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Re: 600 gallon low tech planted tank
It's been 4 years since I last posted. I'm on orthopedic surgeon and I've been busy with work and family. Added 2 sons to the house :D
2019 video
https://youtu.be/qMb6W-k4PIM
Sad to say that I neglected my tank and water changes and lost many fish to disease.
2019 was the start of the downfall. I gave some discus away to reduce the bioload and had about 16 discus and 8 Geophagus winemilleri. Removed all the plants to reduce maintenance.
But.....soon I added a few scalare angels which increased the bioload again. After a few months coupled with bad water changes the health of the fish started to decline and I started losing fish. Medication and water changes didn't help here.
It was disheartening to see my jumbo fish die. All discus were 7" + with a few jumbo reaching 8". The Geos were 10 to 12". On tape
I was left with 2 discus and 4 geos by 2020. Barren.
In 2020 July added 4 silver arowanas. Coz I always wanted them and i originally planned and built my tank to keep arowanas.
Added 25 of my favorite native Indian barbs Dawkinsia apsara since I don't have plants in the tank anymore. They are goats and eat every plant
Re: 600 gallon low tech planted tank
2021 video. The silver arowanas and Dawkinsia apsara barbs
https://youtu.be/1SYmiCX9Mw4
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April 21 2021
Removed 3 silver arowanas. They grew to about 18" each
So I've finally added discus in the tank again:D
30 blue diamonds. All about 2" size
And also.. Asian arowanas:D One Blood Red arowana and one 24K Golden Crossback
I've been planning to add the discus and arowanas for a while but couldn't find a good source locally
I was planning to add the discus first and growing them for a month or two and then add the arowana. But there is a bad covid situation in India right now and possibly imminent travel and transport restrictions. So got the arowanas too
High bioload now. Planning to remove the Geos
Started daily 50% water changes
Will upload a video soon
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Re: 600 gallon low tech planted tank
Thank you. Can't wait to see how they grow out together with the discus. Daily water changes and heavy feeding ftw!
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A recent video
https://youtu.be/AalrAMKAtKA
Removed some blue diamonds and added wild blue crosses. About 25 in total
2 super red arowanas(Indonesian) 1 golden crossback 1 platinum albino arowana
Re: 600 gallon low tech planted tank
thanks for sharing the video!
Re: 600 gallon low tech planted tank
That's definitely the type of tank that'll put someone in a trance... they'll blink and 45 mins will go by because of how cool it is to just sit and watch.