Magplate's Discus

[magplate]

Hi all, I am currently running 3 tanks with discus, a 120 gallon and 2 60 gallon tanks.

In one of the 60 gallon tanks I have 8 fish that arrived from Hans on 01/15/2016. They are 4 Flame Red and 4 Checkerboard that were about 3" when I got them.

[magplate]

The second tank I have is currently housing 5 Red Turquoise that I bought as 2" fish from Andy in Newton, MA.

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[magplate]

The 120 gallon has 6 more of the Red Turquoise, the smaller ones. There is also a pair of Red White fish that I also got from Andy with the turq's on December 6th, 2015.

This tank also has a cory, 2 hatchetfish and 13 Pristella Tetras.944489444994450

The lighting is better on this tank so the turq's are brighter.

[Akili]

Beautiful collection!!!

[magplate]

Thought I would show my current water change system.

I made a pvc setup attached to a 1/2" diameter hose. The end of the hose goes to a shower. I start the siphon on one tank and the other two I can start the siphon by raising the end of the hose as it is already filled with water. All 3 of my tanks are the same height, so the siphon removes 33% of the water. I am currently doing this every day.

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The tanks then auto fill with a 1/4" tube attached to a 3M filter. A water meter measures the flow rate and total volume.

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You can see the floats from autotopoff.com in the photo. We have pretty good water here that is very soft. It takes about 3 - 4 hours to top off all 3 tanks which allows the heaters to keep up and the carbon dioxide to dissipate.

[Dhavalsp]

The second tank I have is currently housing 5 Red Turquoise that I bought as 2" fish from Andy in Newton, MA.

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did you get them at 2" and they look like this now or they are at 2" and they look like this...these turks are amazing btw.

[magplate]

They were 2" - 2.25" when I got them in December. I measured them today and they are all about 4". I sold off the 4 smallest leaving me with the 7 larger ones.

They are getting much more red in their fins now.

I am extremely happy with these fish!"

[magplate]

Laying eggs at about 5 months...95612

If I weren't there to see it, I would have missed it because they ate the eggs almost immediately!

[magplate]

I now have 8 fish from Hans and the 7 Turqs from Andy in the 120 gallon tank.

I am cleaning up one of my 60 gallon tanks for my order from Kenny, 6 fish 5 - 5.5".

My 2 Red White's continue to lay eggs in my other 60 gallon tank but I need to protect them as they are eaten in 2 - 3 days.

[magplate]

An update on some of my fish. The Red Turq's are growing pretty well and the Red White pair is finally raising some babies (only 7 though).

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[William1]

Wow - looks like you are having fun. Nice water change system. And nice fish. Very impressive. Bravo!

[tvo]

Very nice. I love to get my hands on some red turqs like that.

[magplate]

Also I should mention that with the warm weather I now siphon the water into 55 gallon drums. I then use a 1/4hp pump and a garden hose to reuse the water for my gardens and lawn. Until this weekend we have had a very dry spring/summer.

I am putting together a solar panel/lead acid battery/12v pump with a level switch to transfer the water from the drums. I have a boat so the batteries and pump were kicking around anyway.

[magplate]

I have had the Red Turquoise I bought from Andy in Newton, MA for a year now. Sold some and lost one, but this photo is the biggest. Measured him at exactly 7", there is one other within a quarter inch of him.



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[Phillydubs]

Beautiful!!

[magplate]

Please excuse the algae, this tank gets a blast of direct sunlight every day. I put 2 plecos in there and they are making slow but sure progress eliminating it.

[pitdogg2]

Darn nice red Turks...

[magplate]

Same fish, 6 days later. Two Bristlenose Plecos cleaned the entire tank of algae!

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