220 Wild and a new Tank

[Larry Bugg]

I've been wanting to split out some of the wild reds from the 220. Ideally I would like to keep the number down to about 1 per 20 gallons or more. Problem was what to do with the ones that come out of the tank. Solution........a new wild tank, lol. I decided to replace a 60 that was sitting next to the 220 with a new tank. The footprint of the new tank needed to be the same as the 60 which was 48 x 18. I posted on our local club forum to see if anyone had a 90 available and ended up even better than that with a 110 - 48 x 18 x 27. I picked it up Friday night and spent yesterday setting it up. I really love the size of this tank.

The 220 now has 2 Cuipeua super red from Snookin and the rest are from Mark (Discus Origins) - 2 Lago Soloman, 1 Trombeta, 1 semi royal Cuipeua and 1 Intervina semi royal. I also have two Cuipeua select that are about 4.5" in another tank still growing out that will move here when they get a little bigger.

In the new 110 all the fish are from Snookin. 3 Blues, 1 Royal and 3 Cuipeua super reds. I'll eventually end up pulling one of these from the tank to get it down to 6 total.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca0X6KPt36g&feature=youtu.be

[Larry Bugg]

New 110


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTfFCMQNRek&feature=youtu.be

[Rudustin]

Larry, the wilds are beautiful and so are the tanks. Thanks for sharing. Rufus

[Second Hand Pat]

The fish in both tanks look awesome Larry and I do believe I see some possible females in both tanks. :D

Are you going to put a background in the 110?

[mojosodope]

Really nice tanks and fish man, may I ask where you got the driftwood from?

[Larry Bugg]

Larry, the wilds are beautiful and so are the tanks. Thanks for sharing. Rufus

Thanks Rufus. I'm very pleased with them. Both of these tanks are in what I call my fishroom annex. I out grew the fishroom and these are in the overflow area. The nice thing is this is a open room so I have a rolling office chair right in front of them. I like looking at all my fish and tanks but this is where I sit and stare.


The fish in both tanks look awesome Larry and I do believe I see some possible females in both tanks. :D

Are you going to put a background in the 110?

Thanks Pat. All my wilds have been maturing nicely. I need to get some pics of the heckels also but they are in a 125 that is hard to get in front of for pics.

I do hope I have some females in both tanks now. I pulled what I thought were males from the 220 to go in the new 110. The blues I put in the tank I am hopeful are females. They are almost completely solid and fairly red. My understanding is that female blues get pretty red.

I might put a background on the tank but right now I like the blue. Seems to pull out some of the colors of the fish. Will have to give it some thought.


Really nice tanks and fish man, may I ask where you got the driftwood from?

Thanks for the compliment. All the wood except for one piece in the 110 came from a sponsor here. He has some beautiful manzanita.
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumdisplay.php?209-Manzman-(Rafael-Mendoza)-Beaumont-California

The other piece came with the 110.

[plecocicho]

Those roots are epic in size! Nice wilds too.

[Larry Bugg]

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[Carolina discus]

Looking good Larry!!!!

[pcsb23]

Some lovely looking wilds there Larry. A credit to you :)

[musicmarn1]

Wow Larry, your awesome :) these look super!