jenste
01-06-2013, 08:22 PM
Alright, so I am no novice to fish keeping itself, but Discus are unfamiliar territory.
I have always been attracted to them but have never before had a system that would support them.
Right now I have a 72 gallon bow front, has been set up for approx 3 years. Two Fluval 405s run on it, sand substrate, moderately planted with driftwood. Set right now to 83*F, can easily bump it up a few more degrees with my current heaters.
My water is very soft and my current stocking consists of a pair of spawning Angelfish, 1/2 dozen albino cories, pair of Kribs, an albino bristlenose, a dozen Harlequin Rasboras and a male german blue ram.
The angels are going to be getting their own tank to let them do their business in peace and this leaves me a great deal of open space in the 72 gallon. I will be moving the stocking around and am looking to stock around a group of discus.
This is where you wonderfully lovely people come in. Temperature wise I know I am already pushing it with the cories and Harlequins so count them out, they are being set up in my other systems.
I would like to include a school of Dwarf Neon Rainbows, but aside from them I would love your input on a stocking around 5-7 Discus. This is a plan in the making so I have plenty of time to play around with ideas.
I have always been attracted to them but have never before had a system that would support them.
Right now I have a 72 gallon bow front, has been set up for approx 3 years. Two Fluval 405s run on it, sand substrate, moderately planted with driftwood. Set right now to 83*F, can easily bump it up a few more degrees with my current heaters.
My water is very soft and my current stocking consists of a pair of spawning Angelfish, 1/2 dozen albino cories, pair of Kribs, an albino bristlenose, a dozen Harlequin Rasboras and a male german blue ram.
The angels are going to be getting their own tank to let them do their business in peace and this leaves me a great deal of open space in the 72 gallon. I will be moving the stocking around and am looking to stock around a group of discus.
This is where you wonderfully lovely people come in. Temperature wise I know I am already pushing it with the cories and Harlequins so count them out, they are being set up in my other systems.
I would like to include a school of Dwarf Neon Rainbows, but aside from them I would love your input on a stocking around 5-7 Discus. This is a plan in the making so I have plenty of time to play around with ideas.