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John’s Planted Discus
Well it’s taken a while of reading and chatting with various people to get to the point of finally starting my journey.
So first actual activity is I’ve placed the order for my stand. I’m repurposing my current marine tank that I’m closing down but as this was built into the wall I needed a new stand that I will clad at a later date.
Looking at a 2 week lead time but it was enough to kickstart me into documenting things here.
Tank is made from 50mm Box section with a 3mm wall and will be powder coated in black. Dimensions of the stand are 78”x20”x35”.
I will get a picture up once it arrives.
Looking forward to the journey and will be sure to keep updated here with as much info as I can.
Thanks for checking in
John
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Re: John’s Planted Discus
John, can't wait to see! Question: what's a "box section"? Also, I know there are others than just me who love "before" pics! Love seeing the journey!
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"...setup this will be an unfiltered journey"... YESSS! That's like project porn to me! Shoot, I'm still feel like I'm moving into our new house so it's still a mess for me... I haven't even put the doors on the cabinet stand I made (well, one is hung and makes it more irritable looking to my wife... lol).
I know you're moving the location of it, but are you going to trim it out (around border) like current location? I like how you crossed the corners with wood but wondering if you were going to use a router or trim molding to add some flare? (And I'm stealing your idea on crossing the corners! Making some picture frames right now and several frames of different sizes like that would look gooood)
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No that whole wall and door will be removed and the tank left on the steel stand. I will clad this and add a matching pelmet to tank top so it hides the lighting.
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Sounds like you’ve got a project going! Good luck. Planted discus tanks are more maintance than a bare bottom tank. What I’ve been doing is moving my plants into planters. Makes for easy removal and cleaning.46193F21-8C68-4A41-B5EC-973FE8C77A0C.jpg in these tanks I have gravel but only a half inch deep. Planters are behind the rocks and wood.23C156FA-F206-4CCB-8AC0-72642381EA7E.jpg9FB96DBE-3CE7-461A-88E7-3DDCD53FBE1F.jpg
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That’s a good idea and looks great! I guess in an around about kind of way I’m trying to do something similar. I’m looking to have 3 islands along the tank with a big wood structure in each. Plants will be easy types that will mount onto the wood and those that are planted in substrate will be contained in each island by a brick border. I’m going to try to keep a large part of the bottom plant free and covered with a inch at most of sand.
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Ordered my first group of fish today to go into grow tank. Will be a couple of weeks until collecting but I’ve gone for Stendker Discus and ordered 8 Marlboro Red. They are only 6.5cm so will grow them on and the best 6 I will transfer to the display.
I aim to have 18 adults in the display which will be made up of 3 groups of 6. I’m looking to grow one group on at a time.
Will soon see how that pans out.
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So not much of an update but an update none the less. Today I received delivery of the tank stand. Made from 50mm steel box section powdered coated in black. Does weigh a bit
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Managed to get the sump for display sorted and ready for use. It’s 60x15x18
From right to left I will run:
Mechanical filter sponge tower
Matrix section
Plant bed for nitrate consumption
Crushed coral section to buffer water
Twin returns and Heaters in final section.
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Busy trying to get grow out tank sorted at minute for the first Discus Tuesday,
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So that's the grow out finally in and warming up ready for fish tomorrow. Got filter sponges in another tank for last couple of weeks to gain some bacteria. Will also be adding ATM Colony along with Stability when the fish go in.
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So the first discus are in and the journey is certainly under way.
Getting warm
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Very early in tank but the gang getting to know the place
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Looking good. Yep, we're on the same schedule it seems.
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Poor pictures I know but today is the first day they have settled and eaten anything. Added a couple of plants to give some cover, a bag of coral sand to help buffer water as very soft and an additional heater to make it easier to stabilize tank at 88 to encourage feeding.
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