Plants - Real & Fake

[Iminit]

Hey those LEGO guys got the tp !!!

[above design]

BB in a show tank just looks bad. Unnatural. I get it for breeding, raising fry and hygiene purposes, but if you try to convince yourself it looks good sitting in your livingroom, you're being willfully ignorant IMHO. You have these beautiful fish, a cool piece of driftwood and some nice greenery all sitting on -- wait for it -- bare glass. Pro-BB showtankers have lost their objectivity.

Ignorant? Lol.... I tried twice previously with a planted tank raising young discus and failed. After reading a lot I decided to get my discus to adults before adding anything else. I have since added a couple plants, a piece of driftwood and some rams. I have some pool filter sand waiting to add, If I ever decide to. Not sure if I ever will because I really enjoy having healthy discus.

Mark

[Vinni Smith]

BB in a show tank just looks bad. Unnatural. I get it for breeding, raising fry and hygiene purposes, but if you try to convince yourself it looks good sitting in your livingroom, you're being willfully ignorant IMHO. You have these beautiful fish, a cool piece of driftwood and some nice greenery all sitting on -- wait for it -- bare glass. Pro-BB showtankers have lost their objectivity.

I have had planted/gravel/sand tanks all my life. Never thought about a BB. I LOVE the look. But please know that I have an acrylic with no trim on the bottom. It is just a 1/2" clear piece of acrylic. It really is beautiful, especially with the lights on. I have another soon to be going up in my shop. Can't wait.

[Vinni Smith]

More V-Plants porn for y'all.

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[peewee1]

The gold fish appears to believe that it is a discs.

[Iminit]

Discus all looking good Vinnie!! Nice! No comment on plants . Yes Rob does fit in.

[Vinni Smith]

The gold fish appears to believe that it is a discs.

Goldfish?

He is just a small, fat stunted Discus,

[Vinni Smith]

Discus all looking good Vinnie!! Nice! No comment on plants . Yes Rob does fit in.

You and I both know that deep down inside, you like these plants. Let yourself come over to the dark side...

[Vinni Smith]

Discus all looking good Vinnie!! Nice!

Thanks Bro.

I will admit I have been doing daily 90% WCs lately to experiment.
Some of the fish sure grow a lot faster than others.
A few months ago I got 3 PBs.
One has 4xs his size, one doubled and one stayed the size he was when he got here.

[Iminit]

Yeah I’ve got the same thing going on in the new tank. The PBs do seem to be growing bigger. The German wonders have stopped. I already moved one into a 15 by itself and will be adding the other soon. I’ve fulled and have the new tank running and have added some black skirt tetras just to see how it’s going. I have added media from other tanks and will add more when I move the discus.
Not sure why these fish stopped eating. Tank is at 87and I’m changing 75% daily. I’m thinking hormones in the water. My other tank was planted from the start and I’ve had no problems. But I may have all females in it. This tank may have males. When I moved the first wonder out it started eating within the hour.
Some thing I didn’t have with the other tank is this slime on everything. Every other day I have to clean everything in the tank. All covered in slime. I clean the glass with every water change. But wood and potted plants are slimed in 2 days.
I’m not going bb in main tank I’ve allready added gravel and some plants. I won’t go crazy with plants on this one. But I’m thinking the plants and gravel may break up this slime. As in the bacteria may eat it.

[peewee1]

Yeah I’ve got the same thing going on in the new tank. The PBs do seem to be growing bigger. The German wonders have stopped. I already moved one into a 15 by itself and will be adding the other soon. I’ve fulled and have the new tank running and have added some black skirt tetras just to see how it’s going. I have added media from other tanks and will add more when I move the discus.
Not sure why these fish stopped eating. Tank is at 87and I’m changing 75% daily. I’m thinking hormones in the water. My other tank was planted from the start and I’ve had no problems. But I may have all females in it. This tank may have males. When I moved the first wonder out it started eating within the hour.
Some thing I didn’t have with the other tank is this slime on everything. Every other day I have to clean everything in the tank. All covered in slime. I clean the glass with every water change. But wood and potted plants are slimed in 2 days.
I’m not going bb in main tank I’ve allready added gravel and some plants. I won’t go crazy with plants on this one. But I’m thinking the plants and gravel may break up this slime. As in the bacteria may eat it.

Slime? Who you gonna call? Ghost Busters! There are not to far from you...just over in Mnn-hattin.

[Vinni Smith]

Slime???...

Not sure I have ever seen that. My glass gets a little cloudy and it is easily wiped off. Is that what you mean?

[peewee1]

Slime???...

Not sure I have ever seen that. My glass gets a little cloudy and it is easily wiped off. Is that what you mean?

I suspect so. My aquariums get it from time to time. It does wipe off but why is it there to begin with?

[Iminit]

Yes that’s it. Never get it in a planted tank. But it’s crazy in this tank. It covers anything in the tank. It’s like a thick bio-film. Has to be coming from the discus and with all the bacteria in the filters there’s nothing else to eat it in the tank.

[Vinni Smith]

So...

As much as I like the looks of my plastic plants, I have taken them all out of the tank.
Just too much junk collects on them.
Also, the old saying, "give them a lot of hiding places and they will hide", well there ya go.

I am missing them, but tank maintenance is sure easier and the fish seem to be just as happy without all the shelter.