Dirty Dozen - 12 Wild Blues

[Filip Zebec]

Hi, i'm Filip. I'm from Croatia, Europe.


Tech spec :

Aquarium 130cm x 50cm x 55cm - 350Liter cca 94 Gal
Sump filtration :
- Blue aquaristic foam
- Sera siporax
- Sachem Matrix
Nitrate reactor ( Lewatit MP 600 resin )

Lightning LED 3w x 24 - home made ( dimmed with LED controller simulate sunrise and sunset )

Livestock :

12 Wild Blue discus
20 x Corydoras sterbai
10 x Lemon tetras
5 x L200 hemiancistrus subviridis


Discus are 2 day in tank , and they need to develop real colors.

[rickztahone]

Absolutely stunning. I am not sure why but I love white stands and this whole tank proves WHY, they just make everything look so clean.

This is one of the nicer tanks I have seen on here for a while. thank you for posting.

Do you happen to have a shot of the whole tank setup?

[John_Nicholson]

Nice.

-john

[Filip Zebec]

Absolutely stunning. I am not sure why but I love white stands and this whole tank proves WHY, they just make everything look so clean.



Do you happen to have a shot of the whole tank setup?


Do you mean that you want pics with cabinet and lightning ?

[Filip Zebec]

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blue light are from saltwater aquarium :)

[CrazyAngels]

Extremely nice set up. Congrats

[Filip]

Beautiful biotopish scape and discus you got there Filip.
Your sterbai fish are also good looking and full grown .
I like the name of this thread too :).
How big and how old are discus approx. If you have info on this?
Is this your first time with discus or you had domestics previously and now you turn to wilds?

Good luck with your start and your discus fish and keep us posted with pics and info of this tank growup regularly.

[Filip Zebec]

Beautiful biotopish scape and discus you got there Filip.
Your sterbai fish are also good looking and full grown .
I like the name of this thread too :).
How big and how old are discus approx. If you have info on this?
Is this your first time with discus or you had domestics previously and now you turn to wilds?

Good luck with your start and your discus fish and keep us posted with pics and info of this tank growup regularly.

Thanks ,

i previous had school of wild discus + altums. Even I got wild fry ( 3 month old ).


Discus are pretty same cca 12-14 cm, they are young fish, because all of them have small eyes.

For wilde one you can't know how they are old, but when i see small eyes i know they are young fishes .

[rickztahone]

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blue light are from saltwater aquarium :)

yeah, that is exactly what I was looking for and I am glad I asked. That is one sweet setup. Did you build that custom or had it made? That light is pretty sweet as well.

[jmf3460]

well, this is awesome. Your whole tank set up is really clean and natural looking. is the wood positioned like that or is it just still floating from not being completely water logged? If it is just still floating you should try and make it stay like that permanently, it looks cool up at the top making shady areas in the tank.

[Filip]

Do you keep them in To water or just regular tap water?
What do you plan for your water change and feeding regime to be for grow out ?

[Filip Zebec]

well, this is awesome. Your whole tank set up is really clean and natural looking. is the wood positioned like that or is it just still floating from not being completely water logged? If it is just still floating you should try and make it stay like that permanently, it looks cool up at the top making shady areas in the tank.

woods are tied to the transverse reinforcement



Do you keep them in To water or just regular tap water?
What do you plan for your water change and feeding regime to be for grow out ?

i keep wild one in pure Revers osmosis water, because my tap water is very very hard ( Kh 24 , ph 8 )

kh 1, ph 6.4 - 6.6 , TDS cca 150ppm

water change are weakly 120 ltr, cca 31Gal

I feed them with : frozen artemia, frozem mysys, frozen krill

Tropical D-allio with garlic , tropical D50 plus


Im stunned that they eat flakes :), ussualy i had probblem to leard wild one to accept flakes and granulas



yeah, that is exactly what I was looking for and I am glad I asked. That is one sweet setup. Did you build that custom or had it made? That light is pretty sweet as well.

whole tank is hand made by mine friends and me.

[rickztahone]

whole tank is hand made by mine friends and me.

Even more impressive!

[Second Hand Pat]

Hi Filip, very nice tank and fish. Sounds like you are doing very well with your fish. I keep my in remin-ed RO water also.
Pat

[Pardal]

Cool, nice looking set up!
Julian

[Phillydubs]

Really nice!!! Love it!!

[Juricas]

Hi Filip :)

Nice fish :) I am glad that i had a chance to see them before they arrived to your tank :) They arrived in excellent condition, i hope they will stay excellent for long time.

Just to know, i will come in inspection today :)

[Filip Zebec]

I try to fed by hand after 5 day in tank :)


https://youtu.be/SKcC_S0ZYp0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKcC_S0ZYp0&feature=youtu.be

[HappyFace]

Hi, i'm Filip. I'm from Croatia, Europe.


Tech spec :

Aquarium 130cm x 50cm x 55cm - 350Liter cca 94 Gal
Sump filtration :
- Blue aquaristic foam
- Sera siporax
- Sachem Matrix
Nitrate reactor ( Lewatit MP 600 resin )

Lightning LED 3w x 24 - home made ( dimmed with LED controller simulate sunrise and sunset )

Livestock :

12 Wild Blue discus
20 x Corydoras sterbai
10 x Lemon tetras
5 x L200 hemiancistrus subviridis


Discus are 2 day in tank , and they need to develop real colors.

So beautiful! This inspires me to try a more natural look in my white tank.

[Filip]

I try to fed by hand after 5 day in tank :)


https://youtu.be/SKcC_S0ZYp0

So far so good Filip . They look great .

[plecocicho]

Jedan najboljih diskus biotop akvarijuma, kapo dol. Where did you buy them?

[Filip]

Jedan najboljih diskus biotop akvarijuma, kapo dol. Where did you buy them?


Ageree with pleco.
And i was gonna ask you the same if I may Filip.
And what was their price , if its not too rude or personal of a question. :).

[Filip Zebec]

hehhe još cemo i na Hrvatski pričati :)

I bought them in Budapest,Hungary. I order them and wait 3 month to come .

They are Uatuma Blue.

I check nitrate level and they are between 1-5 with JBL Nitrate NO3 test.

I use Lewatit MP300 Nitrate resin. Recommend to everyone

[Filip]

hehhe još cemo i na Hrvatski pričati :)

I bought them in Budapest,Hungary. I order them and wait 3 month to come .

They are Uatuma Blue.

I check nitrate level and they are between 1-5 with JBL Nitrate NO3 test.

I use Lewatit MP300 Nitrate resin. Recommend to everyone

What does this Lewatit mp 300 resin do ?
It only strips the nitrates in water or something else along with it? Is it recharchible?

I use purigen , its said that it strips the organics out of water column. Is lewatit some similar product?

[Filip Zebec]

What does this Lewatit mp 300 resin do ?
It only strips the nitrates in water or something else along with it? Is it recharchible?

I use purigen , its said that it strips the organics out of water column. Is lewatit some similar product?

I think that is simmilar product, but lewattit is easyer to recharge. ONly salt.

i had also purigen , but i didn't have nitrate baleow 20 ever.

[Second Hand Pat]

I think that is simmilar product, but lewattit is easyer to recharge. ONly salt.

i had also purigen , but i didn't have nitrate baleow 20 ever.

Do you have nitrates in your source water?
Pat

[Filip Zebec]

Do you have nitrates in your source water?
Pat


Yes cca 10-20 in my tap water before RO, i didnt mesure RO for nitrate,

[Second Hand Pat]

Yes cca 10-20 in my tap water before RO, i didnt mesure RO for nitrate,

Might be worth considering.
Pat

[Filip]

Regardless of the low measurable No3 levels in your water i am a bit skeptical that your discus can get away unharmed with only a 30 % per week fresh water .
There are 12 of them plus some diether fish in a 90 gallon tank (you didnt mention the sump volume) , and thats a highest end concerning a bioload in 90 g. tank.
You might consider doing a bit more of a water changes , at least for this first couple of grow up months .

[rickztahone]

Regardless of the low measurable No3 levels in your water i am a bit skeptical that your discus can get away unharmed with only a 30 % per week fresh water .
There are 12 of them plus some diether fish in a 90 gallon tank (you didnt mention the sump volume) , and thats a highest end concerning a bioload in 90 g. tank.
You might consider doing a bit more of a water changes , at least for this first couple of grow up months .

While I agree with what you are saying, it is difficult to tell someone that when their tank looks so amazing

[HappyFace]

It looks perfect. How do you clean the sand and how often, please?

[Filip Zebec]

Regardless of the low measurable No3 levels in your water i am a bit skeptical that your discus can get away unharmed with only a 30 % per week fresh water .
There are 12 of them plus some diether fish in a 90 gallon tank (you didnt mention the sump volume) , and thats a highest end concerning a bioload in 90 g. tank.
You might consider doing a bit more of a water changes , at least for this first couple of grow up months .


Sump are 120L loaded with 60L filtermaterial + wetDry

[Filip Zebec]

It looks perfect. How do you clean the sand and how often, please?

I siphoning whole bottom every week , when i do WC

[Filip Zebec]

after month in tank , they get some color


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[Akili]

Excellent Tank and its habitats, Thanks for sharing!!!

[Phillydubs]

That blue sheen and hue on them is just fabulous... thanks for updating, so nice!

[flowandbehold]

Congratulations. Absolutely stunning natural looking tank. Try feeding them some live food I guess they'll color up in no time. Good job.

Regarding volume of WC Heiko Bleher in his discus books interviews some wild discus keepers and 30-50% weekly is what they claim to do.

[Filip Zebec]

I do 30% WC every 5-7 days. i think too much WC is stress for fish.

[Filip]

Congratulations. Absolutely stunning natural looking tank. Try feeding them some live food I guess they'll color up in no time. Good job.

Regarding volume of WC Heiko Bleher in his discus books interviews some wild discus keepers and 30-50% weekly is what they claim to do.



I do 30% WC every 5-7 days. i think too much WC is stress for fish.

Do you guys think this WC practice that Heiko Bleher also mentioned should applies only to wild discus or in general for every discus?

[Filip Zebec]

New addition to my filtration

DYI 2 x 1.5 Liter Purigen / lewatit MP600 reactors

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[rickztahone]

Cool reactors. How much do you have in parts here? I wouldn't mind making my own for a reef tank I have planned.

[Filip Zebec]

Cool reactors. How much do you have in parts here? I wouldn't mind making my own for a reef tank I have planned.


cca 90 $ for 4 reactors :) , i will sell 2 of them

[rickztahone]

cca 90 $ for 4 reactors :) , i will sell 2 of them

Very nice. Have a parts list?

[Filip Zebec]

even better i have drawing, is not Catia or AutoCAD but its enough for me :) :)

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[rickztahone]

That works. I will see if I can source it locally. I am assuming you used weld-on 4?

[Filip Zebec]

That works. I will see if I can source it locally. I am assuming you used weld-on 4?

I don't know what is weld-on 4 ? are those acrilic glue ?

[Filip Zebec]

That works. I will see if I can source it locally. I am assuming you used weld-on 4?

I used some local store acrylic glue, they have big bottle 5ltr, and they sell in small bottle.

[rickztahone]

I don't know what is weld-on 4 ? are those acrilic glue ?
Yeah, correct

[Filip]

Cool reactors Filip . How do you plan to keep the purigen from spilling out of reactors?

[Filip Zebec]

Cool reactors Filip . How do you plan to keep the purigen from spilling out of reactors?

I buy 200micron plastic mesh.

i drill acrylic rings ( 64mm ) with 4mm hols, and stick mesh over holes. I will put pics when I get plastic screws and finish reactor

[Filip]

I buy 200micron plastic mesh.

i drill acrylic rings ( 64mm ) with 4mm hols, and stick mesh over holes. I will put pics when I get plastic screws and finish reactor

Thanks Filip.Please do put some pics when you are done with the parts . I'm also planing of making purigen reactor and I can use ideas and directions on how to do it.

[Filip Zebec]

https://youtu.be/tEe36k0tVbA

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[Dhavalsp]

beautiful!

[Filip]

Beautifull discus Filip. They look very healthy and hungry on the video. :) .

[Filip Zebec]

Beautifull discus Filip. They look very healthy and hungry on the video. :) .

They are always hungry, i give them food before I take video.

[marinum]

Fantastic ... :)