I want to have 6 discus there and 6 cory.
Can I still have some tetra but not overcrowd a tank?
I finally got some free time, so I started today to put all things together. The things which I have been collecting for a while.
I want to create a small jungle with plenty plants going out of tank, since not so many in water itself.
Tank is low iron glass and would host up to 66gallon (250l) .. and of course few discus.
Initially I thought I buy some wild, but they are hardly available there and not so easy to keep as domestic. Anyway colors of discus would be natural. I will show them whenever I receive my preorder.
As of today I have hard scape: collected branches form beach and lava rocks.
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As mentioned, there will be few plants hanging and growing out of tank.
philodendron:
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Some water Lilly:
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Some silver photos and fern
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Last edited by pablos; 05-12-2021 at 12:41 PM.
I want to have 6 discus there and 6 cory.
Can I still have some tetra but not overcrowd a tank?
I’m quite happy about the results .. some as cory which layed eggs already.
For sure I will change few things here and there, but majority is done. Now waiting for discus to come 62B95EF4-C8ED-4A49-A91E-54812C3B72A5.jpg
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Last edited by pablos; 08-16-2021 at 08:50 AM.
I almost didn't click on this... thank God I did! Absolutely awesome! And I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I can still identify a lot of different brilliant things you did with that set-up and how you planned it. And of course I love the heck out of any single strain tank but loooove the choice of strain! That lighting is badass, the tank looks like you put a lot of thought into avoiding trap debris and to keep it slick in clean, I will always love plants with this kid because the green just really makes the coloring of any strain of discus pop. Please keep updating this thread, Pablos!
-Elliot
Thanks for a nice word.
I added king blue tetra to this tank and it was a great move. Discus are more active and don’t spend much time between bushes anymore.
In case if someone is looking for information about plants use there:
Emergent Plants:
Nephrolepis exaltata (Boston fern)
Monstera Deliciosa
Monstera Adansonii* (monkey monstera)
Scindapsus Pictus (satin pothos)
Philodendron Scandens
Spathiphyllum (Peace lilies)
Hedera helix (English Ivy)
Syngonium podophyllum ( Arrow Head )
Syngonium Phodophyllum Neon (Pink Syngonium)
Aglaonema “Silver Queen” (Chinese Evergreen)
Chamaedorea palm
White Phalaenopsis (Orchid Plant)
Submerged Plants:
Anubias barteri
Microsorum pteropus (java fern)
Vesicularia dubyana (Christmas moss)
Fish:
6 Stendker’s Discus
5 Black Helmet Snail
12 Blue King Tetra
7 Cory Sterbai
5 Apistogramma Agassizii Fire Gold
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Guys there stating to have a proper shapes and colours 6DEAC9F1-4E79-460A-93AE-19B4715245C4.jpg
One of the latest photo ... I hope you like it
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Wow!! Don’t know how I missed this!! Tank looks great and yes I too like the choice of discus! Planted tanks like this look great. On another forum I guy has a similar setup. But has a waterfall slowly feeding planted plants. Truly beautiful looking set up. Congrats!!
Thanks Tom .. that's second discus tank, which I keep in my office. It took me a while to find out the best matching colors of discus. Finally I took 3 Tefe and 3 red scribbelt (from Standker). I think those are the closest to the wild colors and match natural tank setup.
Can you share a link to that setup?
Lol took me awhile to find it!!https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfis...ttom-p.400084/
he has a really strange looking discus ;-)
I think it's always confusing, even for a fish itself. My apisto thinks he's discus, or that discus is an apisto. They truly love each other :-)
Last edited by pablos; 11-21-2021 at 01:21 PM.
Lol also the wrong thread!! https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfis...um-top.388313/
It's the same link. Guy has really beautiful paludarium .. just joking about his gold fish.
Initially I thought paludarium (which has some hardscape/land outside of the water), than decide to focus more on water and only emergent plants (riparian). For difference in definition you can look there: https://aquariumbreeder.com/differen...nd-paludarium/