Discus Newbee

[JJP]

;D Howdy

I'm new to Discus and about to take the plunge. I work in a LFS but we don't stock Discus. I am a Reef specialist who has become tired of reef tanks. I am converting my 110g to a planted/discus tank. After a heavy duty tank cleaning I sarted the new tank yesterday.

3" of 75/25 mix of flourite and blasting gravel for substrate.
Two Ehiem 2227 canister filters.
RO DI water with Kent R/O Right
12 giant Danio as Cycle fish

I have not tested the water yet as it has only been about 15 hours since set up.

I am trying a new Marineland product called Bio-Spira. We have used it in the store and it seems to meet it's claim of Instant Cycle. We used it in a African tank and never had detectable levels of Amonia or Nitrites. It contains live Nitrosomonas, Nitrosospira and Nitrospira. I will post my daily water tests using this product if anybody is interested.

If this forum is anything like the reef forums that I hung out at I'm looking forward to a good exchange of idea's, information and help.

Thanks,

Joe 8)

[redlines]

Joe,

Welcome to Simply! :)

You should check out this section for helpful advice on setting up a planted Discus show tank:

http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index.php?board=7

Don Lee is also a great resource I have read many of his plant postings BUT I have not turned to the Dark Side.

While a planted tank is beautiful it does take work. My Angel tank is planted sort of - Anubias & Onion plants only. My Discus tanks are all bare bottom by choice. I had some potted plants but I removed them so I could fit more Discus in the tank ;D

Sorry Don.

Andy

[DavidAJ]

Hi Joe ,

I'm new to Discus too ! I brought home 4 on friday afternoon so I guess we can go trough the growing pains together . I was looking for a place on the web that I could get answers from people that have kept Discus for a long time and stumbled across Simply kinda by accident . There is a WEALTH of knowledge here .

Good luck with the Fish whern you get them . BTW I use Bacter-plus byaquatronics to cycle my tanks and have had very good results .

Best of luck ,

David

[EthanCote.com]

Hey Joe,

Welcome to Simply. It is indeed a great place to hang out for us Discus fanatic.

Lots of useful info not to mention the many wonderful people here as well. Thus making this site Simply Great!

A big hello to you as well David and congrats on your new purchase.


Cheers,

Chi.

[samcatj]

Joe-
Welcome to the greatest site for information on how to raise discus and for meeting making many new friends with the same interests. I know you are going to finds this site as great as myself and it other members. Welcome

samcatj

[DavidAJ]

Thanks for the welcome Eathan ;D

I am totally new to the big "D" I really hope my fish survive...I am totally committed to them ..... My wife and I had to put down our dog just 24 hrs after getting my fish so maybe this might bring some joy to our .... big hole in our hearts

They are facinating fish

David

[darcy]

Hi Joe welcome aboard the starship discus!!!!
Ton's of great info here and tons of great people willing to answer questions!!!
Darcy

[DarkDiscus]

Joe and David,

Welcome to the board!

Discus are great and you will find that they are not as difficult to raise as you might think. Just read a lot and ask questions and you will be in good shape!

John

PS. David, sorry to hear about your dog.