Hi. It's a nice tank. Please keep in mind, clown loaches will grow large and will outgrow the tank. Also, discus usually do well in groups, but I'm surprised your only discus is doing well by itself. It still looks like a juvenile, so it too will outgrow your tank. Make sure you keep the feeding the discus several times a day to keep in from getting stunted.
update 24072008 !=56K
flora:
bacopa
cabomba
egeria
hydrocotyle
crypts
anubias
fauna:
discus
clown loaches
cardinal tetras
white clouds
Height 435mm
Length 620mm
Depth 390mm
tetra completesubstrate
no co2
no ferts
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bacopa
cabomba
egeria
hydrocotyle
crypts
anubias
fauna:
discus
clown loaches
cardinal tetras
white clouds
Height 435mm
Length 620mm
Depth 390mm
tetra completesubstrate
no co2
no ferts
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hey crazie eddie,
this was my first foray into planted tanks, been keeping fish for as long as i can remember...
there are 3 discus in my tank, this one is just the friendliest
i have a bigger tank that i am busy setting up with pressurized co2 etc. so once that tank is up and running i will move the fish over.
this was my first foray into planted tanks, been keeping fish for as long as i can remember...
there are 3 discus in my tank, this one is just the friendliest
i have a bigger tank that i am busy setting up with pressurized co2 etc. so once that tank is up and running i will move the fish over.
hi pieky22,
i was also worried if i was ready, with having to test ph, for nitrates,nitrites and ammonia which discus are very sensitive to, and daily 25% water changes, lots of work in a low tech...
then i found out about planted tanks, did some research found out how plants handle nitrates etc. and how they can keep the water from getting old for longer, the substrate cleaner and get fertilized by the uneaten food.
so i setup a planted tank, got tank two bred discus which are supposed to be a little more tolerant, and were already accustomed to eating flake, bits, frozen bloodworms and brineshrimp as soon as they got home, and started testing the water daily. because of the peat i added to my substrate the ph stays at 6.
nitrites, nitrates and ammonia are nonexistent, and i now do weekly 50% water changes more out of habit than neccessity - i am busy setting up a high tech 50g so i might as well stay in the habit as i will be dosing using the ei method.
but anyway, i have had the first two for about a year, the smaller one used to bully the larger on so i was told two get another as they do better in groups, so i got a third larger one and he now rules the tank and bullies both the other two
i have had him about 6 months and they have almost outgrown the tank i havent found discus to be that more demanding or difficult to keep than an ordinary well kept community tank, so if you are itching to get some discus, do some research and give it a try. :biggrin:
best place for research on discus is at simplydiscus.com forums/message board. Those people know what they are talking about AND there are people on this site that are quite popular on that site as well. Go have a look
very nice tank, thanks for saring. I also like your big fish as it swam in the second pic
stuff is taking longer than i thought to get my 50g together, so i rescaped my 20g tank in the meantime
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algae is under control now, just cant seem to get rid of the hair algae on my wood
algae is under control now, just cant seem to get rid of the hair algae on my wood
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thanks man, cant wait to see what type of growth i get with 3wpg co2 and ferts
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