Most people who keep simple freshwater fishes after seeing discus for the first time say to himself "I want to have this fish" but this wish can disappear when people see the price of discus. If you buy really quality discus the price can reach 100$ - 200$ for a pair. So why are discuses so expensive?
One of the most important things that affects discus price is keeping. Discus is not very easy fish to keep. It is not like guppy (Poecilia reticulata) or barbus (Cyprinidae family) which can exist in poor quality water. Discus needs good quality water and that means that water should be changed regularly also you should always check water parameters such as pH, KH, GH, NH4/NH3, NO3, NO2, PO4. So to keep water quality is not so easy when there are so many parameters, sometimes it can be even complicated.
Another thing that makes discus expensive is breeding discus fish. Breeding discus is always hard because you have to make perfect conditions to feel him like in wild nature, only than he can start breeding. Also you have to know how to act when discus spawns. These knowledge and passion for discuses are the factors which show that not many people can start breeding discus fish. And that makes it even more expensive.
Also discuses are expensive because of food which they eat. Feeding discus fish requires not much knowledge but high quality food such as raw turkey or beef hearts or livers, frozen or live adult brine shrimp or mosquito Larvae which are also expensive.
So these are the main factors which make discus so expensive. But I hope this wonderful fish is worth to be expensive because of its beauty.
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