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    Hello to everyone on simplydiscus.
    After 473 days of hard work with discus fish Im still alive.
    I have some frend on that great forum who allways are very helpfull and give me advice when I need it.
    Its discuspaul.Thank You Paul,you are like neighbour who are allways in touch.
    This thread will be for everyone who are interesting in keeping discus in planted tank.
    All people can keep discus: its magical fish with character and its hard fish,stronger and more easy keeping fish like neons.
    Stop dreaming about it,just follow me step by step.
    A new restart are begins,wellcome.
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    looking forward to the rebuild Juris!
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Its May 12.2017.
    All starts from emty tank.
    58kg of gravel was drain with '1'inch piton,so right now I've emty tank with 11 almoust full grown Stendker discusfish in 352L/92Gal of Riga tapwater:Gh12.Kh11,pH7.7
    Im still with one filter_Eheim2128 heated by 210w.
    Next week aquaristic.net promise to delivery additional filter Eheim Experiance250.its 700lph and it will be connected with Eheim UV 500 (9W)Its mirror surrounded and more powerfull than simply 18W UV lamp.
    Little bit about 'empty' tank:all gravel is gone and its so easy to clean it,after feeding in 60min tank looks dirty but 20min and 60L WCH its cleen again.
    First pictures.Gravel drained out,old Eheim filter cleaned and 45% water changed.DSC_0095.JPGDSC_0108.JPGDSC_0127.JPG
    Last edited by BestGermandiscus; 05-12-2017 at 05:23 PM. Reason: ENG are not my native language-writing error
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    That sounds like a great deal of work, but they sure do look great!

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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Juris, it looks great as bb tank.....yes I said it
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Juris ,i have red your last thread three times with interest and look forward to another thread just as good as the last one ,i wish you all the success with your new project .
    Please send us more photos.

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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Yes,it was work for 10days.Each day about 40% WCH to take all gravel off.Layer of Tropica Growth was very very roily so I was realy careful to do not make fish jumpy.
    Last four days in BB tank discus becomes greedy and like in old days allways are like chain dogs before feeding.
    My 11 discus consume Stenkers ''GoodHeart'' 500gr blister in 21day x2meal=11.9gr, 23.8gr daily. (Its max by Stenkers family formula)
    So it means fish are healthy and all ''flood works'' runs smoothly.
    In a future I'll try to make individul picstures of fish and plants as well.

    For that moment good news are:German "DHL" parcel of technic and plants are in a way.(two shops_aquaristic.net and aquasabi).
    Little bit about aquasabi plants:

    1.Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green' will be 1-2Grow up,about 30roots - one black clay pot-cluster in 90days.

    2.Sagittaria sabulata will be more than 30 roots,in 30days that plant grow up till 15cm/6i,in 90days will be full pot.

    3.Echinodorus grisebachi 'Amazonicus' will be two roots,two separate pot,in 90days can be till water line with lots of stalks

    4.Echinodorus grisebachi 'Broad leaf'-like Amazonicus but even bigger and with wide leafs-its a giant! (two roots,two black pot)

    5.Echinodorus grisebachi 'Parviflorus' I take 4roots (all what was in shop) that will be planted in wide black two pot (2+2)its very bashy plant but only 12i high.

    About routine-how to work with new plants from a start-next time.
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    May_18th.
    Black cobalt sand was not enough.
    Echinodorus plants was great,Cryptocoryne 50/50 but Sagittaria sabulata was a nightmare-so tiny and allmost imposible for planting.
    All black pot was not the same black coloured,at least I pay only half price from downtown price.(In pics.'filled with ADA+Tropica nutition capsules').
    As micro nutrition Im using 'EasyLife' "ProFito" 1/4 part of full dosage first six weeks.First time I add 8ml for all water amount.
    After a wile I'll share with picstures (plant need some time to enchorDSC_0164.JPGDSC_0144.JPGDSC_0153.JPG)
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Next step_2017.May24_new Eheim eXperiance attached.
    In pic. You can see out flow hose make a somersoult than goes throw Eheim UV500 but water inflows into a tank are good. Prommised 700lph.
    UV lamp aren't switched ON yet.
    About UV.It will be OK,if Im adding nutrition fluid 'ProFito' and UV sterilizer are constantly 'ON' ?
    Discus are feeling good,feeding only at 8pm.(Lighting only 6hours_from 4p.m. till 10p.m.)Eheim&UV.JPG
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    About liquid nutrition with EasyLife product 'ProFito'.

    EasyLife.nl : ''Our products like Filter Medium, EasyStart, EasyCarbo and Voogle are not sensitive to UV, but ProFito is. This product contains nutrients that are chelated. These chelating agents are destroyed by the UV, so that plants have difficulty absorbing these nutrients. So when you use ProFito, turn off the UV. You can turn it back on about 2 hours later. Most nutrients are then absorbed by the plants''
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    First 10 important days are passed.Plants do not uptake macroelements through roots yet.
    After 21h with Eheim UV500 (9W) water are cristal clear !
    And Black Angel reaction was -trying to lay eggs...alone
    DSC_0219.JPGIMG-20170528-WA0004.jpg

    My first YouTube video_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymmhscqnry0

    Need patience to wait till plants will grown up.
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Congrats on your hard work and on your new tank look Juris.
    Why did you decide to perform a complete makeover on your bottom and tank ?
    I would try to put some wood or more sand to camouflage the pots here .
    Even though your new bottom looks very elegant and calming , unfortunatelly it will darken the colours of your discus .
    Great Stendkers Juris .

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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Juris, awesome looking rescape with the potted plants and new choice of larger leaf plant types. This will make for really easy clean up. My only critique is that a sand substrate would have made the pots stand out a little more and IMO look more aesthetically pleasing. Great job on the youtube video.
    ~JACKLYN~

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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    Thank You for critique.
    Im afraid how deep can be that sand bad.That is finest sand i ever had (0.1mm-0.5mm!)
    I start with 2kg+2kg than +2kg+2kg and therd time again 2kg+2kg.
    And of course its boiled an washed more than 20times.(very very very dusty) but its cheap 2.95€ per one 2kg bag.
    Its two weeks passed,from tomorrow I add 30min lighting period than next 30min in same 3rd week.
    First problem -Sagittaria Sabulata melt off.
    Dosing 1/4 part of EasyLife "ProFito" its like no use it at all (safe for fish).
    Im awaiting plants start to use fertilizers from roots,after that progress will be eye visible.
    to be continue...
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    Default Re: Flooded Amazon Gardens

    At last I can take a look to my "Flooded Amazon Gardens".All plants was in brown algea for last 30days.
    And wife says:lets clean your tank,we take off one by one all pot ,wash every leaf,wash with shover and put them back.
    Unbelievable it takes only 45-50min (+39% WCH)DSC_0283.JPGDSC_0290.JPG
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