Cobalt Discus With Deep Blue Gene
$48.00 – $163.00
There is no other discus that more closely resembles the color of the ocean than this one. Blues, grays, greens, reds, and yellows are all mixed into this fish’s color scheme if you look carefully enough.
This brassy-green, silvery-blue lover with a pink mohawk, translucent tail and kissy-lipped face will add a colorful pop of cute to your Aqua-verse.
The Green Cobalt Discus’ mild colors allow for the wonderful symmetry between the dorsal and tail fin to shine more vibrantly than in other species of Discus with more complicated patterns. This psychedelic eye candy will be the tiger of your tank, with its subtly fierce stripes that offset the pastel pink, blue and glimmering golden-green.
Captain Beefheart
As with all Discus, the Green Cobalt is a carnivorous tropical fish. In the wild, they eat insects, larvae and small fish. In the aquarium, a diet of beef heart and bloodworms will keep your Green Cobalt happily flapping along.
Heart Of Darkness
There’s a yearning, a longing for the Amazon Basin in the Green Cobalt’s stunned, red eyes. While the Green Cobalt Discus thrives in the dark, this little buddy needs 10-12 hours of ambient light to stay healthy.
Let the Green Cobalt shine the light of love in your water-world. Shine on you crazy Discus!
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Category | Rating |
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Care Level: | Moderate, see our Learning Center for comprehensive care. |
Temperament: | Peaceful |
Color Form: | Huge variety available |
Lifespan: | 15-25 Years |
Adult Size: | 8-12 inches |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Minimum Tank Size: | 50 gallons |
Tank Set-Up: | Bare-bottom, or Intermediate |
Compatibility: | Often compatible |
Natural Habitat for Discus
Discus are found in floodplain lakes and flooded forests of the lowland Amazon River basin and some of its tributaries, including the Rio Negro. These areas experience extreme changes in water level due to seasonal flooding. Discus tend to congregate near fallen trees, known as “galhadas”, along the shore. They prefer quiet water, and are rarely found in areas where there is strong current or wave action.
Discus Water Requirements
Discus prefer warm, soft, acidic water. pH should be between 6.0 and 7.0, with hardness between 1° and 4° dKH (18 to 70 ppm). Temperature should be kept between 82° and 89° F. Water conditions for both wild and hybrid discus are the same. While captive bred discus can be kept in dechlorinated tap water reverse osmosis or deionized water supplemented will ensure the the best conditions. Discus require pristine water quality, and depending on the filtration system being used, a weekly or bi-weekly water change of 10% to 25% is highly recommended. Don’t forget to treat tap water with conditioner before refilling your aquarium!
Housing Requirements for Discus
Discus grow to be quite large, and full sized discus will require an aquarium of 50 gallons or larger when they reach adult size. Tall aquariums are best, to accommodate their body shape. Current should be gentle, and décor if used at all should include large broadleaf plants and driftwood that is arranged vertically to simulate downed branches and trees. A few floating plants can also be added to provide shaded areas and cover. Substrate should be fine to medium grade and smooth surfaced, as discus like to forage along the bottom for food.
Discus Behavior/Compatibility
Discus are generally calm, peaceful fish, but as cichlids they can be aggressive toward one another, especially when attempting to pair off and spawn. Shy or submissive fish should be removed if they are unable to compete. Most serious hobbyists do not mix their discus with too many other species. However, suitable aquarium mates include cardinal tetras, neons, emperor and rummy nose tetras, as well as clown loaches and dwarf cichlids such as rams and Apistogramma species. All of these fish tolerate the high temperatures and low pH/hardness required by discus.
What do Discus Eat?
In nature discus eat a considerable amount of plant material and detritus, but also forage along the bottom looking for worms and small crustaceans. They are omnivores and will thrive on freeze dried black worms, beefheart, frozen blood worms, and a variety of pellet and flake food. Frozen and live foods may be fed as treats or to help induce spawning. For best results, rotate their diet daily and feed only what they can consume in 2 to 3 minutes, once or twice a day.
Discus Breeding Level – Difficult
Captive bred discus will pair up and spawn relatively easily, but young, inexperienced parents may eat their eggs the first few times, particularly if other fish are present. After hatching the young feed on heavy body mucus secreted by the parents for a few days until they begin to free-swim. Parents will transfer the young back and forth several times a day.
Q: How are your stated fish measurements conducted? A: All measurements are made from tip of nose to end of tail. Photographs are representative of the strain or variety, and not the exact specimens that will be shipped. Q: How do I make a purchase? A: Every discus you see on our website is available for immediate purchase and ready to be shipped to you. Click the “Add to Cart” button on your desired products, adjust your quantities, and follow the checkout instructions. We honor all special requests. Please allow a 2-day minimum handling period for discus. Shipping Tiers for Live Tropical Fish:
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You can see that they are a little stressed. but it's ok after the road. Your selection is better than I expected! Thank you!
Everyone is eating, they are already coming to me looking for food when I walk up to the tank and they are shoaling well together. Previous scale damage on the neon sapphire from the other shipment has also healed up.
Hi there. I got back from Singapore and decided to let my sea green snakeskin and Cobalt deep blue gene discus out of quarantine to join the flock in the living room tank. They both are doing so well and are voracious eaters. What a show, am I right? My husband has taken to calling them lollipops, or fish pops, especially when then arrange themselves decoratively in the leaves. They are just too colorful!
The SGSnakeskin is a new family favorite. He absolutely glows at night! The rest of the guys are from Robert Lim: Albino leopard, emerald leopard, red map, mercury, super red melon. You did a great job shipping and I would definitely recommend your business! I snapped the first two of them hiding in the corner after I pestered them with some plant trimming. The last is them back out and about.
Thanks,
Stacy in Chicago
I have very much enjoyed speaking with you and am amazed at your works of living art! My whole family (wife and four kids) are just captivated. When their friends come over my kids love showing them the aquarium. They all say when they grow up they're going to have an aquarium too
My favorite in the lot is the turquoise.
Michael & Team, Everyone arrived safely, right on time, Colors & patterns look Beyond Fantastic & Sizes are spot on. Red Eagle, Cobalt, Lollipop & Golden Pearl all looked amazing right out of the bag. Pictures Speak for themselves for 3.5”- 4” Crazy good. Now we’ll grow them out Strong & watch the Colors Blossom. Thanks Again & Props to you & your team!
They look good so far, they’re in a bucket acclimating, the last one that was floating sideways has now started swimming around, I have an air stone in with them while they acclimate.
All of them swim happily. Thank you, you have awesome quality of fish.
My fish arrived and are doing great, I think my collection is now complete. Thank You so much for the beautiful fish!
Hi Michael. How nice of you to reach out and inquire. Everything is/was terrific. I only lost 1 Discus about four days after putting them in my aquarium. To this day, I don't know what happened with him. All the others are doing great. I have attached a few pics of my setup. You can see 3 of the Discus hanging out on the left side of the tank. They think they're about to get fed...lol. All the plants are LIVE. It's a 125G acrylic tank. I recently built and plumbed in a 29G sump. Fun project.
I would make the suggestion of sending the email regarding on how to acclimate the fish prior to the customer receiving them and not several days after they have already delivered. But other than that I have been very pleased with the quality of fish provided and service. Thank you!
Got my fish. Just wanna let you know that your products are awesome. Even your packaging. Very happy. Honestly bro, I wish I had ordered a couple more blue diamonds. From Michael: 8 monster blues weren't enough for you? Haha
Yes, all look great a little fin burn but will heal. I will most definitely be purchasing more later. Will send you a pic of the tank when acclimated. Thanks for reaching out.
Hi Michael here are some photos of My discus tank. You take a look and tell me your opinion of what I might need. I know I'm missing yellow in there but I've had two yellow fish and they get picked on till they no longer eat.
Hi Michael, All my other gosh look great! They are beautiful & lively. They are eating well & acclimating nicely. Thank you so much - your fish are gorgeous & I will be purchasing from you almost exclusively in the future! Monica
I just got my fish. Your reputation is excellent, but I am still blown away. The vitality and quality of these fish is fantastic! I need a bigger tank! Please post this! --Luke V.
Fish are doing great. I am a little upset in the size of the Cobalt Blue Discus. It is a lot smaller than the other one. It doesn't appear to be the size I ordered or expected. It looks nothing like the picture on the website. I'm sorry but I'm not 100% satisfied. Here are some pics. of the fish in my tank. The Deep Blue discus is what I expected but the Cobalt is smaller. I'm NOT trying to complain really, I just thought they would be the same size. Sorry.. it is my fault for thinking like that. From Michael: Rod, I just looked up your order and your cobalt was supposed to be from 3-3.5", which is a baby-sized fish. Make sure you're measuring from tip of nose to end of tail. I may have upgraded your deep blue, but it does NOT mean I downgraded your cobalt. Does that make sense?
I have included a pic of the fish together.
Hey Michael. Everything is going well. The fish are great and all grown up. I enjoy them every day thanks for checking in with me and here are some pictures. Thanks
Just wanted to let you know the fish order arrived today at 10:20 ET. Everyone came out of the box alive and so far, doing well...More
Good Morning Michael,
Hi, yes they arrived fine and healthy. They are more beautiful than I expected. Thank you so much for picking exactly the fish I would have chosen had I picked them out by hand myself..... here are some pictures as they adjust to my set up. I will send better ones in a few days. Also I would like to give a review on you’re website. Thanks.
I like what you're doing w/the site, pretty convenience and easy to understand! I went to discus.com and found a couple that I like and even though I was disappointed because a few of my last order died but your customer service skills were excellent and so I am ready for few more....... Includes are pix of my tank, not very good shots but the Altum Flora, by far has been my favorite, thx.