First Look at New Fish *DISCUS* and a Lot More in Today's Cichlids & Coffee Live Stream!

Let's take a first in the aquarium look at my recent shipment from Cunningham Tropicals and get into the keeping of this new fish, Discus, and a lot more, all LIVE!
The first 24 hours after receiving new fish is crucial. Let's see how the new fish (Discus and the other fish I received) are doing and talk about all of it in today's Cichlids & Coffee Live Stream. Let's roll!
Thank you for watching! Feel free to ask questions, make suggestions or comment on anything fish related! I'll get to as many of your comments as I can. Never forget my mottos: We all learn from each other! and Always be learning! Thanks!
A very big shout-out to Josh at Cunningham Tropicals for the exceptional fish. See a discount code below that he's made available to viewers.
Also, a big shout-out to the best live stream moderators on TH-cam: Salient Aquatics, Denny, GP, Kevin, Jerry, Zen Ginger, Jon Wallace and Vibes Aquatics!
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Another BIG shout-out to Cunningham Tropicals and The Aquarium Co-Op for their on-going support. See links and discount codes below.
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A BIG SHOUT-OUT to channel sponsor: Cunningham Tropicals at: cunninghamtropicals.com. Josh Cunningham is providing us with some special discount codes and here they are:
Use codes BenO15 for 15% off on fish orders and BenO10 for 10% off on dry goods!
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If you've read this far, you really do ROCK!!!

[@keithduwe2647]

The discus look absolutely beautiful thank you for all you do for the fishy hobby. God bless you, Mr. Ben.

[@Dez-Turner]

Discus tank looking great Ben. Just watching the replay as I had to jump out of the live as had a fish tank change at my sons place. Look forward to next weeks stream.

[@kalitaylor2598]

Hiya from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ben .Great channel ,& top content. Just my tuppenceworth , wood from the surface ,& room less lit may help those new beauties settle in .no disrespect or negativity whatsoever.ATB ❤

[@blakemyers2622]

I keep my discus at 78F and do 20% water changes twice a month at least. Sometimes 3x a month.

[@blakemyers2622]

How large do you expect to grow your discus over the next year or two? Seems like they are 3-4” right now? I know plenty can eventually get up to 7-8” which is crazy.
Super excited you’re finally making discus content. I’ll definitely donate and join your memberships next discus video.

[@BenOchart]

I’d love to get them large and move them over to the 90 gallon. That’s probably a year away.
Thanks for your support 😀👍🏻

[@davidsenger7694]

I keep my discus at 86° and do a 70% water change every week. Light substrate vacuum if at all