Mud... well you guys said it!

[srusso]

So I have read many posts about the BB vs Planted...
I happen to be on team planted but none the less the wording at some point in the fight goes "Discus natural living conditions are mud and tree roots... has anyone ever used mud? What type of mud is it? Can it be used? I think it maybe cool, with some areas with sand on top... !?

[Eddie]

So I have read many posts about the BB vs Planted...
I happen to be on team planted but none the less the wording at some point in the fight goes "Discus natural living conditions are mud and tree roots... has anyone ever used mud? What type of mud is it? Can it be used? I think it maybe cool, with some areas with sand on top... !?

Uh...you are actually referring to their natural habitat where the water may appear to look/is muddy but new water is being replenished 100% of the time. Mud in your home aquarium will destroy your filtration and allow the worst possible parasite/bacteria to thrive.

[Dan]

Uh...you are actually referring to their natural habitat where the water may appear to look/is muddy but new water is being replenished 100% of the time. Mud in your home aquarium will destroy your filtration and allow the worst possible parasite/bacteria to thrive.

+1, don't do it.

[tcyiu]

+2

Tim

EDIT: I didn't mean to imply that you should not go planted. By all means. I lve the the I'm agreeing that mud is a really bad idea.

[Chad Hughes]

Just use sand.

[bluedimond123]

Yea NO mud IMO! I tried it once for my tanganikian mud dwellers an they died.
Jeff

[akumastew]

Could he use Mud, if he could also replicate the 100% of the water changing all the time?

- Stew

[wesleydnunder]

From what I've read in Bleher's Discus Vol. 1 and the pics in the same book, the bottoms of the streams and rivers where the discus live are white sand and leaf litter. I think a mud bottom is gonna be a royal pain to maintain, as the others have pointed out.

[srusso]

ok, so no mud... so its white sand and dead leaves? Does anyone have pictures of discus in the wild? LOL

Mud was really a hypothetical question... already have sand...

[Eddie]

Even better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnGKa...eature=related

[waters10]

Could he use Mud, if he could also replicate the 100% of the water changing all the time?

- Stew

Sure, but that's impossible to replicate! You can't replicate a river supply of water in a fish tank. And we're talking about the biggest river in terms of volume of water in the world!

[srusso]

THAT IS SO COOL!!! They look great in the wild!! Thanks Eddie!!