and make the ammonia in the water from the trip dangerous (by a sudden conversion from ammonium to ammonia due to the pH rise)?

    Would it be safer to prepare new water at the pH they are accustomed to and then open the bag and quickly transfer them to the fresh water without ammonia present?

    Also, what pH are your discus accustomed to so I may match my water to yours? Thank you, Mark, California.

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