cube aquariums

[Jennie]

really like these column style aquariums but not sure how well they are for discus. for example 60 cube is 24 square x 24 h. Knowing these dim. how would 5 or 6 discus behave with given surface area?? Thoughts?

[William Palumbo]

I like the cubes myself. My first Discus tank was a 30 xtra high. The Discus and I liked the height. I think they look good in tall tanks. Will set a cube up here one day...Bill

[Jennie]

Thanks Bill. I wasn't sure and would love to do my blues in it

[cooksa]

I love my cube! I had 6 in the 2x2x2. All were over a year old when I put them in it, but only three were adult sized. The other three were stunted. The only real issues I had were when I found a pair had formed and there was no real place for the others to go to get away from the pairs aggression. I believe this was the reason I lost two of the stunted fish.

I moved the remaining four into a 90gal (found an awesome deal from a fairly local SDer for two more to add to it) and am trying to grow out some angels to fill the cube.

If you can, I'd go for the 92gal with Starfire glass. IMO it'd be a better "discus tank" than the 60. :D

[Jennie]

Too much weight on my floor. It's over a crawl space. The aggression you mention brings me to think hard about the tank some more:confused:

[cooksa]

You could make it an all female/all male tank. It'd be more work on finding fish to put in it, but there would be none of the aggression issues.

[Jennie]

got my blues all purchased. Can't part with a single one:) I also like the marineland 56 column. It's 700$ cheaper, lol, and tall, a bit wider too.
How to get this around the hubby, hmmmmmm?

[dpt8]

I LOVE cubes !! I have two 30 gl cubes, one 25 gl. cube and one 37 cube PLUS a 47 gl. pentagon.. Discus love them and use the whole tank.

[Jennie]

pentagon as in hexagon? nevermind. I googled.

[tock]

I'm thinking of getting a 30gl cube, would it be ok for 3 discus?

[Skip]

http://www.glasscages.com/?sAction=Deliv

these people have great prices.. and its like $48 dollars extra and they will deliever to these locations listed on these dates all over the US America.. they are coming to austin halloween weekend.. they have so many tanks.. i wouldn't even know which to even order !! : ))


ps..

here are the prices for cubes

6x6x12 Top(Extra): $5 $50
6x6x6 Top(Extra): $5 $57
8x8x8 Top(Extra): $6 $74
8x8x12 Top(Extra): $6 $86
8x8x16 Top(Extra): $6 $92
16x16x8 Top(Extra): $12 $92
12x12x12 Top(Extra): $10 $110
20x20x12 Top(Extra): $14 $128
12x12x16 Top(Extra): $10 $128
12x12x24 Top(Extra): $10 $135
16x16x24 Top(Extra): $12 $136
16x16x16 Top(Extra): $12 $136
20x20x16 Top(Extra): $14 $147
20x20x24 Top(Extra): $14 $217
24x24x24 Top (Extra) $14 $281

[Jennie]

well with price taken into consideration, I opted for next best thing. I bought the 47 column instead.
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae345/discuslover65/tank1.jpg
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae345/discuslover65/tank2.jpg

[2wheelsx2]

I posted a thread a while back and got lots of support for a cube (well, in my case it's just square) tank. 30x30x24" I think they will look great.

Here it is when the tank first arrived:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_92IVadGjH2w/TG9OeuMQMxI/AAAAAAAACQ0/4H95fUcrvWs/s800/DSC_2275.JPG

[Jennie]

I like them but had space limitations. Had to go with a column style.:) would love to see that done up

[2wheelsx2]

I like them but had space limitations. Had to go with a column style.:) would love to see that done up

I will post up a thread when it's done. It's drilled and I'll be direct plumbing in an Eheim 2078 into it with a custom stand and canopy that is flush ADA style. The tank is will low light and lightly planted (just near the top on wood for shade and will house plecos, some tetras and 6 - 8 discus I think. Type is still being decided.

[discuspaul]

2wheelsX2:
That cube tank will no doubt look fabulous when you're done !!!
(especially with discus)
Looking forward to seeing your post when you have it all in order & stocked.
Paul (emile on bca)

[Eddie]

Yeah, I really like cubes, definite show piece.

[Jennie]

mine's just 20x18x30. I like it. :)

[2wheelsx2]

Yours is cool. In my case, I looked into a cube just because I had limited space and cubes are the most space efficient.

[Jennie]

really, lol, yours is bigger than my column.

[Jennie]

My column finished and cobalts in with sapphs.
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae345/discuslover65/cube.jpg
http:////i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae345/discuslover65/cobalts.jpg
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae345/discuslover65/cobes.jpg

[2wheelsx2]

Looks very cool. Do you find that they get more of the food because it takes longer to drop to the bottom? I am hoping that my new cube will have that effect (my first discus tank), as it's the tallest tank I've owned.

[Jennie]

never have issues regarding food. They eat at the top and then graze the bottom

[2wheelsx2]

How many times a day do you feed and what food are you using?

[Jennie]

4x-5x. Ocean nutrition, Als blackworms,tetra color flakes, Eddie's seafood mix but that given before water change, because it clouds up water(they fight over it too). Every once in awhile frozen bloodworms as a treat. I do daily WC on my tanks.

[Jennie]

Also my tank is not a cube but a column aquarium. At petsmart they come in 47 or 65 gallon

[2wheelsx2]

Ah...that's probably the secret. I'm feeding my fish 2x a day. When I get the discus, I think it's time to invested in an automated feeder. Thanks for the input.

[Jennie]

What secret??:confused:

[2wheelsx2]

Also my tank is not a cube but a column aquarium. At petsmart they come in 47 or 65 gallon

Right. And actually mine isn't either. It's wider than it's tall. It's a square. My mine likes to call tanks cubes when the width is the same as the length.

[2wheelsx2]

What secret??:confused:

No food on the bottom to rot. Big infrequent feedings = food spoilage.