Nice question Al . As I joined the forum 4-5 years ago I remember there was a member named Discus pilgrim .
I had to Google" pilgrim "and when I learned the meaning of the word , member's name made a lot of sense to me .
This hoby is a never-ending path in learning and gaining new experiences , a path to a non-exsisting perfection .
Learning new stuff and sharing experiences with fellow hobist, virtually or in person , would always make up 50% of the fun in this hoby for me , and thats a constant , not a variable .
The rest 50 % are the momentary goals and plans and they are constantly changing .
Far ahead , I would love to try my self in breeding and raising fry .Don't have spacing, nor a specific plan how would I pull this off in my cramped apartment at this moment , but only a plain wish to do it .
Other thing I would like to experiment one day with , is to go one step further with planted discus tanks and try balancing discus ln a high tech planted tank , the Amano type of tank just as you mentioned .
Wilds in a low pH black water tank is also unknown experience in my discus book so maybe that will do it too .....
That's about it in this moment Al , I hope I'm not too greedy .I just want it all , and I want it now , as my idol Freddie use to sing