Update pics of planted tank

[exv152]

2) I do 50% water change weekly; I guess I am the main reason that causes cloudy water, replanting always causes substrate disturbance. When feeding frozen beef hearts, my discus also make a mess. On the 4th or 5th day after water change, there is always an "oil" layer on the surface of water, I guess it's from the protein of beef heart. Too bad, I don't have a sump setup for this planted tank, or protein skimmer might be a good choice.

Awesome tanks by the way! Your fish are stunning. I have a 75 gal planted tank, and I had the same issue with the "oily layer". I found out it's actually protein (probably from food), but I was told to increase the surface agitation, and it went away.

[JL15219]

I know this thread is several months old but man! This is one of the nicest tanks I have seen...the discus are beautiful....some updated pics would be great

[rickztahone]

I know this thread is several months old but man! This is one of the nicest tanks I have seen...the discus are beautiful....some updated pics would be great

oh for sure, this is my favorite tank that got me to read up on planted tanks.

[wannafish]

Jannima,

I see this is an ongoing thread, and you post current pics.
I have a question for you! You have sand for the Discus and
ada soil for the ph and nutrients. I have ph of 7.6 similar to
yours. I want to keep the ada soil from mixing with the sand
on the surface when you siphon or pull plants. I was thinking
of putting a layer 1.5" of ada soil, and then putting a screen
on top of the soil, and then layering sand on top of that.
I would cut holes in the screen and plant roots. This would
be sort of a permanent scape. If I wanted to re-plant, I would
try to clear area and cut a hole in the screen to plant roots.
Any problems with this approach? Thanks!

Jeff

[JL15219]

Jannima,

I see this is an ongoing thread, and you post current pics.
I have a question for you! You have sand for the Discus and
ada soil for the ph and nutrients. I have ph of 7.6 similar to
yours. I want to keep the ada soil from mixing with the sand
on the surface when you siphon or pull plants. I was thinking
of putting a layer 1.5" of ada soil, and then putting a screen
on top of the soil, and then layering sand on top of that.
I would cut holes in the screen and plant roots. This would
be sort of a permanent scape. If I wanted to re-plant, I would
try to clear area and cut a hole in the screen to plant roots.
Any problems with this approach? Thanks!

Jeff

Jannima has not been on since Dec....so I dont think you will get a response anytime soon...wish there where more pic updates that would be great

[spyder329]

Wow what an unbelievable looking tank and fish....

[Plumkin]

your fish are living better then most humans!! i love your tank where did you buy your plants?

[Apistomaster]

I am not the OP and I only keep my 125 gal Tetra tank as a aquacaped planted tank. When I want to get rare and/or quantities of plants as I did for my tank, I buy from www.aquariumplants.com
They have one of the largest selections of plants and have reasonable prices but even so, I spent $225 on plants for that 125 gal tank.
Over the years they have been a consistently good source for plants for me.
There are other good suppliers of aquarium plants but I have received good plants from www. arizonaaquaticgardens.com although I avoid their other livestock like the plague. Robert of aquabotanics.com in Portland, OR has recently changed to a different kind of company so I don't know how much he still emphasizes his plant part of the business.
These are the three companies I have received good and/or rare plants from over the years.

[x2h]

that's an amazing tank and discus you have!! i like the scaping and how healthy the fish look like!

[grindman620]

Wow!!! Stunning!!

[Charles Crews]

Couldn't imagine discus more beautiful than yours!

[mattsoccer20]

This is my first time seeing this tank and the first thing i said was WOW. Where did you get those plants?

[Stag]

What do you atribute their great color to? camera, lighting, food, plants, Water quality?

[mattsoccer20]

Wow, very very nice tank setup. What did you do for the substrate? Because i thought sand was not very good for plants

[Skip]

Wow, very very nice tank setup. What did you do for the substrate? Because i thought sand was not very good for plants

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