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  1. Joeysdiscus

    I know its most probably impossible but...

    I have a discus breeding setup which I am leaving bare bottom no substrate! Is there any plants which I can just dump in and have the roots straight on the glass which will still grow???
  2. Joeysdiscus

    Id this shrimp please!!!

    Okay so I got three of these today I have never seen such crazy shrimp they're just sprinting, jumping and swimming round the tank like they are possessed!
  3. Joeysdiscus

    Nitrates ammonia and nitrites lost with evaporation???

    Okay so I have just set up my discus breeding tank not yesterday the day before and in the last couple of days I have had to add a whole bucket of water to top the tank up the bucket is 15 litres could that count as my water changes because I know certain particles do not evaporate with water...
  4. Joeysdiscus

    Any qwerky extras you can suggest???

    Okay so I'm setting up a 55g discus tank for a breeding pair of discus and I am planning on breeding them??? Other than the pair of discus I'm thinking a school of ottos a school of corys and two leopard frog plecos. I am looking for something which will work with the other tank mates but is a...
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    Non-aquatic plants/house plants rooted in filters???

    Has anyone on here had any experience with using house plants rooted in hang on back filters or built in rear sumps before I am currently getting together everything I need ready to set up my ex marine tank which I will be rooting house plants in the back to help suck up the nitrates, ammonia...
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    Joeys new tank set up...Breeding discus

    Okay so a week ago my 300l planted discus tank cracked and flooded the lounge all the fish are alive and spread amongst my friends. My next tank I'm looking for around 300l also I have all the equipment ready including co2. It's going to be a while before I get this tank but thought I would...
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    My tank just cracked!!!!!!

    I was just laying in bed chilling I heard a bang and within seconds my tank went from this... To this.... That's 300 litres of water in my lounge the tank drained completely in 5 minutes my fish are all in a bucket with air pump and filter hoping they all pull through until I can pick...
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    Everyone check this out!!!

    Couple of videos of my planted discus black water biotope :) comment away! Watch the second video you can see my spotted bristle nose showing off their mating dance and kribensis doing the same good video!
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    Discus keepers!

    Just wondering do you de-worm your discus??? If so how often???
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    Plant id thread! Its a biggen!

    Okay so my planted tank is now in my eyes done with the planting only one problem I have is all the plants I've had since I decided to go with live plants and at that time wasn't interested at all with the names/species of plants but now I am kinda wishing I did I know the Anubius or however you...
  11. Joeysdiscus

    Moss balls???

    Okay so what's the deal with these moss balls always wanted to try them and today remembered to pick them up! Haha I got three around five inches each. I was just wondering if you guys had any info you would like to share with me I've heard there real good with keeping nitrites, nitrates and...
  12. Joeysdiscus

    Anybody ever put pond plants in there aquarium???

    Just wondering if anyone else has we have a chichlid tank at work and it needed plants with a budget of zero so I went outside and cut some plants from the koi pond! That was yesterday and today when I got to work they had literally doubled in size!!! Here's a picture of when I put them in and...
  13. Joeysdiscus

    May be a dumb question...

    What actually does bubbles per second mean??? I mean how do you count how many bubbles are coming out in a single second???
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    Something new to feed your fish???

    Bit of a random one but just thought I'd let you all know! I just fed my fish some celery and they absolutely demolished it! I put it in boiling water then in the microwave for four minutes and chucked it in the tank my plecos went mad for it even more than they do cucumber! And also my discus...
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    Dead leafs on bottom of tank???

    What are the dead leaves you can get for the bottom of the tank called??? What's they're pros? And cons? How long do they last before they decay??? I really like the look of them and planning on layering them on the bottom of my planted tank with foreground plants dotted in between to ensure...
  16. Joeysdiscus

    Cross breeding discus

    Okay so I have a blue diamond and a pigeon blood which have paired off and showing signs of breeding I've found out the fry will be known as silverado discus has anybody any experience in cross breeding and or know what these silverado discus look like???
  17. Joeysdiscus

    Moss

    Just a quick one which moss is best in a discus tank that can deal with high temp etc.
  18. Joeysdiscus

    Are my appistos breeding???

    I have an appisto pair in my tank and haven't seen them for a few weeks until today when I put my phone with flash down the side of the tank give me your opinion breeding or no breeding :)
  19. Joeysdiscus

    Crazy aquarium experiences???

    Just thought I'd like to share mine and hear of others crazy experiences I. Their tanks :) mine is that when I had a crayfish in my tank there was a pregnant guppy full of about thirty fry ready to pop I guess it was her final day before giving birth because she couldn't move off the bottom of...
  20. Joeysdiscus

    Dwarf chichlids

    Hi everyone I'm looking to get a variety of dwarf chichlids species in my tank it's a 300l tank so space in not a problem all I need is some of your favourites so I can pick mine from them :) cheers for the help!
  21. Joeysdiscus

    Uv sterilizer!!!!

    Okay so what's everybodies view on sterilizers I have just orders the vectron 600 for my 240 litre discus planted tank. Anything I should watch out for anything I should know before I link it up????
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    Discus in hard water???

    Okay so I know there are discus breeders and fanatics on aa and I need a little help from them especially!!! I live in an area of England with very hard water I have for the past six months had discus in ro water but as I live at the top of a block of flats with no lift carrying 100 litres of ro...
  23. Joeysdiscus

    Breeding pair of kribensis new home!

    They're going into they're new little home tomorrow :)
  24. Joeysdiscus

    Discus and other tank mates hit with worms!!!

    Anyone on aa got any experience with discus getting worms??? It's killed one of my discus and a clown loach but also four other discus have stopped eating for the past four days and getting skinnier each day also my African bush (my pride and joy) has now stopped eating last three days! I've...
  25. Joeysdiscus

    My discus planted tank

    Various quite common plants-discus-African bush fish-sterba cories-bleeding heart tetra-spotted bristle nose-kribensis chichlids I have a external 300l filter tank is injected with co2 from fire extinguisher next to tank and tank is 240l
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