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    Have I found a friend in Mervin, and why not go into detail with your beliefs along with Paul after all this is a open forum regarding the keeping of discus, whats the worse that could happen

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    I would call this a grand slam for a very experienced expert in both discus and planted tanks , BUT without the carpeting plant .
    Full grown discus , a lot of daily maintainence , very low bioload along with a lots of experience , would be able to pull this off with discus in it on the long run .

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    So, it is better to have substrate only or leave some space for sand?
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    Default Re: Discus + Planted - substrate

    Quote Originally Posted by janivr View Post
    So, it is better to have substrate only or leave some space for sand?
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    You have already asked this question in your first post of this thread and there have been at least a dozen post from different members explaining the pros and contras of both substrate and sand .
    Please go back and re read the thread to find an answer to the same question that has already been discussed here.

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    I've asked about planted discus tank.
    I hot lots of great answers. Thanks.

    Now, following those answers, I was wondering how difficult it is to maintain a clean aquarium with both substrate and sand (as Andrea designed) vs. substrate only.

    Thanks again

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    Many hours of love, devotion, know how and labour each and every day.

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    Thanks!
    How difficult it is to maintain a clean aquarium with both substrate and sand (as Andrea designed) vs. substrate only?
    Thanks again.

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    It is not dificult to maintain a clean substate, but you gotta clean it. Most folks might skip this during WC's.

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    Thanks,
    And havnig a mixed substrate like Andrea did, may help to keep it clean or will require more/same cleaning policy?

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    Most folks on here seem to like sand for "discus", so that debris don't get trapped like pea stone/ gravel would. With sand you can get away with skimming most of the waste from the bottom.

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    Thanks
    And with mixed like Andrea did?

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    Like mentioned layering needs cleaning in most set ups due to trapped debris = all kinds of nastys in the anaerobic areas. They live in abounants without O2 and not cleaning them out helps incourage diseases like Hexmetia. See you in the hospital posts.

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    It is not layering... Like Andrea did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by janivr View Post
    It is not layering... Like Andrea did.
    Who's Andrea and where's her post?

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