My other tank planted 60 gallon

[wannafish]

I wanted to strive for a planted tank with Discus also. I have been working on those skills
for about 3.5 years. Lost some fish and many plants but things are looking good now
Below are my Discus from Kenny and my 60 gallon Discus. I have a Enheim 2217 with
that one. CO2 and ferts. Water change 50% once a week, but I am thinking about
trying 2. I am also working on starting RO water gradually.

[willbldrco]

Nice tank! Especially for a 60G with that many discus.

Do you mean you are working on trying 2 water changes per week? I'm curious as to what is making you consider that. Also, what other fish do you have in there for the clean up crew (if any)?

Will

[Chad Hughes]

Great looking palnted tank!

No need to go to RO to be honest. Is there any reason that you are looking to switch?

Best wishes!

[jball1125]

Nice tank.

[discuspaul]

Looks pretty darned good to me as it is. 6 discus is quite ok - don't think you need to really change anything.

[wannafish]

I am thinking about a second wc and or RO water because I get
bba algae on the anubias. I did a bleach dip to them to prepare
for these photos. I read that the anubias may get algae as they
are closer to light. I don't know if I should work on my fert
regime or add the RO as a good measure. Plus it would be
good for the fish to lower the ph. I had four fish but they
needed friends so I go two more for color also.

[vera]

Looking good
whats yr ph ? with CO2 injected it will already lower

[Skip]

I wanted to strive for a planted tank with Discus also. I have been working on those skills
for about 3.5 years. Lost some fish and many plants but things are looking good now.

i once heard from a WISE Discus Guru. " you can great plants and dead discus.. OR Great Discus and dead plants!" ;) keep up the fight!

[wannafish]

This is a notion that I am practicing by also. I haven't really played with CO2. My ph is
about 7.3, 7.4. Especially to lower ph. I have it going at 2 bbs. per second, but my drop checker is faintly blue-green.
My Discus are very peaceful while the plants are coming along. If I tweak the CO2 I am afraid
that it will affect the fish. So yes, it's more important to have Great Discus and well living
plants. I thought the RO water would help me with lowering ph and keep the CO2 going for growth.

[vera]

if u see plants and fish are happy as they are then i would leave it as it is , maybe play with lights hours or its intensity to prevent algae on Anubias

[Doc_Polit]

Great lookin' tank.

[wannafish]

Thanks All

I appreciate your positive feedback. The tank is in a balance now.
I just need to keep it going that way.

[Foxfire]

I wanted to strive for a planted tank with Discus also. I have been working on those skills
for about 3.5 years. Lost some fish and many plants but things are looking good now
Below are my Discus from Kenny and my 60 gallon Discus. I have a Enheim 2217 with
that one. CO2 and ferts. Water change 50% once a week, but I am thinking about
trying 2. I am also working on starting RO water gradually.

Note: one 90% WC will remove far more waste water than two 50% (i.e. 0.5 leaves 50% waste water; then the next change (ignoring more build up a few days later before the second change so this is really worse than my numbers show) means you have 0.5*0.5 which leaves 25% waste water in the tank after all changes.

Now, a 90% change leaves 10% waste water. This is almost 2.5 x less waster water for the single 90% WC vs the two 50% changes but you removed (net) less total volume than the 90% WC than the less useful two 50% changes!

People, this is getting old :angry:- please do the math and stop wasting your time with small WC!!!!!

[Stussi613]

I really like the way your driftwood looks with the plants surrounding it. I went for more of an "amano" look and only have a small amount of annubias nana at the base of mine.

[roybo]

Looks super!

[greengreen84]

I had simular thing happin to me with BBA then I moved it into a shaded spot and it stoped growing on it. also a pure dip in Excel for 5 minutes does wonders as well but the tank is looking good can you post some updated pic's

[wannafish]

Yes! I am using the EI method and having trouble fine tuning it in. I am having returning
BBA and I want to get rid of it. I don't use the phosphate fert. I use tap water aged in a
barrel and my phosphates are way high. I have to use phosphate remover to lower it.
I wanted to use RO water to reduce the phosphate levels and try and cure the algae
problem. I also have to play with the light period and C02 to fine tune.

[wannafish]

Later days,

It's been a few months since I posted here. Thought I would add a couple new pictures.
I put some anubias on the driftwood and my tiger lotus in growing with shoots into the
sky. I lost three fish, blue scopions. But replaced them and they are in a grow out tank.
I started doing water changes with 1/2 ro and 1/2 aged tap. Tank stays clean most of
the time. Hardly any debris to vacuum.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00386.jpg
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00389.jpg
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00377.jpg
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00366.jpg

[Schmolly]

Very Nice!

[wannafish]

Pardon the duplication of the previous post but I wanted to post the
pictures properly. So I guess you could say this is a test. Or maybe
a better way to see pics.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00386.jpg
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00389.jpg
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00377.jpg
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/DSC00366.jpg

[wannafish]

Hello back for an update. Tank not as lush as I want it. Can't get the plants to grow much. Mostly slow growers.
I don't know if upping the Co2 would help. But trying to get back to ferts, EI. Here are a few pics. Just have the
blues in the tank now.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/discus3_zps2f24b7b4.jpg

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/discus2_zps77c4d5ca.jpg

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/discus1_zpsf92eccbf.jpg

The next pic I thought was interesting with the rummies swimming by. I don't know who got an
eye on who.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/discusandrummies_zpsd322fc40.jpg


Jeff

[leo1234]

Turning up the co2 for slow grower won't really do anything for them.
Are you using root tabs and fert's? And what kind of plants are you trying to
Make look lush?

[wannafish]

Turning up the co2 for slow grower won't really do anything for them.
Are you using root tabs and fert's? And what kind of plants are you trying to
Make look lush?



Well I wish the crypt retrospiralis in the back was more full. And I would like the anubias to grow
new leaves quicker. My tiger lotus just went through a growth period. Now they are starting to fall.

Jeff

[wannafish]

Hi all,

Didn't have anything to do so I thought I would add some pics
The anubias have grown in a little more. Gotta wait for the rest to
grow. Crypts slow growers. The fish are so at home, but getting bigger.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/April1a_zpsb35cdb49.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/j7ingphotos/media/April1a_zpsb35cdb49.jpg.html)



http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/April2a_zps9d66536d.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/j7ingphotos/media/April2a_zps9d66536d.jpg.html)


http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/April2_zps4f165ad6.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/j7ingphotos/media/April2_zps4f165ad6.jpg.html)

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/march15blu013_zps09e68574.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/j7ingphotos/media/march15blu013_zps09e68574.jpg.html)


http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/4blue1_zps25af2103.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/j7ingphotos/media/4blue1_zps25af2103.jpg.html)


I got this lucky shot with my $130.00 camera. Enhanced the color a little.


http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg557/j7ingphotos/discusportrait_zps5a2db395.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/j7ingphotos/media/discusportrait_zps5a2db395.jpg.html)

[nguyenp209]

Beautiful tank and discus!!!