The Official Aquarium Thread

[Ddubtoille]

The more and more I research about Discus, the more keen I am on getting some (would have to take out my mollies, loaches etc and leave my pleco's there)

Do you think a school of five would be overkill for my 260l?

Yeah if you have enough filtration you could put 8-10 in there if you really wanted to. They school together really well.

[Woodzy]

Yeah if you have enough filtration you could put 8-10 in there if you really wanted to. They school together really well.

I'd probably start off with 3 and work my way up to 5-6.

Basically the most important things with keeping them is a stable acidic PH and a constant high temperature with crystal clear water quality. Because my current PH is always 7.4 (same with tap) I would like to avoid using chemicals to buff the ph down everytime I do water changes, so I'll use a fair amount of driftwood. Would doing 20% water changes weekly with 7.4 tap water into acidic cause chaos with discus, think its worth buffing buckets of water down before adding to tank?

I'm amazed at how well my fluval 305 filtrates, my water quality is amazing and all my plants and fish are thriving currently.

[whiteballz]

Really cool high atmospheric pressure tank @ an aquarium in France.

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[Woodzy]

Really cool high atmospheric pressure tank @ an aquarium in France.

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That's really cool, imagine seeing an anglerfish through a larger version of one of them.

[Ddubtoille]

Really cool high atmospheric pressure tank @ an aquarium in France.

Linky Linky Linky

That's alot of work and money to keep a little crab alive. I wonder if they can be very slowly adapted to the pressure up here like making fresh water fish salt water

[whiteballz]

I'm guessing there isn't much you can do to keep something alive thats used to living under 180 times the atmospheric pressure.

[Woodzy]

Got two decent size pieces of Malaysian driftwood from the pet shop, soaked it in a bucket for a couple of days. Didn't release any tannins at all, did lower my 7.2 tap ph to 6.0 in the bucket. Ive had it in my tank for about a day and a half and it still hasn't released any tannins. Odd enough it hasn't changed my 7.5 tank ph at all.

[Isuzu1600]

Hopefully hasnt been treated :S

[Woodzy]

Hopefully hasnt been treated :S

It's probably been pre-soaked, it still hasn't buffed my PH down

[Woodzy]

Figured out what was keeping my PH alkaline, the gravel I have has a slight mixture of shell grit. I might have to replace my whole entire gravel with stuff that doesn't have shell grit.

[4cyl]

what are like the fixed and starting costs associated with starting and maintaining a saltwater tank with plants and fish?

[anastasios]

saltwater plants?

do you mean coral?

i might be looking to sell my saltwater setup atm

[Woodzy]

More driftwood done the trick, my PH is now at 6.7-6.8.

I don't have to use chemicals to lower it from now on

[4cyl]

saltwater plants?

do you mean coral?

i might be looking to sell my saltwater setup atm

yeah coral, hahaha

[Woodzy]

Get my Discus on the weekend