240g planted build

[Debow]

Yes please explain...

[Debow]

Was able to take a few pictures today everyone is settling in nicely. To bad I only have 2 discus left, had a bad buy of juveniles from a lfs, but I learned my lesson the hard way. Cant wait to order some adults from our sponsors. Still learning a lot this tank is miles away from my self-contained 55g planted tank. blue.jpglarry.jpgpleco.jpgskittles.jpgskittles2.jpg

[RichardL]

Richard, how did you fix the images.

Easy, Photoshop.

Windows also has a built-in Paint app that rotates images.

[Debow]

Well bought some new fish from a member will post pictures and unboxing this week.

[rickztahone]

Please remember, if you introduce your new discus in to a tank that you know contained unhealthy discus, you may be back at the drawing board in a few days with sick discus. The correct approach would have been to fully sterilize The tank before new introductions.

[Debow]

I plan on qt the new fish for a few months in a bare bottom tank. In the mean time what you'll you suggest to sterilize the tank without harming my other fish

[rickztahone]

I plan on qt the new fish for a few months in a bare bottom tank. In the mean time what you'll you suggest to sterilize the tank without harming my other fish

You are not going to like it. You would have to break it down completely. Remove the current fish and place them in another tank. Use a bleach solution on your main tank as well as all your equipment. There is no telling if the fish you place back in the tank will carry anything though. You run the risk still if you introduce them to a later date with the discus. It is a risk I would not personally make. I would sell/give to the LFS and start fresh. That is just me though, and I tend to be really paranoid about stuff like this, lol.

[DiscusRob]

I agree Rick, I've had to do that several times with my vics, sucks everytime....Comes with hobby.

[Debow]

What do I do with the substrate, wood, plants rocks? So if you guys lose one fish you exterminate your tank? So the uv sterilizer is pointless.

[rickztahone]

Substrate toss. Wood boil. Plants toss or bleach dip. Rocks boil.

If I lose one fish what killed it becomes a large factor of my next step and if total nuke is necessary. It needs to be your assessment though

[Debow]

So looking at the health of the other 2 discus and the angles and other fish how would i know if they are okay, I lost the other fish in the 55g they did not die in the 240. But the fish that were with the other 2 are in the 240 now. Everyone eats like pigs and rushes up to you when you go see them. They don't have any feces issues as i can tell. As for the other fish that died from the start they never were social and always hid, were not the best eaters and looked like they stopped eating and starved even when trying to target feed. Not sure if the other larger discus picked on them also as they were smaller and I have seen him harass the others before.

[bluelagoon]

I would go with toss those fish.I see tiger barbs and I think a puffer fish and a big dirty pleco and a crayfish.You'll not stress your discus as much and they might grow better.

[cellingson]

Honestly I think you are going at this too fast. Haste is responsible for the death of too many hobbiest.

[Debow]

I have little to no comment of this going froward, If I had a tank full of discus hans fish or Kenny's would you all be telling me to give them away or get rid of them? I have not seen a vary warm welcome on here and I take offense to the statements on my fish. I would love to see one of you toss your discus stock due to a fish that died. And even after I have tried to provide as much info on the conditions around the death and the current state of the fish that are doing great still the only comment is to toss them, really? I feel as if I joined some hoity toity upper west side NYC dinner club, not a place for logical and helpful aquarium advice. Id appreciate it is someone can delete this thread.

[cellingson]

I have little to no comment of this going froward, If I had a tank full of discus hans fish or Kenny's would you all be telling me to give them away or get rid of them? I have not seen a vary warm welcome on here and I take offense to the statements on my fish. I would love to see one of you toss your discus stock due to a fish that died. And even after I have tried to provide as much info on the conditions around the death and the current state of the fish that are doing great still the only comment is to toss them, really? I feel as if I joined some hoity toity upper west side NYC dinner club, not a place for logical and helpful aquarium advice. Id appreciate it is someone can delete this thread.

Sorry, personally I wan't trying to come off that way. If I was in your shoes I wouldn't toss all of my fish if one got sick. But I certainly would make sure the disease pathology was eliminated before introducing more fish. That being said I have eliminated livestock in the past to prevent spread.

I think I would clean the tank well, certainly with bleach, consider bleaching the substrate or buying new based on personal affordability. I think you will have to get new filter media or bleach that too depending on what you use. Clean filters and all hardware with bleach solution. You could house your fish in a quarantine tank until you are certain they are disease free if that is an option.

Ultimately it all comes down to risk reward analysis. How much risk are you willing to take that your new fish won't get sick. This comes down to personal preferences. Some posters believe any risk is too much risk and hence they advocate you get rid of all your stock and start new. Others are on the other side of the spectrum. Find where your at, do what your comfortable with, and certainly don't take any advice personally. There is no concrete evidence to follow when it comes to raising fish.