135g planted aquarium

[Georgios48]

My 520 lit planted aquarium contains 10 adult discus, 1 nigrolineatus, several tetras and firemouth fishes.

[breed_beyond]

Looks really good.....Keep up the good work.Brian

[Denny]

to you have my vote for the picture contest!

denny

[Georgios48]

This is my oldest discus (6.5 years old)

Hi Georgio

First of all..... Welcome to Simply Discus

Man, that is one Great looking tank.... I wish I could get away with a planted tank like that

Beth

[jeep]

Great tank!!!

What kind of discus is you 6.5 year old? It looks like my Blue Panda's...

Brian

[Georgios48]

Hi Beth,
It's easier than you think.
Brian, it should be a pigeon blood.
The only plecostomus that does not disturb discus fish is nigrolineatus.......and do not expect him to clean up you tank as well.

[Georgios48]

My red alenquer discus

[arvind]

where can i ge the plecostomus that does not disturb discus fish ,nigrolineatus.

my tank get alot of algae fast..

regards
arvind

[Georgios48]

Hi arvind,
Nigrolineatus plecos used to be very rare but lately I think you can find them in a good shop. Anyway this pleco is lazy and won't clean up your aquarium.
As you can see in the photo of my aquarium (first photo) there is no algae at all. I have no “algae eaters” of any kind but I keep a perfect equilibrium between fish and plant density, which regulates the dissolved organic matter.
Georgios48

[beta]

Nice tank!
How do u manage the water changes and how frequent?

[Georgios48]

Hi Beta,
First of all you have to find plants that grow quickly and thus consume a lot of nutrients.
In order to fight the existing problem and help plant growth use nitrate and phosphate absorbers. For example a very good hair algae eliminator is Tetra Minus that reduces nitrates.
Following you should keep fast growing plants that need pruning every 10-15 days and a reasonable number of fish that do not produce more nutrients than the plants consume.
I do a 60% water change once a month

[Barb Newell]

Hi, beautiful tank, nice fish!!!!

I have that 'hair algae' in my planted community tank, I bought some amino (sp???) shrimp... they help a bit. How do you treat?

Barb

[Georgios48]

Hi Barb,
Sometime ago I had a moderate hair algae problem that I could not get rid of. At that time I decided to try Tetra Minus, a product by Tetra that reduces nitrates without any chemicals but with anaerobic bacteria. In 3-4 days I noticed that ALL KINDS OF ALGAE disappeared. Unbelievable!! I’m curious to hear if anyone else used this product.
Georgios48

[Georgios48]

Anybody can specify its strain?
Thanks. Geogios