rickztahone
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You know, I posted this thread over on Scape (another local forum group but deals with planted tanks) and thought it would be fun to see if there is any interest here since a lot of you are locals.
Here's the deal copy/pasted from my other thread:
As a few of you may know, I am currently growing out a group of discus. 24 discus to be exact. In any group of discus, there will always be culls, it is unavoidable. I was given this group by a dear friend to grow and to sell off any of the group to give money back to him. He couldn't hold on to the large group because he was selling a lot of his fish room. Anyways, my point is this, he doesn't want me to cull the discus that I deem not "sellable". This doesn't mean they aren't healthy, on the contrary, this group is very healthy and all eat like pigs. However, there are those few that are runts and I can already tell which I want to go on to the next stage of my growth project and which I do not. These are the ones I 'do not' want to move forward with. After this first wave of "culls" I will actually have a sale of the next group of discus that I no longer want to keep, but will not be culls. This first wave is to eliminate the runts/culls. Second wave will be great grade discus, but I simply can't keep a group larger than 10 or so. I have to keep cutting back as they grow.
So, that brings me to this thread. I will have roughly, 5-6 discus "culls" that need a new home. I am only doing this so that someone can get a feel for raising discus. This is only for that member that has been on the fence about owning discus, but not wanting to take the plunge. Again, if you have never had an interest in raising discus, please let others that have take first dibs on this offer.
Now, what do culls mean? Simply put, these discus will not grow to the size that I am looking for out of my main group, which is roughly a 7" discus. Typically, you will find 3" discus in an LFS. These will surpass that quickly if you raise them right and will more than likely end up growing to a decent 5" or so. Not bad considering they would be an entry discus at no cost.
What are the requirements? If you want the group, they need to be kept in a 55g or larger, no execeptions. I will not give these out to someone with a 29g or 40g breeder, etc. 55g minimum.
I can tell you how to care for discus and where to buy foods and such to keep your discus healthy. Again, keep in mind that these are what I consider "culls" and I feel it wouldn't be ethical to sell them, but my friend doesn't want me culling them.
To give you an idea of the water changes that go in to this group, I do daily 60% Water changes and feed anywhere from 3-6x's a day depending on my work schedule. If you were to pick up this group, I would expect a decent amount of water changes to be done if you want them to achieve that 5" mark I spoke about earlier. Anything short of that and your culls will quickly become stunted.
So, keep that in mind if you want the group. In the end, I can only tell you what I would like for these discus, but once you have them in your possession, they will be yours to keep and do with them as you will. Just remember that these were given as culls and not as regular grade discus. The point of this whole thing is to get a feel for a caring for a group of discus to hopefully get you to the next level of keeping much more expensive discus, which I can help you acquire down the line.
For those that do not know, I am a moderator over at SimplyDiscus and have been raising discus for quite a while now. I can give you all the info you need, but you must be willing to accept the responsibility of this group, even if they are culls.
If interested, post here with what you have (equipment), when you can be ready for them, and what interest you have had in discus. Not taking pm's quite yet on the matter, I'd like to publicly see who is interested in the group.
These will be ready within the next few weeks, so that is the timeline I am working with here. I will not "hold" the group for anyone if they aren't ready when I am ready to pass up the group
Oh, I forgot to add the growout thread I have going over on SimplyDiscus. I hope it is ok to post here. If it isn't, I can delete. LMK
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?120710-75g-w-sump-Group-of-25-discus-grow-out-thread
Here's the deal copy/pasted from my other thread:
As a few of you may know, I am currently growing out a group of discus. 24 discus to be exact. In any group of discus, there will always be culls, it is unavoidable. I was given this group by a dear friend to grow and to sell off any of the group to give money back to him. He couldn't hold on to the large group because he was selling a lot of his fish room. Anyways, my point is this, he doesn't want me to cull the discus that I deem not "sellable". This doesn't mean they aren't healthy, on the contrary, this group is very healthy and all eat like pigs. However, there are those few that are runts and I can already tell which I want to go on to the next stage of my growth project and which I do not. These are the ones I 'do not' want to move forward with. After this first wave of "culls" I will actually have a sale of the next group of discus that I no longer want to keep, but will not be culls. This first wave is to eliminate the runts/culls. Second wave will be great grade discus, but I simply can't keep a group larger than 10 or so. I have to keep cutting back as they grow.
So, that brings me to this thread. I will have roughly, 5-6 discus "culls" that need a new home. I am only doing this so that someone can get a feel for raising discus. This is only for that member that has been on the fence about owning discus, but not wanting to take the plunge. Again, if you have never had an interest in raising discus, please let others that have take first dibs on this offer.
Now, what do culls mean? Simply put, these discus will not grow to the size that I am looking for out of my main group, which is roughly a 7" discus. Typically, you will find 3" discus in an LFS. These will surpass that quickly if you raise them right and will more than likely end up growing to a decent 5" or so. Not bad considering they would be an entry discus at no cost.
What are the requirements? If you want the group, they need to be kept in a 55g or larger, no execeptions. I will not give these out to someone with a 29g or 40g breeder, etc. 55g minimum.
I can tell you how to care for discus and where to buy foods and such to keep your discus healthy. Again, keep in mind that these are what I consider "culls" and I feel it wouldn't be ethical to sell them, but my friend doesn't want me culling them.
To give you an idea of the water changes that go in to this group, I do daily 60% Water changes and feed anywhere from 3-6x's a day depending on my work schedule. If you were to pick up this group, I would expect a decent amount of water changes to be done if you want them to achieve that 5" mark I spoke about earlier. Anything short of that and your culls will quickly become stunted.
So, keep that in mind if you want the group. In the end, I can only tell you what I would like for these discus, but once you have them in your possession, they will be yours to keep and do with them as you will. Just remember that these were given as culls and not as regular grade discus. The point of this whole thing is to get a feel for a caring for a group of discus to hopefully get you to the next level of keeping much more expensive discus, which I can help you acquire down the line.
For those that do not know, I am a moderator over at SimplyDiscus and have been raising discus for quite a while now. I can give you all the info you need, but you must be willing to accept the responsibility of this group, even if they are culls.
If interested, post here with what you have (equipment), when you can be ready for them, and what interest you have had in discus. Not taking pm's quite yet on the matter, I'd like to publicly see who is interested in the group.
These will be ready within the next few weeks, so that is the timeline I am working with here. I will not "hold" the group for anyone if they aren't ready when I am ready to pass up the group
Oh, I forgot to add the growout thread I have going over on SimplyDiscus. I hope it is ok to post here. If it isn't, I can delete. LMK
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?120710-75g-w-sump-Group-of-25-discus-grow-out-thread
