Wow and congrats!! They are great looking discus!! How big are they?
I finally received all my Stendker and they are showing great colors already even if still small 8cm-11cm.
Brilliant turquoise
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German wonder
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Red scribble
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Tefe
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Blue snake skin
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Alenquer
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Red snake skin
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Solid turquoise
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Wow and congrats!! They are great looking discus!! How big are they?
They are still young. I bought the first batch in November and they have grown from 2” to 4" already... some older photo
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As tank is quite big, recently I bought the second batch ... they are 3"
You can see a difference between sizes especially when they close each other
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Last edited by pablos; 02-26-2021 at 03:03 PM.
Great looking colors! Think if I do this again I’m going to try a white substrate.
Once I moved a pair (none of those which you see on pictures) from darken tank to painted on white breeding cube. The transition was amazing! PB changed from orangish-red to high contrasted white with deep orange. All single pepper went away as well. So yes, white substrate might be a factor.
Another huge! colors increased happen after dosing nitrates. Initially tank has NO3 reading on 0-5ppm level, and after dosing KNO3 I have it on 20 level and my target is 50. I know some might think I’m crazy but I’m dozing it for two reasons
- I’m fighting with Cyanobacteria on Anubias and some rocks. Hopefully after addressing deficiencies in nutritions, I would solve algea problem. See https://www.plantedtank.net/threads/...#post-11402045
- based on Stendker’s guideline "We keep our animals at a nitrate value NO3 of approx. 200 mg/l. Our specialist dealers should therefore not make the water values too good and keep the NO3 value at approx.100 mg/l. If you keep our animals at 100 mg/l nitrate value it is already an improvement and if the customer then has 50 mg/l it is again an improvement and so it is ideal for the fish and the customer"
After a week, I see a small improvement in algae topic, as it doesn’t develop as fast as before.
In regards to discus ... I was shocked about transition. Within a few days they show much brighter, and high contrasted colors. That how they looked in low NO3.
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No tweaks with camera, or photoshop filters.
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Great read! Didn’t finish will do tomorrow. I wouldn’t recommend co2. I’d just use the ferts. Not like your growing any hard plants. Do it’s not needed. Have you thought of a SAE. They may eat your algae problem at me they fo well we it’s discus
Based on bubbles counting, kh/ph chart and pH swings, I’m dosing less than a half of recommended 30ppm CO2 level. For plants I have it should be more than enough. For sure I would re-evaluate dosing ferts and co2. For now I want to keep it stable for a while to have a good indicator and baseline.
I have 3 SAE in the tank, but they are not as effective as before. They are not young hungry algae eaters anymore. when they reached 4" they start to love hunting for small pieces of beef mix ... maybe I should change them for younger model
Damn looks gorgeous. Whats your lighting?
Amateur discuskeeper, Professional doofus
Great looking tank and discus!
Thanks.
Light is 2x Dymax SpaceX https://www.aquariumspareparts.com.a...shwater-dm699/
Great light and within very reasonable price.
Currently running on 45% power only as I want to reduce some algea.
Light might really show up some deep colors FC934B10-BEE6-4AF8-A3C2-58C52E4E16C4.jpeg
Lovely tank and lovely pics! You've definitely got some good photo skills there!
I'm currently running a Beamswork LED fixture myself, but even with the "white", I find that it is a little too blue for my tastes. Really makes my turquoise-based discus pop, but washes out my brown-based ones. Love the light recommendation, but since I'm not running plants I'm on the hunt for a good bright light that is mostly white.
Jake there are lot of adjustable lights out there. They will give you the option to reduce the red/green/blue bulbs. The hygger 957 is fully programable with the controls on the fixture. Vivagrow and finnex both give remotes for adjusting. Current USA also has a remote. But they are a lot more money and give the same light.
None of my plants require super fancy light, but still I think good LEDs are really showing all colors of your fish. Spending few more $ on lights is good decision.
And that one photo is without light, just room’s light ... not so fancy colors anymore are presented on fish.55A9388C-5241-4913-AFBE-080D910C3ECD.jpeg
Last edited by pablos; 03-01-2021 at 12:48 PM.