show tank

[BootDink]

ill be setting up an 80gallon show tank in my living room but i really have no idea about how to go about things. I would love to setup an all wild biotop
but the only sponsors in canada do not have anything but browns. So im just wondering if anyone can throw ideas out there as to how to go about setting one up and also type/strains of fish that make a showtank worth showing

thanks alot

[Wahter]

I would love to setup an all wild biotop but the only sponsors in canada do not have anything but browns.

Ummm... browns would make for a good biotope since that's one of the wild varieties.

Also have you checked with April - she has some non-brown discus:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumdisplay.php?f=105

And Alex has had nice non-brown discus before too:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumdisplay.php?f=154

Dan's heckel (another wild variety in case you didn't know) tank is a good biotope:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showpost.php?p=486491&postcount=211

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/GCDiscus/IMG_2924.jpg

Hope that helps,


Walter

[rickztahone]

Ummm... browns would make for a good biotope since that's one of the wild varieties.

Also have you checked with April - she has some non-brown discus:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumdisplay.php?f=105

And Alex has had nice non-brown discus before too:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumdisplay.php?f=154

Dan's heckel (another wild variety in case you didn't know) tank is a good biotope:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showpost.php?p=486491&postcount=211

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/GCDiscus/IMG_2924.jpg

Hope that helps,


Walter

walter, is that manzanita wood? i read on another thread about it growing some white matter on the branches, did this happen with your manzanita? i'm assuming it is btw :D. looks awesome with the elevated lights

[KDodds]

Yowza. Are those MHs over an unplanted tank?

[Wahter]

That's not my tank - like I said in the post, it's Dan's.

Here's his contact info.
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http://forum.simplydiscus.com/member.php?u=8411

www.houstonaquariumwarehouse.com
281.741.9688


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Walter

[mehran]

rickztahone
Yes some of the manzanita wood produce some white stuff (It is Fungus). That is why it is recommended to presoack it in a well aerated bucked for week before putting in aquarium. The other way is boiling the wood.
Mehran

[draal5]

Try popposfish.com he is shipping to Canada he has great prices and will have some wilds in the beginning of march