Welp Here She Is...My 120 Gallon

[eaglesfan3000]

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My last piece of driftwood finally sank today so I took some pictures. The waters cloudy because it is still cycling. It's on it's 8th day and the ammonia level is still at 5ppm 0 Nitrites and for some reason the Nitrates are at 10ppm these must be scewed somehow. When it's finally cycled I'm going to get the following discus...

-Blue Diamond
-Silver Pigeon Blood
-Fire Red
-Red Pigeon Blood
-Blue Pigeon Blood
-Dark Angel
-Flachen
-Snakeskin Pigeon Blood
-Penang Eruption
-Blue Scorpion
-Yellow Sunrise

[Chicago Discus]

your going to have a rainbow........

[Wes]

Looks great. You might want to put the heaters horizontal in lower part of tank. This saves you from unplugging them for water changes.:fish::):fish:

[Chicago Discus]

Looks great. You might want to put the heaters horizontal in lower part of tank. This saves you from unplugging them for water changes.:fish::):fish:
wes is right I learned that the hard way....Josie

[eaglesfan3000]

Thanks guys, I tried putting them horizontal but I didn't like the way the chords looked. I'll see if I can try and hide them if this thing ever starts to cycle. Yeah I want to have almost every color discus...variety.

Day 9 and still no change ammonia 5ppm and nitrites 0.

[BillyinNYC]

That middle piece of driftwood...you might consider affixing it/raising in up so the top meets the water line; I think that would make a very big difference..

[Melissa]

That middle piece of driftwood...you might consider affixing it/raising in up so the top meets the water line; I think that would make a very big difference..
+1 on this- that would look nice.

[damba]

That is going to look fantastic when full. I am envious.

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[sayitfast]

Beautiful setup...

[shoveltrash]

nice! and your *list* really will be a beautiful discus rainbow!

[eaglesfan3000]

+1 on this- that would look nice.

Thanks, you mean like attaching it to the canopy.

[eaglesfan3000]

Thanks guys that means a lot.

My fish have changes since I just puchased 5 from Mike at CODiscus...they are:

Eruption Leopard LPH
Penang Eruption
Diamond Snake
White Butterfly
Valentine

[Sean Buehrle]

Did you think of buying a couple seeded filters off your supplier ?

No need to wait :)

[eaglesfan3000]

Did you think of buying a couple seeded filters off your supplier ?

No need to wait :)

Yes, that's the only reason why.

[boxhead1990]

what dimensions is your 120 4 ft x 2ft x 2ft???? if so we have basically the same tank and il be following this except im running a sump with mine hopefully the power dont go out before i finish my proper sump and this one is sorta too small lol

and looks like your trying to acheive what id like to and thats lots of colour but then again i used to have aussie natives (im in qld australia and there cheap) so i would love to have some bright colourful stuff too oh and what sorta bulbs are you running it looks like you have a blue background ?????

[walt3]

thats one of my favorite size tanks! enjoy it.

[eaglesfan3000]

what dimensions is your 120 4 ft x 2ft x 2ft???? if so we have basically the same tank and il be following this except im running a sump with mine hopefully the power dont go out before i finish my proper sump and this one is sorta too small lol

and looks like your trying to acheive what id like to and thats lots of colour but then again i used to have aussie natives (im in qld australia and there cheap) so i would love to have some bright colourful stuff too oh and what sorta bulbs are you running it looks like you have a blue background ?????

Yes it's 4X2X2...it's a great size for discus it should hold 10 adults quite nicely. Actually the background it painted a light tan, I didn't want blue because blue discus blend in and you can't really see them. I'm running a T5 Wavepoint retro kit with two 12K whites and two Antinic blues. It's those Blue Antinic lights I really don't care for so it gives everything a blue tint. I'm going to replace all the bulbs with 6K whites. I've also painted the bottom a white textured sand color a little advise if you use the textured Behr paint from Home Depot turn the tank upside down it is so much easier I had to paint the bottom while on the stand it was a total pain in the tookus.

This is what it looks like now with fish.
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[boxhead1990]

i cant see the picture in that last post for some reason but i thought about ditching the actnic light at somepoint aswell my bckground is painted black has lots of scratches in the paint i got mine 2nd hand


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[TNT77]

If you turn those heaters to lay level with the bottom you can run the cords down the corners so they arent hanging in plain sight.

[eaglesfan3000]

If you turn those heaters to lay level with the bottom you can run the cords down the corners so they arent hanging in plain sight.

I tried turning them down level, but the chords aren't long enough. I guess I could run a couple of short extension chords.

[eaglesfan3000]

i cant see the picture in that last post for some reason but i thought about ditching the actnic light at somepoint aswell my bckground is painted black has lots of scratches in the paint i got mine 2nd hand


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Yeah I didn't mind it at first, now it's getting on my nerves.

[crazycracker]

Nice looking tank. I'm running the same size 4x2x2 ft (but mines drilled) running a Fluval FX5.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?83576-120-Gallon-Getting-started

[boxhead1990]

Yeah I didn't mind it at first, now it's getting on my nerves.

yeah thats exactly what i thought but im gunna retrofit a few 10w white leds in that housing soon i miss halide shimmer

good looking rank i need to get some decent driftwood peices next mine are boring and crap hahahaha


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[boxhead1990]

Nice looking tank. I'm running the same size 4x2x2 ft (but mines drilled) running a Fluval FX5.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?83576-120-Gallon-Getting-started

mines drilled with external durso's mylti chanbered sump water stays crystal clear all day everyday ;)

where im at fx5's are way out of my budget


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[eaglesfan3000]

yeah thats exactly what i thought but im gunna retrofit a few 10w white leds in that housing soon i miss halide shimmer

good looking rank i need to get some decent driftwood peices next mine are boring and crap hahahaha


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I was thinking of LED"s as well that shimmer is cool...then I got the pricing...OUCH!!! Those suckers get really hot.

[eaglesfan3000]

Nice looking tank. I'm running the same size 4x2x2 ft (but mines drilled) running a Fluval FX5.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?83576-120-Gallon-Getting-started

I saw that, it's a great setup. How's the UV Sterilizer working for you? I'll probably purchase one down the road.

[crazycracker]

I saw that, it's a great setup. How's the UV Sterilizer working for you? I'll probably purchase one down the road.

Thanks things r going very well. Knock on wood. LOL. I never turn my UV Sterilizer on. It was a waste. If u r doing good w/o it - I say don't get 1. Use the money 4 something else.

[shoveltrash]

on UV sterilizers......crazycracker if you have a water storage container/barrel, put it in that! I have a UV sterilizer just for that purpose :).

I'm so jealous of your 120 eaglesfan!!!! looks nice with fish in it :D.

[eaglesfan3000]

on UV sterilizers......crazycracker if you have a water storage container/barrel, put it in that! I have a UV sterilizer just for that purpose :).

I'm so jealous of your 120 eaglesfan!!!! looks nice with fish in it :D.

Thank you, I just got done cleaning it and feeding the little dudes they are really starting to show their patterns and colors now.

[eaglesfan3000]

Thanks things r going very well. Knock on wood. LOL. I never turn my UV Sterilizer on. It was a waste. If u r doing good w/o it - I say don't get 1. Use the money 4 something else.

Thanks you just saved me $250. I guess more money to buy more tanks=more discus.

[eaglesfan3000]

Here are my guys after six months. The pictures aren't very good I took them with my phone.

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[eaglesfan3000]

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[crazycracker]

looking good!