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G'day to everybody,,, I am Shaun from Melbourne Australia. Fishkeeper for over 20 years. I have around 2000ltr of water under management between 7 tanks.
I have recently set up a new 120g system with 6 discus and am absolutely loving it to say the least. First time keeping Discus btw. I bought juveniles 2" or so, in a month they doubled in size!!
Welcome. Let's see some pics
Hi,
20 years then u have good knowledge about fish
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If tank will be large then discus fish grow fast....
No probs,,, as photbucket is a bit silly now i'll need to find another pic host site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan925
In the meantime, the tank is as follows:
Planted tank with Amazons, Anubias. Substrate PFS 1 to 1.5 thick , a piece of gold vine.
90g 4x1.5x2 high
30g custom sump flowing around 900gph
10 cardinals
5 black neons
1x Peppermint Bristlenose
1x L168 Clown Pleco soon to be rehomed and 6x Panda Corys to go in
Discus are:
2x Blue Diamonds
3x Red Melons
1x Blue Pigeon
Plans if any decide to pair off and attempt spawn will be to move them to new tanks in my fishroom. Then i will set them up in bare bottoms etc for spawning.
Total system capacity around 440l
Daily substrate clean with a 50ltr w/c and 1x weekly 50% w/c
Feeding 3x daily Food is Northfin Krill Gold 1mm pellet, Bloodworms, Freeze dried tubifex, beefheart only twice a week
Weekly rate of Nitrate production 5 to 10ppm
Not all true my friend,,, you could put 6 discus in a 200g but if you don't keep that water detritus and nitrate free, they won't be happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by prakash.dudharejiya
The only positive thing about having them in a large tank is that it just takes longer for things to go bad,,, if your a lazy bum with house keeping, the end result is still the same. You must grasp the concept of WEEKLY rate of nitrate production to get your stocking lvl correct and your w/c routine will be simple to manage. One must still watch nitrate creep though.
Welcome Shaun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaun's Discus
Good to see another member from Melbourne on here. Which Part of Melbourne you from? I'm from the Northern Suburb of Epping.
Looking forward to see some pics.
Hey Joe,,, nice to see someone else too!!! I am South,,, Langwarrin.Quote:
Originally Posted by two utes
I'll get some pics up soon. Will post them in the appropriate section too,,, was getting off topic a little in my above replies ;-)