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I'm not an expert, but I think the discus need much higher temps than the rest of the fish in there.. like 84* F
Aside from that it looks like a pretty nice community you've got going there... I'm a fan of big school's of smaller fish but that's just my opinion.
When I was much younger (around age 10) I had a betta in a 1 gallon bowl.
My family was going on vacation for a week so I left it with one of those 7 day feeders.
What I didn't know was my dad turned the heat off in the house while we were gone and it was the dead of winter and there was no...
Oh, I should also mention that in the same tank as my red claw I also have a cobalt blue lobster... he is more of a threat to the fish than anything but still seems to be pretty safe. He's about 4 inches from head to tail and keeps the bottom of my tank pretty spotless, picks through all the...
Mine is about an inch across which I think is about the same size as yours in cm. I'm not sure what sex it is. The tank it was in at the LFS had about 100 of the little buggers in a 10 gal with shallow water, I bought one. The next day I went back because I wanted to get another and they were...
I don't have the 350, but I have the H.O.T. magnum 250 and I love it. I've also heard good things about Rena cannisters but I have yet to try one. I would say you'd do well with either one.
So far I am having a very different experience than you. I too have a red clawed crab. He's in a community tank and I also was told at the LFS that he is 99% fish safe. I was also told to avoid keeping him with very slow fish. He's in with 4 gold skirt tetra's, 2 black widow tetra's, 4...
What makes a good tankmate for the Discus fish?
The guy who sold them to me at the LFS said angels go well with them since they both have the same temperment and ph/gh needs... but some stuff I've read online says angels are more agressive feeders and will bully the discus.
Which is true?
I use a h.o.t. magnum with the micron cartridge.
It can be used with or without diatomacious earth... I've done both.
With the regular micron cartridge, you can run it 24x7 to achieve great water quality on an already good tank.
With the micron cartridge plus a scoop of diatomacious earth, you...
Didn't think about the white gravel showing dirt/algae, hopefully it won't be too much of an eyesore... I actually have about a 1 inch layer of natural colored gravel underneath the white that I had leftover from another tank, I could probably just mix it up to blend it all together. That might...