125 gallon 5 ft tank

[digthemlows]

I've posted this on other sites and even some pictures down in the photo section, but here's my planted discus tank.

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[albatrozz]

beautiful tank... :D

[Matt15]

Thats a great looking tank setup you've got there.
Love your adult discus. How many discus have you got in there mate?

[dorryswife]

stunning tank :)

[digthemlows]

Thats a great looking tank setup you've got there.
Love your adult discus. How many discus have you got in there mate?

10 discus
25 H. Rasbora
5 Cory Cats
2 Clown Loaches
2 SAE
5 Rosy Barbs

[digthemlows]

Another angle

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[Matt15]

Stop it..... my jealousy hurts.... hahahaha.

You've certainly done well. I would be very proud to have that in my lounge room...;)

[Matt15]

Sorry to double post but what substrate/s are you using?

[digthemlows]

a layer of flourite under silica sand. and fish poop! :lol:

[digthemlows]

Things are really filling in compared to the pictures up top....
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[digthemlows]

Added a couple of new turks and a juvie golden.........he's not perfectly round but I'm hoping to fatten him up and see what he looks like!

[digthemlows]

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[rwel4809]

The tank's looking fantastic!

I love that giant snakeskin too.

Perhaps you could give us a plant list and ferts regime etc...

Congratulations !

Robert

[Matt15]

Yeh there's no better achievement then starting with a skinny little juvi and watching him/her growup into a gorgeous big adult.
I love the back fill of plants mate it looks awesome. I've always been a huge fan of your tank.

Are you running co2 for plants?

[digthemlows]

No CO2 in this tank. I have 3 root tabs under each of the swords on the left and 1 between the crypts on the right. I guess the fish poop just enough to help out the plants! I do 40% water changes ever other day and feed 3 times a day. The 2x65 watt coralife 10K light is on 14 hours a day. The plants grow slow, but they do grow.

[TW]

The plants have really filld in the tank & grown a lot snce your earlier pictures. That is a very nice looking tank you have.

[Fishontherun]

hi do you have any algea problem?

[digthemlows]

sorry, yeah I get a small amount of algea on the glass. Some Green on the right side where the sun hits it through a window and a little brown algea if I run the lights too long. I have 4 or 5 ottos and 2 albino BN plecos that help some.........Nothing much on the plants and never any problems with the sand...........I do 40% water changes every other day too!

[actinicblue]

im so jealous!! healthy looking fishes!! great job!

[digthemlows]

Been a while, I rescaped because I had so many pieces of driftwood that we getting lost. I wanted a single large looking piece. It's starting to fill back in, I really trimmed all the plants down.

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[JT]

what a nice tank....

[pink66]

very nice indeed. just wondering (pics from May) what are the plants called that you are filling the centre are with??

thanks :)

[digthemlows]

Rotala rotundifolia is the plant that was just to the right of center. With higher light it gets more red. This tank is pretty low light though

[Scat]

I love your tank it looks spectacular :D

Craig