My fishes

Tropheus tank (~725€ of living stock)

2022 - now

• 27 21 14x Tropheus Red Rainbow F1 from Cichlidenstadel  2022.05.21 ~25€/fish

  • 2025.01 8 young sold

• 8 4x Callochromis macrops red Ndole 2M:2F from Cichlidenstadel  2024.07.06 ~25€/fish

  • 2025.01 3 males sold

2018 - 2021

• 11x Tropheus Red Rainbow WF or F0 from importer Cichlidenstadel  ~50€/fish 

• 2x Eretmodus cyanostictus blue spot from importer Cichlidenstadel  ~10€/fish

Water parameters (obtained with tap water directly)

• pH 8.6 and above

• Temp 25°C / 77°F

• GH 12-20, KH 9-10

• Nitrate NO3 ~30-50ppm (too much), PO4 0.5-1.5ppm (too much)

Discus tank (~3700€ of living stock...)

• 4 3x Paraconi super red + 1x Tefe full spotted from Christian Kubitschka AT 2023.11 2000€

• 2x Paraconi red from Diskus Studio Tinnes GE 2024.01 600€

• 2x Tefe spotted from Diskus Studio Tinnes GE 2024.02 500€

• 3x (Pterophyllum scalare) from zierfischtreff.de 2025.06 90€

• 11 9x L46 Zebra pleco (Hypancistrus zebra) 2023.09 450€*

• 4x Geophagus sp. Rio Tapajos Red head from fishtopia.de 2023.12 60€

• 15 5x Blue-red Columbia tetra (Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis) from fishtopia.de 2023.12 45€

• 5x Blue-red Columbia tetra (Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis) from zierfischtreff.de 2025.06 7€

• 2x Acaras from Rio Caroni Venezuela (Guianacara stergiosi) from  fishtopia.de 2024.04 50€

• 10x Serpae tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques) from zierfischtreff.de 2025.06 15€

• 10x Sterba's corydoras (Corydoras sterbai) from zierfischtreff.de 2025.06 90€

• 2x Keyhole cichlid (Cleithracara maronii) from zierfischtreff.de 2025.06 10€

Tank crashed in 2023.Q2 because of dosing pump issue.. big loss:

• 4x (init. 8, lost 4!) Discus red-brown WF or F0 from Santarem Discus Plus ~150€/fish (imported)

• 3x (init. 5, sold a pair) Discus red-brown F1 from German breeder ~50€/fish (not in pet shop)

• 3.5x L201 Orinoco Angel pleco (Hypancistrus sp.) ~40€* 

• 5x L333 King Tiger pleco (Hypancistrus sp.) ~50€*

• 2x L46 Zebra pleco (Hypancistrus zebra) ~200€*

• 7x L236 (Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Iriri") R.B. line from local breeder ~250€/fish (not in pet shop)

* per fish, pet shop prices but from local breeder

Water parameters (obtained from RODI water with Preis Discus Minerals)

• pH 6-6.5 (NaHCO3 for stabilization)

• Temp 29°C / 84.2°F

• GH 4, KH 2

• Ammonia NH3  0.0ppm, Nitrite NO2  0.0ppm, Nitrate NO3 less than 20ppm

Issue when mixing wild Discus with F1 -> Chilodonella Parasite (link)