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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Fishworld</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fishworld"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><B>   |    </B><A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tropical profiles"><U><B>back to profiles</B></U></A><B> </B><B>    </B><B>|      </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tropical Stock"><U><B>back to tropical stock</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Discus</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="30507ba0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Symphysodon aequifasciata</I></div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>DISCUS</B></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="365" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="104"><div> size:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="246"><div> Up to 6" (15cm)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="104"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="104" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="246"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="246" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="104"><div> position:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="246"><div> All</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="104"><div> pH:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="246"><div> 6.0  to 6.8</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> temperature:</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="246"><div> 82ºF to 88ºF </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="367" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 23 ><NOBR><div> <B>Community fish:</B>  Not general community</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="357"><div> <B>Diet: </B>Flakefood,  frozenfood, brineshrimp, mysis, bloodworm(in moderation)  beefheart, turkeyheart, krill and spinach</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="357"><div> <B>Temperament:</B> Very peaceful but  sometimes argumentative over food.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 241 WIDTH="357"><div> <B>Comments:</B>  Don't be put off keeping discus, they are not as difficult or demanding as you think, especially captive bred specimens. They will quite happily live with non-boisterous fish like cardinal tetras and corydoras catfish. The main points of care are cleanliness, ideally water changes at least 3 times a week because they have a big appetite, youngsters eating 6 or more feeds a day, adults only requiring 2.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>