D’s Discus Tank

[FishAssAssin]

Hi, here is what I have done so far.

75 gallon Marine Land Low Profile Tank W/Lid.
Aqua Sky 48” LED Light set to Progressive on/off.
Dual 407 Canister Filters Loaded W/ Biomax and SeaChem Matrix.
Dual Fluval UV Lights.
Dual Stainless Lily Pipes W/ Skimmers.
High Flow Air Pump W 4” Disc.
Caribe Sea Super Naturals Sand.
Millennium Stone
2 Large Manzanita Wood.
Java Ferns, Anubias, 1 Amazon Sword.
3 pieces of Magnolia leaves for decay húmic acids. Rotated out with fresh about every 2 weeks.
Finnex 500 watt heater with temp controller.

Maintenance.
15-20% W.C. Every 3 Days. Scrub Glass and Background. Full Vacuum. Clean Skimmers.
Monthly Rotational Filter Cleaning.
Aged Good Quality City Water Aerated 3 Days, Heated 1 Day. Add Dose Prime and Dose Pond Novaqua on Day of W.C.

Feed.
B.H. Flakes.
TheraA
FD Blood Worms.
Various Others.

Keep Metroplex and Paraguard on hand with metro Flakes.

Parameters.
PH 7.2 no adjustments or buffers.Pond Novaqua does have some but I only use a splash in the MW.
Temp. 82.4*
GH 5
KH 4
Am. 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0

Fish
6 Madagascar 🌈
5 Ottos
5 Amanos
3 Koi Angelfish
1 Zebra Pleco
Jack Wattley Discus
1 Deep Blue Cobalt
1 Penang Blue Knight
1 Classic Blue Scorpion
1 Galaxy Turquoise
1 Tiger Turquoise
1 Mystery Fish? Mr. M.
That’s it!
The Tank was set up 11/6/2020
Added Discus 1/20/2021
Had ich first week Treated tank and flake w/ metroplex.

[danotaylor]

Sounds busy! Love to see some pics or vid?
Have you shown nitrates at all? You should not have 0 nitrates with a cycled filter and your water change schedule??

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I checked this morning . Nitrates are 0. I did a WC yesterday afternoon.

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[Iminit]

Nice looking tanks and discus!

[danotaylor]

Tank looks great! Do the discus and angels get along ok? Very unusual to 0 ammonia and 0 nitrates. Even after a 20% water changes you nitrates would never go back to 0. Is your kit used by date still good? Thanks for posting the pics :thumbsup:

[Iminit]

Nice pick up Dan. But do these kits really expire? I’ve got one from 03 that tests the same as one I bought a year ago. 03 one doesn’t have an expiration date. May be he’s just not shaking the nitrate solution enough. You have to really shake that second bottle to bind whatever’s in there to get a good test.

[FishAssAssin]

Thanks very much for the support. I never thought of shaking the bottles. I will from now on. The kit expires in 2025. I am testing now and will re post the results.

[pablos]

Sounds busy! Love to see some pics or vid?
Have you shown nitrates at all? You should not have 0 nitrates with a cycled filter and your water change schedule??
Not necessarily. I have one heavy planted tank ... I checked recently NO3 as I changed water a month ago. Readings are = 0.0

But for this discus tank you are absolutely right. Not so many plants, so readings should by greater than 0.

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Shake it up baby! How high is too high for nitrates?

[Iminit]

For discus 20ppm is usually the limit. But if your changing water daily or a few times a week you shouldn’t have nitrate problems.

[AquaticNerd]

Looks like you're around the 5ppm mark which is great. I would keep doing what you're doing! :)

[danotaylor]

There ya go! Good catch Tom!!