Discus master
07-26-2010, 10:56 AM
Need advice,
I have a 55 gallon, 6 discus all about 3 to 3 ½ inch mark, I have started aqua scapping recently. I have drift wood and branches, about a half inch pool filter sand for substrate two fake floating vines on each end of my tank for shade and esthetics. I just literally bought my first ever water plants Java Moss and Java Fern. I need something for the left rear of the tank to hide a pre filter sponge and inlet tube for my canister filter. Was hoping I could get a tall plant for that, I was going to hollow out a piece of drift wood and cut it down to look like a stump put sand in it and plant it in this sense my substrate is to thin and I want it to look “natural” not pot in other words and I thought this be a cool way of doing it. But again I need a very easy hardy plant that will require nothing more than the water in my tank, low, low, low, maintenance like the moss and fern. Suggestions please would be very appreciated.
My water chem is moderately soft ph of around 7.3 – 7.5 temp is 84.5 – 85f I have twin T5 light fixture with a color max in one and a 10k in the other. I am willing to change bulbs if need be, I would like the best possible light for viewing my discus while providing sufficient light for the plants I think the twin T5 would provide enough (given the rite bulbs) for my application. I am not trying to have a planted tank just yet just getting my green thumb wet but for now its just accents and what I have thus far looks nice I will post picks when I can and of course the discus can hide and feel secure when they want to plus it hopefully will hide my equipment.
Last question the Java Fern I bought three plants of it they are wrapped up in a rubber band to keep the individual cuttings bunched together I am guessing well I use fishing line to tie them down to my driftwood, when the roots grab hold of the wood how long with this take by the way? I wanted to know if I need to cut the rubber band? Will this inhibit their growth? It was so much easier to tie them down leaving the plants little rubber band around them so I have three little bunches like that sitting on this piece of wood? And how long will it take the moss to hold on as well? I am using fishing line for them as well I think I will have to leave that line go I can see the roots just wrapping themselves all around that fishing line it will probably be next to impossible to get that line off once they do?
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I have a 55 gallon, 6 discus all about 3 to 3 ½ inch mark, I have started aqua scapping recently. I have drift wood and branches, about a half inch pool filter sand for substrate two fake floating vines on each end of my tank for shade and esthetics. I just literally bought my first ever water plants Java Moss and Java Fern. I need something for the left rear of the tank to hide a pre filter sponge and inlet tube for my canister filter. Was hoping I could get a tall plant for that, I was going to hollow out a piece of drift wood and cut it down to look like a stump put sand in it and plant it in this sense my substrate is to thin and I want it to look “natural” not pot in other words and I thought this be a cool way of doing it. But again I need a very easy hardy plant that will require nothing more than the water in my tank, low, low, low, maintenance like the moss and fern. Suggestions please would be very appreciated.
My water chem is moderately soft ph of around 7.3 – 7.5 temp is 84.5 – 85f I have twin T5 light fixture with a color max in one and a 10k in the other. I am willing to change bulbs if need be, I would like the best possible light for viewing my discus while providing sufficient light for the plants I think the twin T5 would provide enough (given the rite bulbs) for my application. I am not trying to have a planted tank just yet just getting my green thumb wet but for now its just accents and what I have thus far looks nice I will post picks when I can and of course the discus can hide and feel secure when they want to plus it hopefully will hide my equipment.
Last question the Java Fern I bought three plants of it they are wrapped up in a rubber band to keep the individual cuttings bunched together I am guessing well I use fishing line to tie them down to my driftwood, when the roots grab hold of the wood how long with this take by the way? I wanted to know if I need to cut the rubber band? Will this inhibit their growth? It was so much easier to tie them down leaving the plants little rubber band around them so I have three little bunches like that sitting on this piece of wood? And how long will it take the moss to hold on as well? I am using fishing line for them as well I think I will have to leave that line go I can see the roots just wrapping themselves all around that fishing line it will probably be next to impossible to get that line off once they do?
:confused::confused: