Chess46
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- Oct 15, 2011
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Okay, so I have finally finished the switch in my 80g African cichlid tank to a planted tank for discus. I currently have 5 Bolivian rams, a school of tetras and a couple cories in the tank. I'm thinking of adding some rummynose tetras and maybe a few snails. I currently have one heater and a marineland magnum 350 canister filter. Should I add more filtration? And I do plan to get another heater. My water parameters are ammonia: 0 nitrite:0 nitrate: 10 and ph 7.6. I know my ph is high for discus but after talking to breeders/owners I've decided to just leave it instead of adding chemicals to bring it down. I was told that the discus would just adapt to it. What I am worried about is water changes. I plan to do a 75% water change weekly but I notice that my ammonia spikes after a water change. It returns to 0 over night but when I check right after adding the water change my ammonia is 0.25-0.50 The question is would this be too much for the discus? I know my other fish have no problem with the temporary change but discus are very touchy fish I've heard. I do use prime during adding the new water but it doesn't seem to remove all of the new ammonia that is coming from the tap. Please let me know if this will be a problem or not.
Here are some pics of how the tank looks now:
Sorry if they are the wrong size. I uploaded them from my phone.
Here are some pics of how the tank looks now:
Sorry if they are the wrong size. I uploaded them from my phone.