a.person61
04-30-2016, 06:57 PM
Hey guys,
What is the best way to maintain a discus planted tank? I've been working on mine for just over a year and im planning on adding some discus after holidays.
My original plan was to QT for maybe 9 weeks to not only make sure there healthy but alsomget some experience in them first as well hopefully grow them out abit. After the 9 weeks place them into the planted with 20 to 25% wc every 2nd day or mon wed fri and filter Plus, plant trim and wc on sundays. Feeding flake, pellets, bloodworms here and there, blackworms and some live cultures here and there.
Tank specs
Lightning-7000to 75000K, full spectrum, programed sunset sunrise and moonlight (led)
Heaters- currenty the conventional aquaone heaters hopeing to get a inline and a better quality heater tomstick on the back. 28 degrees is what i wantmto set it on 29 is possible
Power head/wave maker-maxspect gyre placed vertically creating a full water motion (back going left and front going right) can also get waves or a ripple at the surface
Filter-eheim pro 3 ?500? Not sure what pacific one it is, the outlet is conected to my aquaone trickle filter so the water ends up been filterd twice. Currently a blueplanet uv filter hoping to get a eheim inline. NO CARBON
Co2 with ph controller- up aqua ph controller set to 6.60 to 6.70 original ph is 7.5 trialing to get it lowered within 2 hours. Food grade co2
Ferterlizer- liquid ferts micro and macro will be controlled once i get some test kits for it.
Tank size claims to be 540L but aquaium calculator says its 150 gallons (more them 540L)
Substrate- part sand part eco complete live growing a carpet on the eco
Other objects seriyu stone and 3 foot cured driftwood with cave system in to and anubias, javafern and java moss attacked on it
Live things
Number of plants that can handle the temp most of rhem claim to be easy to keep with 1 or 2 difficult to keep
Live stock-2 angal fish, 4 corrys, 2 bn 1 male 1 smaller female, controlled ramshorn (corrys figured out how to eat them but snails figured out how to hide during the day) 30 to 40 tetras, hopeing to get 7 ADULT discus and hopeing to get some German rams.
Plant placment dutch style at the back only about 5 to 10 cm worth from back to front other low plants around driftwood and stones with the rest of the soil a marsilea carpet.
Please tell me if i should change or missed something thanks in advance
What is the best way to maintain a discus planted tank? I've been working on mine for just over a year and im planning on adding some discus after holidays.
My original plan was to QT for maybe 9 weeks to not only make sure there healthy but alsomget some experience in them first as well hopefully grow them out abit. After the 9 weeks place them into the planted with 20 to 25% wc every 2nd day or mon wed fri and filter Plus, plant trim and wc on sundays. Feeding flake, pellets, bloodworms here and there, blackworms and some live cultures here and there.
Tank specs
Lightning-7000to 75000K, full spectrum, programed sunset sunrise and moonlight (led)
Heaters- currenty the conventional aquaone heaters hopeing to get a inline and a better quality heater tomstick on the back. 28 degrees is what i wantmto set it on 29 is possible
Power head/wave maker-maxspect gyre placed vertically creating a full water motion (back going left and front going right) can also get waves or a ripple at the surface
Filter-eheim pro 3 ?500? Not sure what pacific one it is, the outlet is conected to my aquaone trickle filter so the water ends up been filterd twice. Currently a blueplanet uv filter hoping to get a eheim inline. NO CARBON
Co2 with ph controller- up aqua ph controller set to 6.60 to 6.70 original ph is 7.5 trialing to get it lowered within 2 hours. Food grade co2
Ferterlizer- liquid ferts micro and macro will be controlled once i get some test kits for it.
Tank size claims to be 540L but aquaium calculator says its 150 gallons (more them 540L)
Substrate- part sand part eco complete live growing a carpet on the eco
Other objects seriyu stone and 3 foot cured driftwood with cave system in to and anubias, javafern and java moss attacked on it
Live things
Number of plants that can handle the temp most of rhem claim to be easy to keep with 1 or 2 difficult to keep
Live stock-2 angal fish, 4 corrys, 2 bn 1 male 1 smaller female, controlled ramshorn (corrys figured out how to eat them but snails figured out how to hide during the day) 30 to 40 tetras, hopeing to get 7 ADULT discus and hopeing to get some German rams.
Plant placment dutch style at the back only about 5 to 10 cm worth from back to front other low plants around driftwood and stones with the rest of the soil a marsilea carpet.
Please tell me if i should change or missed something thanks in advance