Hans is the best. You are so correct about him watching the FedEx and then give you a call to make sure the fish arrived safely. He was great. Thank you Hans.
The video is quite helpful. Thanks to Hans for the beautiful discus! It seems that Hans really cares about his fish and his customers. All of my new discus are happy and are coming to the front of the tank. They are beautiful, healthy fish and very interactive. Will order from you again soon. Look forward to next video!
Awesome series. All of your videos are excellent, but I really enjoyed this one. It's great to get a behind the scenes look at Hans's facility and his opinions on discus keeping. He's the resident expert. Great job on the angel fish series also, great stuff!
What a Gem I found on TH-cam!! Thank you, thank you so much for uploading these! (And, yes, some crazies out there are still subscribing to your videos from 5 years ago - that's how awesome your channel is!) Thank you for all the great work you've done!
I bought Discus from Hans. They arrived in great health and after they acclimated to my tank they began to feed and are doing very well right now. I would recommend anyone who want nice Discus to get them from Hans!
Thanks for posting this! I am in the process of making decisions on buying discus for the first time. I've always wanted them, but have been so concerned about taking care of them. Tank is setup and ready. Now I just need to take that step and get my fish! :)
I got a box of discus from Hans. He always replied to my e-mails and treated me very well. Great guy. Funny thing is my Neons and Cardinals get ick when the lights flicker in the house. Discus are a great fish. Do weekly OR MORE water changes and you will be fine. FYI My water is on the acid side at the tap. Thanks for doing these videos!
Hans has your dream tank in his shop. I didn't show it because I don't think he has lights on it (or he had them turned off). Its 200 gals and full of driftwood and big ole Discus, amazing!!!
Breeders use 20 gallons for the pairs to spawn in but its not a good size for raising them in if that makes sense. Usually the breeders will raise the fry in much larger tanks then once they are grown they'll put a pair in a 20 gallon.
For the first time Discus keeper I can't stress enough that you'll have your best luck with fish from Hans. I've kept Discus for years from just about everywhere and NONE of them compare to his. I'm not just saying it because hes a friend. I believe in his product, I sell his product and would recommend them to anyone. Make sure you tell him you saw him on this video:-)
Amazing interview with Hans, Great information. I've been told by a local store (Peterborough England UK). I would have to use RO water, instead of using my normal tap water and adding certain chemicals to soften it. The water I have is Lime/Chalk water. So very hard. I have even cleaned and changed the substrate from gravel to sand. Following advice from one shop. another has different advice leaving me a little confused.
I was just there and got 10 discus, cant be more happy. An hour after putting them in my tank they were looking at the top for food and ate. My go to food is tetra xl granules, every single discus ate them off the bottom. Cant be more happy with my fish, or the experience of talking to Han.
PS. he even took the box of fish to my car, almost as if he wanted to say one last goodbye to his little friends. Seriously if you havent gone there and youre in the discus hobby, you need to check it out. Offered me a can of soda too. The man loves his fish and also his customers. Show him some respect and he will open his knowledge to you, we talked for 2 hours, nobody else was in the shop so we both took time to admire some of those fish. Some like dinner plates good lord
I've read the same thing about Discus, and that you should to place the tank accordingly. (e.g. Concrete floor is much preferred over a second story wood floor). Hans' Discus sure didn't seem to mind the overhead BWI jets though!
peoples say when u order discus from Hans you get a phone call from him..he wants to check if u received the fish healthy and happily..so I order 6 little 2.5 inches fishes from Hans online for the first time...and I received my fish...and I was like why isn't he calling me...guess what 2 hours later that same day he called me lols. awesome job Hans! I love Hans discus fish.
how many water changes do i have to do if i get 2.5-3 inch discus? I've heard that the first week you do daily 40% changes then the second week you do every other day 35% changes and then go to your normal scedule. is this true? or can i start every other day the first week then go to once a week? this is the only thing i am confused on.
+micah hinze well to be honest i do 1 a week on 3.5 inch and they are growing great. but that's because the ro is expensive where i live. i would recommend to a week
does bright light in my discus tank cause peppering. because with my three i have now the blue diamond has non and nor does my red pigeon but my red melon has some speckles. i asked the owner and he said it was from poor genetical parents but i look online and it says its the brightness of the tank.?
i have only a few discus fish but they are doing well after their first disease being cured,just tap water,regular maintenance, biweekly water changes,temperature of atleast above 25C
so my red discus is a small one he gets along well with my other fish as well as my 2 angel fish the only problem is the he will always be in one corner by himself and he wont swim is this a normal behavior for discus thanks
I'll be uploading a video soon where he talks about that more and actually demonstrates how he does water changes in there. He doesn't do it by percentage, he does it as needed. He tests every day.
So I really want to keep discus but I'm afraid that my hardness of my water is really high what hardness is good for discus and how can I bring my hardness down please help
Oh yeah one big problem I'm having is that when I feed the tank the discus are not as aggressive with getting food as the other fish , they are being out competed , is this the big problem that I'm having?
Great vid! I was wondering if its ok to keep Clown Loaches with Discus? I have raised Angels, but really don't want to be a breeder. Will the clowns bother the Discus? And, I work 12 hr shifts, would Discus manage ok on 2 x a day feedings? Thanks for all the great info & videos!
His ph is about 7.4 to 7.6. It is not true that you need a very low ph it should not be thrue the roof but this blood line of Diskuszucht stendker has adjusted to the ph levels. I have a 90 gallon discus tank and I got all of them from hans.
Hans breeds some gorgeous discus. My lfs sells his discus and every time I go in there they're staring at me thru the tank lol. But I will buy mine straight from Hans instead of him shipping them to the lfs i.e aquatic critter Nashville tn and me going to pick them up few days later. To me that stressed the fish out. A stressed fish is more prone to getting sick etc and that's no fun.
Hi Hans > great Vid & info. Ive been in fish for 35 yrs Plus> Discus are on my list > Since you state ure using Tap H20 in Baltimore> What are your Parameters from the TAP Please? I want to know so I can compare to My Tap Vs My RO> TY PRASAP
I have 3 discus . 1 died 5 inch pigeon blood , tested water and saw that I had a little bit of ammonia the next thing I did was a water change and mine 2 inch blue cobalt is sick I have one Disqus left , 5 inch penang eruption, my question is am i doing the wrong thing by keeping my discus in a tank with mixed fish no aggressive fish just regular tropical fish
He didn't say the amount of water changes, is it 30% each week like normal fish? or alot of discus forums talk about different amounts of water changes E.g 50% everyday some others say 30% every 2 days ect... for me personally I change the discus tank ever couple of days with 2 or so buckets which would probably give around 40% each week but in small amounts during the week(every other day)
No disrespect to Hans but I got some discus from him that did very well and my live plants LOVE large water changes. I've got a low tech 120 gallon tank which you can check out on my channel. Ironically the discus that is used for my icon is the ONLY one I haven't purchased from Hans. I don't see me buying from anybody else. His fish are worth every penny.
I am an amature fishkeeper with 4 tanks from 5 gall to 120 gallon. My fish seem to be doing well and am have a mated pair of angels that just had their first breeding. I would love to keep discus but like many people am a little afraid to try. The worry is that even though I can work with most of my water paramaters our water here is very hard. Would discus be able to thrive in this or would it be unfair to the fish to attempt to keep them?
Judith Peavler you should get your discus breaded from your place where you, if you order from some where else it's going to be harder to keep due the water conditions in y he water, I've hear some people breeded discus with tap water with no problem at all
Harry, it's more the surrounding your Discus are in, dark gravel and back ground can bring out "speckles" on your pigeon types. Blue Diamond is not a pigeon so will never show it. Stendker pigeons are known to be very clean.
TDA (don't want to call you DrunkenAlcoholic lol) 10% + 10% + 10% + 10% is not a 40% water change. Water change all depends on how many Discus, what sizes and most important: how much food do you trow in the tank, most of the time the Discus doesn't make the tank dirty, it's the owner by trowing a lot of food in. If I do a water change, it's about 30-40% of the system, don't use buckets lol lol One of the next movies will show how. I do this about every other day.
Hans is going to be checking the comments and I'm sure he'll answer you on that one. Check back tomorrow and see if he has responded cause he doesn't have the ability to respond directly to you.
hahhahaha very funny and is true cardenals are hard to but cost cheaper ahahahaha..... like rams if you can keep cardenal and rams youready to discus...
maybe because they are beautiful fish...people pay good money for a good looking fish. Just like how male peacocks are a lot more expensive than females.
Hans is the best. You are so correct about him watching the FedEx and then give you a call to make sure the fish arrived safely. He was great. Thank you Hans.
The video is quite helpful. Thanks to Hans for the beautiful discus! It seems that Hans really cares about his fish and his customers. All of my new discus are happy and are coming to the front of the tank. They are beautiful, healthy fish and very interactive. Will order from you again soon.
Look forward to next video!
Awesome series. All of your videos are excellent, but I really enjoyed this one. It's great to get a behind the scenes look at Hans's facility and his opinions on discus keeping. He's the resident expert. Great job on the angel fish series also, great stuff!
I love that he actually cares about his fish. Mom and pop stores are great. Especially the very good ones.
What a Gem I found on TH-cam!! Thank you, thank you so much for uploading these! (And, yes, some crazies out there are still subscribing to your videos from 5 years ago - that's how awesome your channel is!) Thank you for all the great work you've done!
I bought Discus from Hans. They arrived in great health and after they acclimated to my tank they began to feed and are doing very well right now. I would recommend anyone who want nice Discus to get them from Hans!
Really great series. Again, I say thank you to both of you for doing it!
Thanks for posting this! I am in the process of making decisions on buying discus for the first time. I've always wanted them, but have been so concerned about taking care of them. Tank is setup and ready. Now I just need to take that step and get my fish! :)
I got a box of discus from Hans. He always replied to my e-mails and treated me very well. Great guy. Funny thing is my Neons and Cardinals get ick when the lights flicker in the house. Discus are a great fish. Do weekly OR MORE water changes and you will be fine. FYI My water is on the acid side at the tap. Thanks for doing these videos!
Hans has your dream tank in his shop. I didn't show it because I don't think he has lights on it (or he had them turned off). Its 200 gals and full of driftwood and big ole Discus, amazing!!!
Breeders use 20 gallons for the pairs to spawn in but its not a good size for raising them in if that makes sense. Usually the breeders will raise the fry in much larger tanks then once they are grown they'll put a pair in a 20 gallon.
I have been in the hobby for about 6 months im thirteen and im already keeping discus pretty successfully
For the first time Discus keeper I can't stress enough that you'll have your best luck with fish from Hans. I've kept Discus for years from just about everywhere and NONE of them compare to his. I'm not just saying it because hes a friend. I believe in his product, I sell his product and would recommend them to anyone. Make sure you tell him you saw him on this video:-)
I've never done Discuss but I know where to look when and if I do. I really like this guy, he is squared away for sure.
Great video - thanks to both of you for taking the time to create it. It's helpful to have some of the "Discus myth" debunked.
I love the cardinal tetra example...
Amazing interview with Hans, Great information. I've been told by a local store (Peterborough England UK).
I would have to use RO water, instead of using my normal tap water and adding certain chemicals to soften it.
The water I have is Lime/Chalk water. So very hard. I have even cleaned and changed the substrate from gravel to sand.
Following advice from one shop. another has different advice leaving me a little confused.
You should!! He's the best in the business!!!
I was just there and got 10 discus, cant be more happy. An hour after putting them in my tank they were looking at the top for food and ate. My go to food is tetra xl granules, every single discus ate them off the bottom. Cant be more happy with my fish, or the experience of talking to Han.
PS. he even took the box of fish to my car, almost as if he wanted to say one last goodbye to his little friends. Seriously if you havent gone there and youre in the discus hobby, you need to check it out. Offered me a can of soda too. The man loves his fish and also his customers. Show him some respect and he will open his knowledge to you, we talked for 2 hours, nobody else was in the shop so we both took time to admire some of those fish. Some like dinner plates good lord
Great video!!! He has some gorgeous fish. Look forward to part3
man i wish you made this series when i first started with discus lol , helping me alot now with breeding them tho! can't wait for the next vid!
Yes he will call U I was surprised to hear from him after receiving my fish!
Thanks for the reply. there is one RED guy all by him self at the local shop... he's $60 and so pretty.. you have been very helpful.
these videos really make me want to buy some discus from this guy!
I couldn't agree more!! I tell all of my customers "If you can keep Rams you can keep Discus".
I usually feed my fish 2-3 x/day depending on my schedule. I keep panda cories and pleco with my discus and they do fine fyi. Good luck!
Great series. Already planning a Spring order.
Hans is wonderful...and my babies love the Cobalt along with Hans beef heart recipe
I've read the same thing about Discus, and that you should to place the tank accordingly. (e.g. Concrete floor is much preferred over a second story wood floor). Hans' Discus sure didn't seem to mind the overhead BWI jets though!
peoples say when u order discus from Hans you get a phone call from him..he wants to check if u received the fish healthy and happily..so I order 6 little 2.5 inches fishes from Hans online for the first time...and I received my fish...and I was like why isn't he calling me...guess what 2 hours later that same day he called me lols. awesome job Hans! I love Hans discus fish.
What about vibrations? I was reading that they don't like vibration it stresses them out and them ended up getting sick,..
how many water changes do i have to do if i get 2.5-3 inch discus? I've heard that the first week you do daily 40% changes then the second week you do every other day 35% changes and then go to your normal scedule. is this true? or can i start every other day the first week then go to once a week? this is the only thing i am confused on.
+micah hinze well to be honest i do 1 a week on 3.5 inch and they are growing great. but that's because the ro is expensive where i live. i would recommend to a week
You got me wanting blood pigeons.awsome
does bright light in my discus tank cause peppering. because with my three i have now the blue diamond has non and nor does my red pigeon but my red melon has some speckles. i asked the owner and he said it was from poor genetical parents but i look online and it says its the brightness of the tank.?
Great video, thank you.
Great video, especially how he distilled a lot of the myths about R/O water.
i got a 100 gallon airpump for my 60 gallon tank and its alot of air bubbles will it be a problem for my discus?
Will the stendker discus eat flake and pellets right off the bat? Mine only eat freeze dried and frozen. They're not stendker though.
i have only a few discus fish but they are doing well after their first disease being cured,just tap water,regular maintenance, biweekly water changes,temperature of atleast above 25C
I like this man! He makes some great points!
so my red discus is a small one he gets along well with my other fish as well as my 2 angel fish the only problem is the he will always be in one corner by himself and he wont swim is this a normal behavior for discus thanks
JR no, is not a normal behavior, discus are schooling fish they need to be in a group of at least 4, hope this helps
I'll be uploading a video soon where he talks about that more and actually demonstrates how he does water changes in there. He doesn't do it by percentage, he does it as needed. He tests every day.
So I really want to keep discus but I'm afraid that my hardness of my water is really high what hardness is good for discus and how can I bring my hardness down please help
Oh yeah one big problem I'm having is that when I feed the tank the discus are not as aggressive with getting food as the other fish , they are being out competed , is this the big problem that I'm having?
Very useful. Thanks dudes!
Great interview.
Wouldn't get discus from anyone else. Thank you for these videos
Great vid! I was wondering if its ok to keep Clown Loaches with Discus? I have raised Angels, but really don't want to be a breeder. Will the clowns bother the Discus? And, I work 12 hr shifts, would Discus manage ok on 2 x a day feedings?
Thanks for all the great info & videos!
His ph is about 7.4 to 7.6. It is not true that you need a very low ph it should not be thrue the roof but this blood line of Diskuszucht stendker has adjusted to the ph levels. I have a 90 gallon discus tank and I got all of them from hans.
Whats the website from Hans ? ? ? ? ?
SO TRUE discus are actually very hardy they show signs way before other fish so you can save them more often then not
Hans breeds some gorgeous discus. My lfs sells his discus and every time I go in there they're staring at me thru the tank lol. But I will buy mine straight from Hans instead of him shipping them to the lfs i.e aquatic critter Nashville tn and me going to pick them up few days later. To me that stressed the fish out. A stressed fish is more prone to getting sick etc and that's no fun.
Hi Hans > great Vid & info. Ive been in fish for 35 yrs Plus> Discus are on my list > Since you state ure using Tap H20 in Baltimore> What are your Parameters from the TAP Please? I want to know so I can compare to My Tap Vs My RO> TY PRASAP
I like these fish.... The issue I have is doing all those water changes. they are very beautiful fish... 20 gallon too small?
Is there a link to his website? Or is it just Discus Hans? I just saw the link in the description. Thanks
If you search Discus Hans USA you'll find him 🙂
@@KGTropicals thanks
I have 3 discus . 1 died 5 inch pigeon blood , tested water and saw that I had a little bit of ammonia the next thing I did was a water change and mine 2 inch blue cobalt is
sick I have one Disqus left , 5 inch penang eruption, my question is am i doing the wrong thing by keeping my discus in a tank with mixed fish no aggressive fish just regular tropical fish
Could you be more specific?
+Ron Pearson well what is the tank size?
discus is one of my dream fish!
He didn't say the amount of water changes, is it 30% each week like normal fish? or alot of discus forums talk about different amounts of water changes E.g 50% everyday some others say 30% every 2 days ect... for me personally I change the discus tank ever couple of days with 2 or so buckets which would probably give around 40% each week but in small amounts during the week(every other day)
No disrespect to Hans but I got some discus from him that did very well and my live plants LOVE large water changes. I've got a low tech 120 gallon tank which you can check out on my channel. Ironically the discus that is used for my icon is the ONLY one I haven't purchased from Hans. I don't see me buying from anybody else. His fish are worth every penny.
how is that disrespectful? you sound like you wants his D
Marcos Vazquez was that really needed
What size did you buy yours?
Gilbert Farmer 2.5 or 3. Sorry, can't remember at the moment. If you search my youtube channel it is documented there.
Cheers!
My discus are not eating as good as the other fish ,they seem like they're not interested in food at all is this my problem?
Great video man but what's the deal with the fly I kept seeing in the video. LOL.
I am an amature fishkeeper with 4 tanks from 5 gall to 120 gallon. My fish seem to be doing well and am have a mated pair of angels that just had their first breeding. I would love to keep discus but like many people am a little afraid to try. The worry is that even though I can work with most of my water paramaters our water here is very hard. Would discus be able to thrive in this or would it be unfair to the fish to attempt to keep them?
Judith Peavler you should get your discus breaded from your place where you, if you order from some where else it's going to be harder to keep due the water conditions in y he water, I've hear some people breeded discus with tap water with no problem at all
Man, my dream tank would be a 200g with a bunch of discus and driftwood!
can someone tell me what the best food for discus?plz help me
Not trying to be a jerk but do any fish like vibrations? I wouldn't think any fish would do well with vibrations in the tank.
Nice video man keep those video comming man .
Discus are beautiful. But I'll probably never have them because I like tanks that are 20 gallons and smaller.
awesome series
Harry, it's more the surrounding your Discus are in, dark gravel and back ground can bring out "speckles" on your pigeon types. Blue Diamond is not a pigeon so will never show it.
Stendker pigeons are known to be very clean.
The problem is Ben Kingsley is a little fella, I think he's like 5'7". Hans is around 6'4" lol.
TDA (don't want to call you DrunkenAlcoholic lol) 10% + 10% + 10% + 10% is not a 40% water change. Water change all depends on how many Discus, what sizes and most important: how much food do you trow in the tank, most of the time the Discus doesn't make the tank dirty, it's the owner by trowing a lot of food in. If I do a water change, it's about 30-40% of the system, don't use buckets lol lol One of the next movies will show how. I do this about every other day.
Hans is going to be checking the comments and I'm sure he'll answer you on that one. Check back tomorrow and see if he has responded cause he doesn't have the ability to respond directly to you.
hans is goed je weer te zien
whens the next part coming? great video
That lil jerk wouldn't leave me alone!!!
Man, you need noise cancelation. I can barely hear you. Otherwise, very informative topic 👍
John brought the fly, it's a spy(fly)cam
wow he uses tap water..there is still hope for me :)
3:06 those people disappoint me
It's not hard been keeping Discus since I was 9 15 now. Fully grown 6 discus in a 56.
hahhahaha very funny and is true cardenals are hard to but cost cheaper ahahahaha..... like rams if you can keep cardenal and rams youready to discus...
oh thanks so much.
💯👍👍
Couldnt undestan a singl thing tooo noisy is there any other video abt discuss
if discus are easy to keep and they breed well in captivity why are they so expensive. is it just a case of demand driving up the price?
maybe because they are beautiful fish...people pay good money for a good looking fish. Just like how male peacocks are a lot more expensive than females.
+TheClosedpalm its because of their colors. Koi fish can be super expensive yet they are hardy/easy to care
ok thanks
throw a discus in with an oscar? there's a disaster waiting to happen.
hahhahaha....
love your videos but the bubble sound effects in the beginning and the end are kind of annoying
stay away from blood worm
I'm way better looking and have blue eyes lol lol
so they aren't that hard clearly