STHH
01-24-2014, 09:01 AM
After a few months of being a noob, all my juveniles 2" discus have survived and grown to 5" to 6" sub-adults.
Here's my psuedo planted tank.
There is no soil in most of the tank. The 2 pots of crypts are planted in bonsai pots, and hidden behind rocks and covered with gravel, as with a pot of tiger lotus. Some Java ferns mounted on woods.
Water change is 3 times 80% a week. The prefilter sponge are washed weekly.
Discus are fed only beefheart, and there is a large cleanup crew of cories eating any leftovers.
There are also quite a few ramhorn snails eating any leftovers, and their population is kept in check by a group of assassin snails.
The cories colonies hides in all the driftwoods, and comes out mainly at night.
The pea size gravel are easy to vacuum, but have turn from white to slightly greenish due to algae.
The plants and driftwoods makes the discus feel comfortable, so they don't dash around. A small group of cardinal tetras also acts as dither fishes.
Despite reading up on most of the articles in SD forum, there is still much to learn.
Thank you everybody for the help you have given.
http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/trelch/P1244988_zps40a3d332.jpg
Here's my psuedo planted tank.
There is no soil in most of the tank. The 2 pots of crypts are planted in bonsai pots, and hidden behind rocks and covered with gravel, as with a pot of tiger lotus. Some Java ferns mounted on woods.
Water change is 3 times 80% a week. The prefilter sponge are washed weekly.
Discus are fed only beefheart, and there is a large cleanup crew of cories eating any leftovers.
There are also quite a few ramhorn snails eating any leftovers, and their population is kept in check by a group of assassin snails.
The cories colonies hides in all the driftwoods, and comes out mainly at night.
The pea size gravel are easy to vacuum, but have turn from white to slightly greenish due to algae.
The plants and driftwoods makes the discus feel comfortable, so they don't dash around. A small group of cardinal tetras also acts as dither fishes.
Despite reading up on most of the articles in SD forum, there is still much to learn.
Thank you everybody for the help you have given.
http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/trelch/P1244988_zps40a3d332.jpg