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Moving Tank 2 I have a 200g discus tank w/ wet/dry filtration that I need to move to another room in the basement. During this move I will also be changing out the substrate. The discus (12) will be split to 2 - 50g holding tanks along with the scavengers and dithers. The holding tanks will be...

Been awhile since I posted, but I'm sure WhiteDevil has kept things up to date. Added 8 - 5" discus from hawaiidiscus.com back in July. Gorgeous fish and not much more than I paid for the 2 inchers I got from discusmadness.com (NJ area). Didn't ship to the door, had to go to O'Hare to pick them...

When (if) you get your own place, you can add however many rooms you want. This house is staying as-is :p

Not lookin to get into breeding, did that my first go round in the hobby. Mostly africans, angels and some mouth-breeders. Now I just want to sit back and enjoy their peaceful world. Interesting note, 2 days after the angels went in, had a pair drop eggs on a sword leaf. Got eaten within a...

For discus, yes. I did add 2 angels, a yoyo loach and cory yesterday. I may replace two GB rams that have kicked it. That leaves the stocking at 14 discus, 13 angels, 10 rams (4 GB & 6 golds), 30+ tetras (neons, cardinals & glowlights) and 14 bottom feeders (cory, loach, plecos, banjo cats &...

I am asking for recommendations for accurate freshwater testing that also has good color differentiation. I am currently using API's GH, KH, Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate kits but the color differentiation is hard for these half-century old eyes to see. The GH and KH tests aren't bad since they...

If by dosing you mean adding the ferts, the pellets will be added manually once per month. The instructions for these are fairly specific ( 1 pellet per 3" x 3" planted area buried an inch below the substrate surface). For the liquid, again the instructions are specific ( 1 drop per 10g twice...

As Jr pointed out, we used aquariumplants.com substrate (Black Diamond). 4 x 5g buckets provided a contoured bottom with a minimum depth of 3" to a maximum of 6". It comes in two other colors, Natural Amazon and Red River. Each 5g bucket covers 12 sqft @ 3" depth for $65 and free shipping. For...

Just finished drip acclimating the discus and introduced them to the 210. What a sight. The angels were curious at first, but the discus showed them who's the boss. Yes, been looking for some taller dw. There's 40 - 50 tetras; cardinals, neons and glow lights. The tetras were the first added...

Thanks Jr Jr did a fine job on this build. :D Now that the project is coming to a close (still have some items to take care of this weekend; enclose the stand, cut the plexi tops, etc) there are a thing or two I would have done differently, but not moving the tank to change them. In...

The one thing that will cause a glass to crack is a pressure point due to unevenness (sp?) in the wood. I just completed building a stand for a 210g out of 2x4 and 3/4" plywood (see the 210 discus build thread started by WhiteDevil). What I did to alleviate pressure points was to use a 3/4"...

Back at ya, Chad. I retired back in '97 after 22 years. Worked in training departments for Alltel Wireless and Bank One/JPMC for the next 9. Been doing freelance instructional design/eLearning development since then. At the end of the day, when my minds scambled with code, it'll be nice to be...

As Steve pointed out, WhiteDevil is my son. The 210 build he is documenting is going into my home office. I had been in the hobby for 20+ years, but due to a military transfer sold everything off back in '90 and hadn't gotten back into the hobby until recently. Last February a friend of Jr's...

Update Got the tank moved from the garage to the basement this weekend. After placing the tank on the stand, checked the stand for plumb and found it to have shifted a 1/16 inch. Brought in the clamps and squared up the stand, adding cross-bracing left/right and front/back. Leveled...

Hello folks. I'm Ray and I live in the far NW suburbs of Chicago. For those of you that have had contact with WhiteDevil, he is my son and turned me on to this list. The 210g Discus build he has been documenting is actually going to be a display tank in my home office. Found it on craigslist for...