Orange Discus Fish

Orange Discus Fish Room
Sunsets… can you think of anything more orange? The orange discus enhances our thoughts of sunsets. Like a propane tank set ablaze, the hues of orange propel us back to those romantic late afternoons at the beach or on top of a mountain.
I remember when we went hiking in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico and we hiked just in time to watch the sunset over the wondrous peaks. It was an ahh ha moment! We realized the indescribable beauty as the blood orange lights faded beyond the horizon.  And of course watching a sunset with a lover only enhances one’s relationship. It brings the two closer to being one. After all, we are all pieces of shattered stars. The sun being a star is indeed our brother and we feel a kinship with it as it rises and sets.
Orange reminds us that we are all interconnected and takes us back to good times spent with others watching the orb dip into the day’s ending.  I’ve always been a sunset chaser. On my honeymoon in California we rented a car in San Diego and drove toward the shoreline late in the day our first day there so we could watch the sun set. Speeding toward the sand, hoping we would be able to get there in time, heightened our experience once we arrived. We got there just in time, my wife said, as the orange disc once again imprinted the experience into our hearts.
Maybe that’s it–sunrises and sunsets are the hearts and souls of our life here on planet earth and when we connect with those hearts and souls we ignite, magnetize, energize, our own hearts and souls.  These experiences hit us deep within our being. Benefiting from these experiences, we seek more and more sunsets. And orange takes on a completely new meaning as the sun rises and sets. It’s no surprise that primitive cultures worshipped Sun Gods. In a way, you cannot blame them.
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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