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    I buy the expensive rinse and reuse paper towels like Viva.

    Your husband can leave them in his pockets and they will still be in one piece after a trip through the washer and dryer. It is worth it to me to pay an extra dollar a roll so that I will never have to pick shredded pieces of paper towels out of me washer and dryer again.

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    Carol

    What thickness glass does AllGlass use on their 55 unit ?
    How do they compare in cost compared to Hagen's???

    curious

    Smokey

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    Is that an engineering question Smokey? Lol, I don't know and I can't find it in my All Glass catalog. I don't own a Hagen, so can't compare the two.

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    use a tape measure ... you know that thing with all the asending numbers on it. LOL

    Smokey

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    Hi all,

    I have a 45 gal (36"*12"*24) tank. Is it good enough to keep 6- 8 discus?
    Do you know that is Marineland Emperor 400 filter is good enough for my tanks

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    Howdey xpotato;
    Depending on their current size [ under 3 - 4 inches] sure!!!

    I would also suggest adding some large air driven bio-foam filters. Just for the added biological bacteria to settel in. Set them at the opposite end, away from the Emperor. This will increase the water circulation, eliminate any ''dead spots'' and increase the oxygen. Every bit helps.

    Just keep on top of the water quality ! W/C W/C W/C. Good rule of thumb - try and keep the " NITRATES ' below 10 ppm. Optimally -below 5 ppm's.
    Two to three 5 gallon buckets daily will surfice. lol... Don't over feed. I find feeding them smaller portions 2 to 4 times daily is better than 1 large feeding. Just like us !!!
    AND - they associate people with food. A good thing.


    NOT like mine --- they know were the frigde is .. and help themselves.

    Caught one trying to order a seafood pizza !!!!

    Take care

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    Discus like clean water.

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    Thanks Smokey.

    Do you know is a power filter and a sponage filter together are better than one canister filter?

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    I hate canister filters and do not use them any more. Hang on the back power filters like aqua clear (or emperor) and sponge filters are much easier to clean and maintain.

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    Smokey,

    are you sure that was a seafood pizza that was being ordered?? not a beef heart pizza?
    ;D

    I think one of many great things about Discus is their interaction. My son was most upset when ours did not want to take food initially from him. Although he pretends to not care, he is obviously please now that they acknowledge him!!!!

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    Hi Smokey my 55 gallon and 29 gallon tanks have 1/4 inch glass

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    Carol - up here in Canada -= the 55's are made of 3/8'' thick glass. I guess we hace to compensate for when the water freezes and expands. hahahaha

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    xpotato - it is not so much that one is better than another; YES IT IS !

    CLEANING - if access is difficult - cleaning is a pain in the a@s, or gets over looked. NOT GOOD!!!

    Aireation - oxygen is necessary for the bacteria to survive. Enclosed [sealed] filters tend to be O2 deprived. AND if they lose power - they can become death "BOMBS".

    Capaicty - I am refering to the bio-logical load a filter can carry. CANISTERS may have an advanatage - IF the foams were not full of "GUNK". [see cleaning].

    COST - canisters can be expensive[$$$.$$], where as large hang- on filters may be the fraction of the price.

    Large submerable foams - very inexpensive, easy to clean, easy to place, supplies O2, etc.

    IMPORTANT - try not to ask one filter to do everything. Both mechanical filteration and biological filteration are necessary. Try and set up so both can be incorperated.

    MASS - in this case bigger is better. ex; a BIO-TOWER utilizes 120 cubic inches mechanical filteration AND 240 cubic inches bio logical filtration; minimum!

    A A/C 500 has only 80 cubic inches of combined mech/bio.
    filtration. One foam.

    A canister - well if they could be filled with only bio-logical material , ok. Still the aireation situation !

    HTH.

    Smokey

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    Lesley - sounds like the discus are "TRUSTING" your son. Let him interact with them; NO MILK , PLEASE. LOL

    Persons learn that trust works both ways. Be nice to them and they will be nice to you. A life Lesson.

    They bite me once - ok . They bite me twice ... look out; I'M COMING IN !!! [ or leaving quickly] ha ;D ha.

    NOPE - it was definately a sea food pizza - shrimp; plankton, alage, salmon, sprinkled with tetra bits and garlic. Mmmm mmmm good!

    Smokey

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    Carol; refering back to the post #15; how dare you suggest we men leave stuff in ower pockets.
    WELL, maybe the receipts from the last trip to the discus store. But that is besides the point .

    That is why we get married in the first place; so the wife can clean us out. Errh, I mean the pockets. I"M in trouble now, aren't I. hahahhaha
    O.K. I leaving now, foot is stuck in mouth mumble mumble mumble.

    Smokey

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    Default Re:How do I set up my first discus tank?

    Just to make a slight correction, and also to add some other common weights

    55 US gallons = 208 litres (approx)
    29 US gallons = 110 litres (approx)
    1 imperial (UK) gallon = approx 1.2 US gallons
    1 litre = 0.2641721 US gallons
    1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litres

    This site is a super converter
    http://www.onlineconversion.com/

    James

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