Pics of my planted discus tank.

[Iminit]

Thanks Dan! Wish I could do this with 1 30% water change!! Though I’ve got to say I didn’t try. I’m almost tempted to try!

[danotaylor]

Lol, you're welcome Tom. When you're on a good thing stick to it mate...it's not worth the headaches or risking your precious discus

[pablos]

Both your discus and plants are looking great.
You mentioned that you are using doctor 3 in 1 product. Do you see some positive effect when using it? Is it a good product?

[Iminit]

Thanks Pablos! I’m using it in my 2 older tanks with a uv sterilizer. Algae is always a problem. To keep it away you need lots of plant growth. Tough to do with discus and I just don’t care for the overgrown look. Even with the heavily grown
Planted tank you can still get bba. The uv and the doctors do keep it at bay. I’ve moved things around to see what happens and my 90 now has the least algae. It’s been running with both devices for at least 2 years. Also has ottos and SAE in it too.it’s a community tank. In my original 125 I removed the uv and put it in the new 125. The old tank now does have a growth of black algae growing on some of the plants. 2 weeks ago I added the uv back. That tank also has ottos and SAE. It also had a strong colony of rcs. But the discus and rams have done a number on them. And I kind of let the shrimp tank go. But I’ve got them growing again and have been adding 10 a week to that tank. The new 125 doesn’t have the doctors in it and is a new tank. Running for about 3 months. This tank is getting green algae growing on all the driftwood and also some bba. So I’ve shut off one of the lights to see if that kills off the algae. Next I’ll install a doctors in it.
Thing with these devices is they just kill what’s in the water. Anything established has got to be removed. The doctors is for new tanks not for existing tanks unless you can get rid of the algae before you install. But yes I like them. My water is neutral and they seem to last for a long time. With hard water they will only last about 6-9 months than you need to replace the activator.

[Iminit]

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Ok how do I rotate pics?

[dspeers]

I had this issue with some of my pics which would rotate either 90 or 180 when posted. Someone else pointed out that if you crop the top and bottom just a little the problem goes away and voila, it worked. Of course I can't tell you what the minimum crop requirement is, but you can play and repost, we won't mind although some of us might get sore necks tilting our heads....nice discus.

[Iminit]

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[Iminit]

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[Iminit]

Water change time!!7BFD5267-0048-4977-8730-9FD3DEF598E4.jpgB5496F5F-C601-4904-B99A-7E1CC786A184.jpg

[Michael A]

how long does it take to drain the water and refill it?

[Iminit]

Fastest would be an hour but this tank has shrimp in it. So when I dump the water(from 5g buckets) I remove the shrimp before letting it drain. That takes time. So it’s usually about 2hrs. That’s with plant maintenance.

[Michael A]

thats a lot of work

[danotaylor]

Work? What are you talking about? Labor of love is what it is! Lol

[Michael A]

It can be relaxing at times especially with jazz music playing in the background during tank maintenance. But at times I just prefer to enjoy the ambience and watch my fish, seeing them interacts with each other. After all, isn't this is what hobby is for? for our enjoyment. I guess doing tank maintenance is similar to working out imo. It gives sense of accomplishment and we can periodically see the progress of our fish size (muscle sizes in gym).

[pablos]

Every time I see your tank I really enjoying it, especially nice colors and and your great looking discus ... but I always have a feeling that something doesn’t match there. Is it harmony?

I think it’s about scaling and where your plants are placed. You might consider moving them as central island or some triangle shape. Take a look there

https://aquascaper.org/understanding...-the-aquascape
https://www.easylifeint.com/articles...ory-and-praxis

It how lines work in my case

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