Silver Discus Fish

Silver Discus Fish Room
Call me a nerd, but I like coin collecting and the silver discus calls to mind two silver coins I enjoy looking at.  The Franklin half dollar and the Silver Eagle, also known as the Walking Liberty dollar. For some coin collectors, these coins, in mint condition, are things of beauty. For me, I like to think about Franklin. He seemed popular with the ladies, at least in France, and I’ve always wondered how a heavy-set balding old white man was a hit with the ladies. I figured out why. Old Ben was a genius!
Truly a  Renaissance man, Franklin excelled at almost everything he attempted. Printer, statesman, inventor—whenever I see the silver discus it reminds me of the coin and Franklin himself. People still, all these years later, quote the man. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Not bad, right? The other coin, the Silver Eagle, brings me to the next best thing to love—liberty.  Men and women fought for that word so it holds a lot of meaning for a lot of people. Here in the USA we sometimes take our freedoms and liberties for granted. Maybe seeing the silver discus will remind us of our silver coins and the words printed on them? Hopefully. It also reads “In God We Trust”.  Maybe that’s another reminder that we should put our faith in God and not in man?
I can go along with that too. Speaking of quotes, coins and money… plenty of folks mis-quote the phrase “the root of all evil is money.” That’s incorrect! The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. In the final analysis, gold and silver may glitter, and attract us, but that’s not all there is. All our decisions shouldn’t be based on money, should they? Nope. And the eagle on the reverse of the Walking Liberty dollar was originally drawn to show America’s strength and power like the great raptor has but… it’s a global village now, and we’re all in this together so…maybe, just maybe we can look at the eagle and think…hmmmm… let’s preserve these great birds and all wildlife. And preserve our liberty as well. Yes… perhaps…
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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