My Discus Tank & Others!

My tank is a Rio 125;

It consists of:
2x Jumbo Red Axelrodi
1x Red/Blue Turq (mixed coluration)
2x Blue Turqs
16x Neon Tetra
4x Balloon Rams
2x Clown Loaches
5x Rummy Nose Tetra#
2x Corydorus
1x Lepard Sail-fin Plec

Filter;
External TetraTec EX1200 with spray bar

Lighting:
Twin T5 lighting with AquaGlow white bulbs.
Aquawave Moonlight bar.

Substrate and plants:
5x Live Plants
2x Plastic Plants
White sand bottom
Center peice BogWood

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[csgamer1]

my 20 gallon is cycling atm if i switch the rocks with sand how long would it take to settle ??

[XOSEcouk]

Best way I found was to clean / wash the sand ... then place it inside a fish bag (the kind you get when you buy a fish) ... hold it sealed and lower it to the bottom of the tank, and tip it out.

Repeat until you've got all the sand in.

That way you don't have to wait for it to settle down.

You could just "tip it in" however I find this leaves it cloudy for a day or two (sometimes longer)

Hope that helps!

[wecametobelieve]

excellent work with the tetra tank mates. i tried neons out when the discus were smaller, but they turned out to be an expensive meal. so you have a hard time keeping the pH down with that white sand? i was told it would drive the pH above 7.

[XOSEcouk]

The only downside on sand is cleaning it, the setup at the moment is both breeding tanks are now bare-bottomed .. main tank has pea-gravel.

As for neons, they've been fine with both neon tetra and cardinals, although I preffer cardinals as they grow bigger and last longer.

I've just uploaded a new video of the discus with their hatched babys. Feel free to check it out!

[XOSEcouk]

The new tank consists now of:

6 Large Discus

Rummy Nose & Neon Netra (roughly 8 of each)

9 Baby clown loaches (growing very quickly)

2 Coryadorus

2 Snowflake Plecs

[XOSEcouk]

Thanks for the reply, they're now in a Juwel Vision 260, much bigger tank.

A pair had paired off, and have laid eggs in their own tank which is in the video, and the eggs have now litteraly hatched! so I'm very happy about that.

Theres a spray bar on the new tank due to running a new filter (TetraTec EX1200) which is very quiet, almost silent :)

[wecametobelieve]

this is a fantastic set up, looks very peacefull. i bet the sound of the water running gets old afterawhile. are they still getting along with thier tank mates? any spawning behavior?