My 65 gallon planted discus tank

[Filip]

2 months went by since I started this journal and my journey with this group of 7 discus.

This last month wasn’t easy for me and my discus since some of them stop eating and have display white poop .
So I went through a 12 day metronidazole treatment followed by a 12 day heat treatment with 34 C(94 F) in this tank .
Threads with details of my problems and treats are further discussed in bellow links

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...scus-tolerance

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...segmented-poop


Anyway, now they are all OK and eating again , but still cant make them go full bellies after meal .They always finish meals without stuffed bellies eventhough they eat well and gain thickness and some growth . I really don’t know why is this about?
As for my plants, they also pay their toll for high heat treatment , and some of them are in bad shape now .

Here are some pictures of the current situation.


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[Filip]

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[rickztahone]

These discus still look very nice to me. Plants are always secondary, and they aren't fully melted so they can recover.

Give the discus time, and if they are eating a little bit, it is better than not at all.

[pastry]

These discus still look very nice to me. Plants are always secondary, and they aren't fully melted so they can recover.

Give the discus time, and if they are eating a little bit, it is better than not at all.

Totally agree. Discus looking good and looking happy. Also, you'd be surprised how much you can beat plants up. They can look dead but then come back with a vengeance.

[Filip]

These discus still look very nice to me. Plants are always secondary, and they aren't fully melted so they can recover.

Give the discus time, and if they are eating a little bit, it is better than not at all.

Thanks Rick. They sure are happy,always swimming around and they eat well 4 times a day.
Its just funny how their bellies never get big and bloated after the meal,like on other discus I had in the past.

I'm willing to give a shot with praziquantel and levamisole Deworming procedures since I haven't done it with them yet from their arrival.
Maybe that will accelerate their growth.

Anyway I still do large Daily WCs and cleaning hardwork, feed regularly and hope for good growth.

[Filip]

Totally agree. Discus looking good and looking happy. Also, you'd be surprised how much you can beat plants up. They can look dead but then come back with a vengeance.

Thanks Elliot.
Now since the temperature is back to normal 29 C I started dosing half dose of PPS- PRO and I hope they will come to life again.

[Filip]

3 and a half mont update .

Although everything goes smooth and good so far im a little disapointed with the little growtht of the 3 red mellon discus .
Other 4 fish-The 3 RTs and 1 red melon came in bigger and still grow some more bulk on them , but 3 smallest RMs still small for my taste .

They all eat great and WCs are daily up to date . I also did the prazi and levamisole deworming treat , but nothing came out of them , so i guess they are clean of worms.
Anyway thats my current situation , and here are some additional pics from 3 and a half month since they got here:


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[fishguy456]

What strain is the white and pinkish red?

[Filip]

What strain is the white and pinkish red?

All four of them are bought as a red mellons from my LFS .
The 3 of them are pinkish-white ,still no signs of red on them .
The last one - the white is kinda albino.He turns somethimes allmost pale white like albino and yet somethimes he goes pinkish to red.

[Filip]

Its been awhile since i havent updated my tank journal , so i ve decided to change that .

Nothing is changed that much. Discus are still the same 7 from day one and they rounded up their growings so far . 4 of them turned all right(still havent measured them) , but 3 red mellons stayed small size - 4.5 to 5 inch total lenght.

As far as plants concerned , some of them more delicate ones died from harsh conditions and were replaced by their tougher relatives- Java fern and anubias .But as time goes by on this forum and my discus grew healthy and big i learned to focus my attention more on the discus beauty than on plant growth as i did before.

Anyways, here are some pics of my tank and its current situation.

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[tunerhead24]

Beautiful tank!

[Filip]

Beautiful tank!

Thanks Manny.

[walt]

That is a beautiful set up!

[Filip]

That is a beautiful set up!

Thank you Walt.

[Phillydubs]

Really nice! Love it!

Those turqs are beasts and I love the patterns, some LFS you have!