Discus

I,ve managed to acquire a pair of Discus,,, [ about 21/2 inches across]
and while there is nothing unusually about that,, In Oz there few and far
apart..They also command high prices, and I was wondering if there is any
short cuts,,,

I,ve kept Angles for years, without any loses, So I do know bits and pieces
about the hobby,,, I,ve read a few forums, and frankly they just about wrap
the things up in cotton
wool,, Bare bottomed tanks, no plants, Plants in Pots, Half water changes
every day,
they go on about Ph, high // low. whatever..
Only feed this or that, never feed flakes,, and it goes on and on.. It,s a
wonder they
take them out of the plastic bags.. There only Bloody fish for Christ sake..

Anyway Ive set-up a 3 foot, something like 75 litres, with UGF [wrong]
gravel [wrong] it will be heavily planted [wrong] there will only be a small
algae sucker [wrong] and a few
neon tetra's [wrong, they go feral] If the tetra's die, something's wrong.

We don't have chemical water, It comes of the roof, and when the mud settles
its
pretty clean , I never bother to cycle the water , just bung it in, run the
UGF for a couple of days and then throw the fish in.

My question is do I treat these Discus things , the same as I treat the
angles, A bit of a vacuum once a week, water changes when theirs water to
spare, I feed pellets, Flakes,
Brine shrimp, [probably all wrong , is it any wonder they won't die]

We work a bit different in OZ,, Murphy Law,, Dictates if its going to
happen, It will.
So there's not much point in trying to stop it..
Thanks,
bassett