My New discus tank - pics!

[Stuquarium]

inspired by some coll aquascaping i went out and sepnt little under $75AU on rock, plants, and pebbles for my new discus tank. some of you might of seen the blank canvas i had to work with in aquascaping. if not here it is..

tank info...
filtration : 1x ehiem cannister (250L)
1x aqua one cannister (250L)


and now for the big reveal......... *drum roll*

da dah! what do you think? heres more pics tp help you decide

[imghttp://www.stuartsmithmusic.com/fish/discus/doscus1.jpg[/img]

thats it guys! sprry about the quality of the pics, i still have to learn how to get the best out of my camera.

 

[Jchillin]

Very impressive pics.

 

[greenmaji]

good gravy.. this one's more picture happy then you JC!!! ROFL!
very nice pics..
what is that blue/green ball like thing sitting in the tank?

 

[Guest]

beautiful tank!!!

 

[Blazeherd2306]

nice aquascaping! What is the green ball?

 

[Stuquarium]

thanks gys,
sorry about the size i'll resize them...

that ball is an ammonia ball, helps keep any ammonia out of the tank

 

[greenmaji]

that ball is an ammonia ball, helps keep any ammonia out of the tank

ammonia is consumed by the bacteria in your filtration system and by your plants.. I dont advise ammonia removing
media of any kind.. besides.. its not as pretty as the plants, rocks and fish!
I hope you have testkits to make sure your tank is cycled before removing it.. It could have effected your cycle..

 

[Stuquarium]

lol true, thats why it's in there, it was in thier old tank and since the new one has cycled i had to add it, i'll remove it next time it cycles.

 

[Jchillin]

good gravy.. this one's more picture happy then you JC!!

I was looking for someone to take my place.

The re-size looks much better. I would suggest removing the ammo ball as well. It can have an adverse affect on your cycle as the bacteria needs it to strive.

 

[Stuquarium]

will do jc thanks

 

[xIHaKIx]

its gonna look really reaelly great when the plants grow out. what is that blue ball tho?

 

[Stuquarium]

the green ball was and ammonia ball, and since the pics has been removed.

 

[talloulou]

The tank is beautiful!!!! But the crazy ball is kinda distracting. It's like there's this beautiful natural looking tank and someone accidently kerplunked a big blue ball in there.

 

[Stuquarium]

lol! yeah i should of moved it for the photos, but since i took them i've taken the ball out.

next time i'll try and get some good ones of the discus
are there any more tank mates i could add?
heres the list of exsiting

5x discus
3 x bronze catfish (whoch i might move into another tank)
1x bn
5x rummy nose tetra.

i really like how the rummys compliment the colour of the tank, i;d like some more smaller ones like those that can handle the heat..

 

[xIHaKIx]

Get a full school of neon tetras about 15-20 then let the plants grow in and your gonna fall in love with the tank,

 

[Stuquarium]

all ready have!

i've had neons in the tanks before, and they all got eaten, dare i risk it again ? although in the last tank there wasn;t many placesto hide...

 

[talloulou]

I've heard of otos doing well in discuss tanks.

 

[Stuquarium]

sucking catfish? hmm, they are a messy fish from memory.

 

[rich311k]

Looks great!!!

 

[Stuquarium]

thanks! i'm pretty chuffed with it