Hi,
Thanks rickztahone. I will go through the links you posted.
Sad day for me, i build a wood frame the same size of the tank and it won't go down the stairs to my basement, i have a 90 degree turn at the bottom of my stairs, i'm missing a few inches to make it
!!! i will have to go acrylic and assemble in the basement. It kinda change the scope of work. I never assembled acrylic before, my sump was to be my first try. Not sure i want to risk it on my tank, i barely conviced my wife for that massive tank... if it were to colaspe it don't see myself trying to explain that. I will need to rethink how i want to do that or go smaller (or less big). I asked a couples of quotes to get the pannels, we will see.
As for getting 25 discus, do you mean 25 juvies or adults ? i was planning on getting 5'' discus, they are not cheap. Can i 'grow' juvies in a tank that big ? i read that i should grow them in smaller tank. and since they will be my first discus, i don't want to screw up and kill half of them. Is it possible to get 25 discuss of the same strain in one supply ? i want blood pigeon /checkerboard.
to do so, they have to be the first in the tank, before the schooling fish, cories, etc. I'm getting nervous
i plan on panda cories, i really like how they behave. i already have a bunch of sterbai in my planted tanks. I was planning on cardinal tetras or green neon tetra, but i fear they (the GNT) are a bit to small and discus may eat them.
i will take my time on this, don't want to make a bad decision.
thanks for your reply
david