my 75 gallon planted discus tank.

[walt3]

68473[]here is my attempt at a discus planted tank.:) struggling a bit with algae but i think the composition looks pretty cool so far. i have 6 youngsters in there. 3 browns and 2 turquoise snakeskin pattern and 1 larger patterned one. in the picture you can see the larger pattern and a tiger stripe brown. odd only his right side has the stripes broken like that. his left is standard stripes. i guess hes a blemish but i love him.:) neven seen one like him so i grabbed him. 260 watts of compact flourescent, eheim 2217, 86-temp, 25 cardinals, 3 bristle nose, 6 lemon tetras and a otto cat. thinking of zip tieing a cool piece of wood coming in from the top, onto the glass partition that these oceanic tanks have. just worried it might eat up too much realestate for my 6 growing children. thanks for looking. walt. comments welcome.:) p.s. sorry for the fuzzy pic.:)

[Disgirl]

Looks good, just kinda small! I was in Baltimore yesterday, visiting Hans. You too?
Barb

[Sean Buehrle]

Looks great walt.


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[Darrell Ward]

Good luck with it, but small discus in plant tanks make me cringe! :)

[walt3]

they seem to be growing well and eat constantly. i am doing 1/4 plus water changes daily and all seems well. why would you cringe? :(. walt.

[Darrell Ward]

Just reminds me of bad things that sometimes happen to young discus in some people's planted tanks. Disease, stunting, etc.etc.

[walt3]

im staying optomistic with these guys.:) my focus is one there well being and not that of the plants so we shall see. they have allready grown quite a bit from the purchase date not too long ago so i feel pretty good. i test the water often and the readings never change. all zero to barely there. cant imagine too much going south with daily water changes... walt.

[fast93accord]

Looks good!!! Funny how my 110watt t5ho seems a lot brighter then your light...

[Dieselfool]

Nice job Walt.
Al.

[walt3]

ive dropped the light down to 130 watts to avoid algae as i dont have any co2 at the moment. looks a bit more "amazon" now. :) more mellow and dim. added a new piece of wood so its changeda bit. ill try to get fresh pics. thanks. walt.