MeCasa
01-04-2015, 01:21 PM
I'm an old aquarium hand that shut everything down everything a decade ago and only started up again when my grandchildren asked. Although I started this with a promise that I would set up 'one' tank only....I now have a 150 and (2) 20's set up and bought my granddaughter a 210 for Christmas.
The 150 is a planted mixed cichlid tank with 4 Africans and 4 Central Americans, the tank has been up for a year with no problems and the largest varieties (the Central Americans, Terror and Dempsey are about 5")
I told my granddaughter that she could choose the type of aquarium and fish and she's chosen a planted Discus tank. We went to Houston and met John at Houston Aquarium Warehouse (Houston's leading Discus dealer) and after some verifications on the feasibility of running a planted Discus with 8.2 ph water and some other conditions such as the tank being outside in a greenhouse we've decided to proceed.
The young lady fully understands that it may be 8 months before the tank is planted and established enough to add fish.
So the learning begins :-)
The 150 is a planted mixed cichlid tank with 4 Africans and 4 Central Americans, the tank has been up for a year with no problems and the largest varieties (the Central Americans, Terror and Dempsey are about 5")
I told my granddaughter that she could choose the type of aquarium and fish and she's chosen a planted Discus tank. We went to Houston and met John at Houston Aquarium Warehouse (Houston's leading Discus dealer) and after some verifications on the feasibility of running a planted Discus with 8.2 ph water and some other conditions such as the tank being outside in a greenhouse we've decided to proceed.
The young lady fully understands that it may be 8 months before the tank is planted and established enough to add fish.
So the learning begins :-)