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Discus
Symphysodon spp.
Family: Cichlidae
📍 Amazon River, Brazil
Discus are considered the 'king of the aquarium' for their spectacular circular shape and brilliant colours. They are demanding fish requiring pristine water, warm temperatures, and frequent water changes. Best kept in species tanks or with very peaceful, warm-water tankmates.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Carnivore – beef heart, discus pellets, bloodworms, brine shrimp
- lifespan
- 10–15 years
- max size
- 20 cm (8 in)
- tank size
- 50 gallons minimum per pair
- temperament
- Peaceful but sensitive; hierarchical
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Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–6.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <10 ppm
- hardness
- 1–8 dGH
- temperature
- 82–88°F (28–31°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
81°F — 84°F seasonal range · (Jul low, Feb high)