7 foot amazon tank

[toomanyfish]

abandoned my 7 foot discus tank redid it and went in for this

[Trier20]

Beautiful!

[spiffyfish]

Damn is all i can say, what a nice looking tank.

[a volar]

nice looking tank.

[doggiez85]

^_^

WoW

[shoveltrash]

beautiful! how many gallons?

[Second Hand Pat]

Very nice redo.

[Floppy Fin's]

Now you need a 8 footer.. :o

[walt3]

looks like it would be very relaxing... :)

[Rummy]

Speechless!

[rdiscus]

Nice tank, but where the discus?

[toomanyfish]

thank you all for your replies..
i think its a 145 gallons
my adult angels are there at the moment along with a couple of rummy nose.the discus are growing out in another tank though am not sure of putting them in here anymore as they are blue diamonds and may not go with the theme of this tank

[Swedgin]

Nice group of wilds would look amazing in this tank. Nicely done.

[walt3]

wilds would look great in there indeed!

[random-cichlid]

very nice but were is your plants

[MrYin]

What kind of lighting do you have? Special bulbs?

[santeclaws]

Well done!

[3dees]

sweet. my kind of tank. don't need no stinkin plants.

[laupao]

the tank looks stunning. i really hope one day I can have a tank like that in my living room. what kind of lighting is that? what kind of driftwood are those?

[Craigmax]

Definitely do the wilds! +1

[fattubwhale]

Gorgeous tank love the layout!

[fattubwhale]

Gorgeous tank love the layout!

[toomanyfish]

Thank u all...the lighting is just a combination of yello and white tubes placed all over

[Ocean]

Awesome! :D

[Oscarsx]

Is there a write up on this set up? It's amazing.

[toomanyfish]

some new pics

[shoveltrash]

just love the full tank shots -- that is definitely one of my favorite tanks!
sorry if I missed this.....do you have a sump? outside filtration/aeration? the water looks so calm.

[ExReefer]

I like the tank. Not that you asked me, but I would skip on the domestic discus in there. It just does not work. Leave it as is or go with a six pack of wild discus.

[toomanyfish]

Thank u all for the kind comments.no sump just 3 2217's.I know its a bit of an overkill but
that's just me I love to over filter tanks!
As far as wild discus go I would love to have some browns or something in there sadly we
don't get wilds here in India and even if we do they are of very poor quality.
Still wanna add leaf litter floating plants and led's

[DiscusBR]

This is an outstanding setup, very beautiful. Congratulantions. You should definetely get some wild discus. In another thread some folks are trying to organize a shipping of wild discus to India from Hudson Crizanto (Brazil). Check it out: http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?96379-Where-can-i-get-Wild-Discus-in-India/page2

[toomanyfish]

I don't know how many of u would agree with me but I have 10 blue diamond discus gorgeous shape red iris growing
out in another tank.I move them in this one and add maybe a few dozen cardinals and change the light to warn white
Led's add some floating plants and leaf litter.
Waiting for ur opinions

[Harry Marsh]

Anything will look nice in that

[shoveltrash]

I think that would be lovely!

[j2guan]

wow nice tank, wild discus would be perfect in that tank, keep up the good work and keep posting new pictures

[pastry]

i hate you (out of jealousy of course :p)... great tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Topete]

Looking good..

[papyol]

Beautiful....

[Markc]

Incredible

[masone]

Gotta love that space for scaping!

[davidw]

wow...nice looking tank, pretty much what I wanted to do, thanks

[sumit]

Hi, where are you based in india? Amazing tank, I agree on wild discus. They look awesome. I have finally managed to get a few:)

[toomanyfish]

Am based in poona

[rainforestexperience]

Beautiful tank!!!

[johnny911]

Nice

[toomanyfish]

I just shifted the discus into this tank like half an hour back.

[toomanyfish]

Final stocking is
11 blue diamond discus
12 red line torpedo barbs
10 rummy nose
20 sterbae cories
2 gold nugget plecos

[dastowerssss]

You have come full circle - back to discus. They are so beautiful. The tank is awesome and I can't wait for a FT shot. :-)

[sandy]

Post latest pics of your tanks :)

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[toomanyfish]

finally moved the discus from their growout to their main tank.they took the move well...a bit skittish as you would expect...and like the right corner which is a little dark compared to the rest of the tank.a few have already fed..but a few are darker and have a bit of uneven coloring.is that normal?

[shoveltrash]

I'm sure they will adjust in time. your tank is FANTASTIC! and I love the fact that you have stocked with a *single type* of Discus :)
look forward to more photos!

[sandy]

Now your tank look more beautiful then before

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[toomanyfish]

Thanks though i dont have the best of news..they seem to be thrashing
a lot and a few have picked up some injuries...i did a water change
added some salt and upped the temp

[Carpe_Diem]

Fantastic! Love the aquascape with the wood and sand bottom. I like the idea of going with the Angels as well,
they fit right into this setup.

Well done.

[sandy]

Fantastic! Love the aquascape with the wood and sand bottom. I like the idea of going with the Angels as well,
they fit right into this setup.

Well done.

Angels? ?? Don't think so he have any angels now its only discus tank

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[Carpe_Diem]

Angels? ?? Don't think so he have any angels now its only discus tank

I see that now. The tank aquascape is incredible no matter what is in there but the blue diamonds do look very nice as well.

[sandy]

I see that now. The tank aquascape is incredible no matter what is in there but the blue diamonds do look very nice as well.

Yes, I thought only wild discus goes well with amazon setup but looking at this tank bd also looks good

Hope so one day I will also have such tank

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[toomanyfish]

Thanks all.i guess ill just keep the lights shut today and not feed them.ill take a call
in a few weeks if they should stay here or move back to their growout bare tank

[toomanyfish]

Guys its just not working...they almost killed themselves today thrashing all over

[damba]

They shouldnt do that... Can you keep the lights out for a few days and maybe add some dithers. Surface dwellets such as hatchets can be very good.

I live in Eastbourne - the sunniest place in Britain. That isn't really saying much...
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[damba]

Denisoni may be a little skittish for them also. I keep blue diamonds and find them pretty skittish. They have taken months to become more settled. Adding some acarichthys and geos seemed to also help mine.
Tom

I live in Eastbourne - the sunniest place in Britain. That isn't really saying much...
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[sandy]

As damba told keep lights off think so they have not settled yet give them so time

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[toomanyfish]

Sorry guys its just not working.will move them back to their 3 foot growout tank again

[sandy]

Sorry guys its just not working.will move them back to their 3 foot growout tank again

Why what happen :confused::(

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[toomanyfish]

Almost killing themselves n getting bashed up

[sandy]

Did you find any reason why they are doing this in my point of view they should be happy in big tank :(

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[shoveltrash]

Almost killing themselves n getting bashed upoh, that's a shame! wonder why.....

[Second Hand Pat]

Almost killing themselves n getting bashed up

I have not read the entire thread but could you measure your water parameters? Thinking an uncycled tank here. Again have not read the entire thread and jumping in a bit uninformed.

[toomanyfish]

Nope the tank was setup 6 months before they were moved in.
What now with this tank is the question

[manzpants92]

Out of my five discus one was a blue diamond and out of all of them he was the most skittish. Every time i would turn the light on or make a sudden movement in my room he would go flying across the tank and smash into my driftwood or sides of the tank...and all the others wouldn't. Odd to see your having the same case with your blues

[Second Hand Pat]

Nope the tank was setup 6 months before they were moved in.
What now with this tank is the question

Perhaps it has been setup for six months but when you moved the fish in from the growout tank you added a huge bio-load to the new tank and the BB may need catch up. Therefore a precautionary check of the water parameters is still warranted.

[toomanyfish]

The 7 foot tank has 3 cannisters

[toomanyfish]

Ok they are back in their 3 footer now..and much settled n taking food straight from the hand
Planning to add uarus n earth eaters to the 7 footer n going completely biotope
The red line barbs will be removed as well
Just met Heiko bheler and was completely inspired by his talks and will transform this tank still closer to nature

[Tharr]

WOW! That would have been an awesome looking tank there! Too bad you had to move them back.
Quite a surprise to me that there are discus enthusiasts even in India! And even the quality is wonderful.
A natural looking aquarium always beats a decorated one! Good luck!

[dww-law]

Not sure why they would be bugging out in a larger tank (Looks great by the way). Maybe some of the other fish are causing it.

[TNT77]

The 7 foot tank has 3 cannisters
Doesn't matter how many canisters you have you can still get spikes when adding alot of bioload. Pat is right when she asked you to check your parameters.

[toomanyfish]

Did water checks.the parameters are identical in both tanks.

[subhayu.in]

really liked it..its too good :)

[beerocks]

Love the tannin colored water

[MSD]

Perhaps you should try moving a few at a time into the new tank and see what happens. They should acclimate better that way.

[jobber]

Great tannic water. Is it all from the wood or do you dose anything (almond leaves)?

[creativityasaweapon]

Ditto, what are you using to get the color?

[toomanyfish]

just used warm yellow lights nothing else.
will be posting some updates soon.Leds are on and have added some new fish too.

[toomanyfish]

some updates
Added some uarus to the tank