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I agree I've only kept discus a year now. But not chasing the pH is the best thing you can do. You only have to worry about the pH when you're breeding. Just keep a regular water change schedule based on the number of fish you have. Thanks! Glad to see more people discussing discus.

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, looking forward to joining and sharing more of the discus world. 😊

Man, you make this look so easy. I’m trying to get there. I hate to see your water bill. 😀. Thanks for all your content.

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

You’ll get there bro! 😁💪

Love the Fish Hut!!! shop there all the time!!

Have you tried a hang on back planter with a pathos plant in it? If you give it enough light it is known to suck up nitrates like crazy. And it doesn’t look to bad as a house plant. Do to the plant being out of the water it tends to grow faster than aquarium plants, which in turn suck up more nitrates.

@nancyramirez6960

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting- I tried putting some plants in my discus tank but my severum ate it…🤦‍♀️… Thanks for the idea…😍

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, check the video I uploaded right before this one 😁

@iamhowiam2862

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics lol just saw it.

The quality in your videos and the way you make them has evolved so much and it looks amazing! Discus are looks amazing Kev!

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir! Glad you like them! 😊

Excellent video! There is so much snobbery in the discus keeping community it's great to see common sense videos like yours explaining things to new discus hobbyists out there

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that feedback. I promise to be the least snobbyest 🤣🤣

Beautiful tank man! Thank you for sharing it!

Excellent work Mr K.

At last with the Discuss!Will enjoy new content ✨️ with you on Discuss. Not yet started one. Always waiting for the right moment. Now the time has come and will learn so much now on how to maintain them from you videos. Looking forward 👌 to seeing more on this topic. Your channel is inspiring. Keep it up!

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro! Happy to help with the Discus world as well 😁

Cool. I was just there the other day. Picked up some more copperhead rosy barbs for my pond.

When homeboy said he’s older brother stat. On god. Keep running that shit bros

Yo. Kevin, I've been waiting for you to do the big tank with discus. Man, I'm excited. Can't wait to see the new videos. You make this look so easy. Keep up the good work bro.

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro, I hope you enjoy it! 😁

Dope, perhaps the clearest water on any channel I’ve watched. Beautiful fish, both tanks are fire🔥Don’t have either species of fish but this channel is hella knowledgeable and fun.

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro! Glad you’re enjoying the channel! 😊💪

I was there yesterday ! Great spot to buy fish

Looks awesome! The background makes it looks like a real discus habitat!

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro 😊💪

Damn that’s my favorite place lol there’s one in Clifton called absolutely fish. Also, amazing place 👍🏻

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

My new favorite too 😁💪

They’re so beautiful. Wish to have some one day, but I’m only 5 months into the hobby, so I’ll stick with the fish I have for now. That white spot on my Mollie is gone. Thanks so much for the advice in the members only. 😊

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Glad your guy is doing better 😁😁💪💪

Maybe get some floating plants. They'll help with your nitrates.

Great video. I have learned from keeping reef tanks and corals that parameters are important but stability is more important. You may want to look into auto water making small daily water changes to keep your system stable with that large bio load. Also, plants are hard to grow in 85 degrees temp. 82 degrees will provide you more success with that. Discus diets are another thing that should be accounted for. Give them variety.

They are amazing 🤩

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

😁😁

@ibrahimkani9777

2 жыл бұрын

Need a tour video of your collections🤩

Great content Kev, those Discus look amazing.

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother Darth! I’m holding to keep them a long time and watch them grow 😁

@darthblunt3833

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics If I was a Discus I'd take my chances in your tank over my own. I've been so leary to even try them, just like the electric blue Jack Dempsey, beautiful fish but they require the level of care that doesn't allow laziness or mistakes. So I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy yours. Thanks as always for sharing

Thanks for the tips for discus because im gonna buy discus for my new tank. I like your content btw keep it up!

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure bro, glad I could help out 😁

@Diyanagius

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks😁

Love your content Kave❤️

Looking good

Finally the discus video!!!

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

😁😁

Beautiful fishes 🐠🐡🐟🐡🐠

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

Great video!

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

There's no better day than water change day

Nice work 💪

awesome tank

Your green 800 gph pump looks jus like mines missing that lil back piece from all the times I dropped it.. lolololol great video bro keep going!!! 👍🏾

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, that’s how mine got missing too 🤣

agreed about aros. predatory does not equal mean [ a common myth ]. only exception is jardini arowanas. those guys are beasts

Hey Kave Man thanks for all the content, are you thinking about breeding them? And when will you be coming out with more about discuss ?? Thx!!!

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully soon, I jumped into 2 new projects right after the Discus so I've got a lot of catching up to do 😊 Not planning to breed though.

How many fiter systems are ok, how much filtration and media is recomended for discus fishkeeping?

Can you mix different brands of beneficial bacteria.? When I first cycled my tank and for the past 3 months I’ve used Quick Start by API. Can I switch over to Seachem without any issues ?

What are you feeding, pellets or?? I guess that bh mix is a no go with severums and Arowana in the tank??

I’m ashamed at how my mind went to the wrong place when he said “A smaller hose is easier to pull out and wrap up.” Lol!!!! I know I can’t be the only one. My husband says my mind always stays in the gutter. After this, I realize he might be right. Lol!!!! Im so childish. In all seriousness, thank you for your videos. I’m a beginner and I’ve learned so much. 💛💛💛💛

@llomax1067

2 жыл бұрын

Nope your not the only one... I was right there with you 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Fleshnbloodrobot

2 жыл бұрын

Get off on some fish fathers huh aha

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 I didnt hear it until just now LOL

@BirdLadySpeaks

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics im sorry to corrupt such a wholesome video. 🫣🫣🫣🫣

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

@@BirdLadySpeaks 🤣🤣🤣

Have my discus at 83.5 give or take with my angels 40% water change every other day. They are best buddies angels are more aggressive at feeding but I got a feeding cone and clean!!! Water good luck kevin

Kev, great videos very informative, thanks for making them. My question is what is the ratio male to female, in your peacock tank. I’m getting ready to make a all peacock tank and wasn’t sure if I should go with a all male tank or mix a 2-8 male/female it’s a 90 gallon aquarium. Thanks for any help

Any problems with your severums pairing up and becoming aggressive? I only keep one because of that but would like to get a couple more. I have a 75 gallon.

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, I have 3 of them and they tend to chase each other…or it could just be 1 chasing the other 2 and I can’t tell cause they’re all identical lol But good thing is they are not aggressive with anyone else in the tank 😁

@michaelporcellini5535

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics ok, thanks.

Hi, I'm new to fish and was wondering: How you acclimate new fish and shrimp in a new tank?

Hey Kev, will 2 fluval 407 be good for a 125 gal tank?

Hi Kaveman What do you use to refill your tank? Looks like a cool waterfall affect

@KaveManAquatics

8 ай бұрын

Check out the video here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4ho1sGJlLupgdo.html

What kind of heater are you using to keep your temp that high? I’m having trouble finding a good heater.

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

I use 2 redundant heaters, 300W each. You can find what I use in my shop - koji.to/kaveman_aquatics

@BigShrimpin416

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics ok thanks, I found them. One of my tanks is just a small 10 gallon tank that I need to stay at a stable 84 degrees and I’ve bought 2 eheim jager’s and they just aren’t getting it to the correct temp and I’ve tried both a 50 watt and a 75 watt and I can’t get the temp higher then 75 for some reason

I swear kave really pushing his luck 🍀 with wifey 😂😂😂😂😂

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Test your tap water for nitrates kev. Mine was just as high as my tank water

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I did, mine is already around 20PPM so it’s going to be challenging keeping it low for them.

I want a discus tank so bad... patience is 🔑. One day

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, one day you’ll get there! Took me, felt like forever lol

Hi, just wanted to ask are you still going to keep the discus with the silver arawana? I have a thousand liter tank that's about 2200cm long. I have about 15 discus in it a few years. I really want to try a silver arawana in it.

@tomaswall6935

2 жыл бұрын

Also what do you feed your arawana? Do you feed something that floats so he stays up top feeding while the discus feed on the floor? Sorry for the questions, never had any arawana before, I think I am going to pick up a young one during the week about 10cm long.

Shout out to your barber ayeeeeeeee

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣💪💪

@Fleshnbloodrobot

2 жыл бұрын

What,, he clean like that big aquatic brothe 🔪

How has Seachem matrix been doing? You got an update

Hey caveman why not get some floating plants they will reduce your nitrates well!

Hey man is that pool filter sand as your substrate

@KaveManAquatics

9 ай бұрын

Yes Sir!! Find it in my shop 😊 koji.to/kaveman_aquatics

I'm lucky here in Melbourne Australia we have zero nitrates from the tap my Discus have less than five parts of nitrate at every water change I keep Malasian imports and the farms there do multiple water changes a week every day so I like to replicate that go online and check out these stunning Malasian discus

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like some Thriving Discus you guys got there! 😁💪

The nitrates issue is super divisive.many claim they keep their German "stendker" discus in upto 50ppm nitrates with no issue. Mine are imported fish from Singapore so I utilise RODI water to match their original water as they seemed intolerant of my high nitrate tap water.feeding beefheart also increases nitrate levels of course.its a tricky balance

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely is…so far my plants are beginning to help and last week tank remained under 40PPM 😁

@aquariumaddickuk

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics there's lots of denitrate "resins" used here in UK & I'm not convinced.i use frogbit & Egeria in my sump the same as I would chaeto in a marine tank & it seems to keep it down.

Hey kev what's good temp to keep for mbunas to make their colors pop

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

78-82 for African cichlids.

@reginaldfoster1390

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics Thanks kev

So I bought a use 75 gallon a year ago for my wife's angelfish and when I arrive at the house with the tank there was a 6 inch discus and two big angelfish I tested there nitrates and it was over 160 ppm that discus was living in 160ppm for over a year so they can do well in it but not advisable

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, good to know. Amazed he grew that big in nitrates that high.

How many bags of sand do you have in your tanks

How many times a day do you feed the discus?

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Twice a day 😊

Kept discus for many years did 75% water every other day people do every day water change very sensitive harder to keep than a reef tank for me

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s a lot.

hopefully the new discus leave flaco dos alone 🤣🤣😁😁

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

I know right🤣🤣🤣

When you put your fish into quarantine, do you use any medications to treat for diseases or infections? Or do you only treat for that stuff if you see anything start to appear while they’re in the quarantine tank for a couple weeks.

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

I do. I call it the Quarantine Couple (QC) Seachem Metroplex and Paraguard. This video will be helpful - kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIV-09qfmqmXepM.html

@Hulkhogan94

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Stability and Prime safe for 15 new 5. Inch Discus added to a fish in cycled ( used Tetras) 180 gallon. Too expensive to guess here. Thanks

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Keep an eye on your ammonia levels though. 1 dose of Prime will detoxify 1ppm of ammonia. 2 for 2, and so on...

@billanderson2730

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics Thanks. How will I know when to stop Prime and Stability. Or cycle bio load has grown enough to handle the additional discus. Thanks Again. So glad you are into Discus.

Omg give me that dragon homes! Is that a center piece or you just fucking around?

Your substrate looks really white. What brand & does it affect PH Thanks

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

It’s regular pool sand!! 😁 Has no affect on PH. You can find it in my shop - koji.to/kaveman_aquatics

What breed of arowana is flacco, thanks

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Hes a silver arowana

#re-play crew, 12/10/23, 😊 is that flacko as a baby, lol

@KaveManAquatics

7 ай бұрын

🤣 Yes Sirrrr

KEV HELP AGAIN, I had an ammonia spike in my tank, did a water change and added prime and stability daily for 1 week, the issue is my ammonia didnt move at all. I did a 70 percent water change and am at abt 1 or

@samwolfe7446

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!!!!!!

May I ask Why only 30mL of stability? That’s only about 60gallon, right?

@jeromepedro5486

2 жыл бұрын

Following up?i would like to know the answer

🤘🤙🤘💯💯

So the fish stay healthy by adding prime and stability which adds bacteria into the water and when we change the water, is why we need to add more back in? Im just clearing this up in my head thinking...how does the "upped" bacteria stay in the tank after we stop using stability? It's not like we need to add something else in the tank for more bacteria to grow on to help with ammonia right?

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Stability helps boost their production. Once they are “produced” and established they stay in the tank (unless you kill them off) they also don’t live in the water. That’s why you can water change and it won’t effect them…(again, unless you kill them off)

yo! who's that Marine in the picture behind u on the wall above the tank? and thanks for the great advice?....dang man..,did u go to a "fish" college to obtain such helpful knowledge? 😁

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Thats me bro, like 25 years ago 😊💪

@ericb.-3132

Жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics word! 😎

👀👍

Hello

Well Sh** there goes the rest of my bank account...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤗🤗🤗🤗

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Lol you and me both bro 🤣🤣

A smaller hose is easier to pull out shouldn’t of made me laugh but it did lol.

How's flaco doing?

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

The healing process has begun 😁

@redbeardeddragon3405

2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff man good stuff

@redbeardeddragon3405

2 жыл бұрын

And another thing you could probably get a security camera. And have it on your fish tank and have it record 24/7. Can you can have that content as well. From when you're not around . You can see what's going on if something happens

Can i contact you personally please?

@KaveManAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Sure…KaveManAquatics.com/kaveman-coaching

Kev Discus fish are terrible they die from anything just curious if your discus are still alive

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Very much so! Growing and thriving.

@American_King

Жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics Interesting didn't see em when you made the big move LoL

My MAN i HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY discus are so timid and difficult to keep when they are small I kept the heat up in my tank and a water change wiped them out even with Prime and safe as well as stability might be where I stay in DC- How do you keep your tanks that Beautiful and clear???

@KaveManAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you bro! Sorry to hear about your Discus, could have been something in your source water. My book on getting crystal-clear water can definitely help! 😁 It's short, to the point, and covers all the causes and solutions for cloudy water. Comes in eBook and Paperback. I promise you won't be disappointed! Check it out here - bit.ly/clearH2O

@American_King

Жыл бұрын

@@KaveManAquatics Thank you Bro I will order that book