my new setup

[cozmo1]

what do you all think of my newly setup 80 gallon tank? i plan on keeping 4 to 6 discus in it. no other fish at the moment.
thanks

[mcloughlin2]

Thats a pretty cool looking tank...will look great with some discus :wink:

[cozmo1]

thank you. i plan on relocating the heater as well as the co2 reactor to the sump. i may do a little more aquascaping. what do you all think?

[DR.V]

thank you. i plan on relocating the heater as well as the co2 reactor to the sump. i may do a little more aquascaping. what do you all think?

Yea I also put my heater in the sump .... It looks neater
But I think its better to leave the co2 reactor inside the tank ??

[cozmo1]

thanks dr.v
i just removed the sump and i replaced it witha fluval 404. with the overflow, my co2 levels were hard to keep up with.
thanks

[discus000]

I like your tank.Very nice.

[cozmo1]

thank you :D

[cozmo1]

well, i rearranged the plants and i ditched the wet/dry and replaced it with a fluval404. let me know what you all think.
thanks

[mcloughlin2]

Looks better than b4...with small plants at the front and tall at the back....b4 it looked good but all the plants were the same height....when are u getting some discus?? :D

[cozmo1]

thank you. i plan on ordering 6 discus from www.macsdidcus.com in the next couple of weeks as soon as the weather cools down abit.

[Merrilyn]

Looking good cozmo. That will be a lovely home for some very lucky discus.

[DR.V]

Lovely tank !! Are those bubbles coming out from the plants ??

[vishy]

Hey,
The tank seems to be going allright. What are the specs, size lighting co2 etc? Once the plants grow and depending on what look your after and your light levels you may want to try a foreground like glosso and establish a midground as well. Check out Takashi Amano he is amazing. For discus the tanks just full of glosso and a nice piece of wood or good rock arrangement compliment discus very well. I just read his aquajournals and he has a beautiful huge tank 180x100x90 i think with heckels in it he used a lot of amazon swords a bit of hair grass and nice pieces of driftwood. He seem to use hairgrass(eleocharis) alot with glosso blends the driftwood in better I think.
Looking good anyway.
Matt

[cozmo1]

thanks for all the comments everyone :D
after maintaining an sps reef tank for several years, i thought it would be a nice change to try a planted discus tank. the tank specs areas follows:

80 gallon lee-mar tank (48"long x 18"wide x 24"tall)
lighting consists of 330 watt vho. 2 bulbs are 6500k trichromatics and 1 bulb is a 10,000k coralife
filtration is a fluval 404
pressurized co2 with an internal reactor controlled by a ph controller
ebo jager 250 watt heater
coralife turbo twist 9 watt uv sterilizer
the substrate is 100lbs of pool filter sand with a peat moss layer underneath
still learning the names of plants so please bear with me :lol:
amazon swords ranging from ozelot to marble queen. java fern. red tiger lotus. some dwarf sag. anubia barteri, coffefolia and nana. purple cabomba. there are also other types but i have drawn a blank. the only fish so far are rummies, orange glowlights, rosaline sharks and dojo eels.
i wanted to try something different as far as aquascaping but i plan on adding some foreground plants in the future. a little trial and error.
thanks :D

[cozmo1]

ok, after some changes, i finally got a pair of discus. i plan on getting a couple more in a couple of weeks. let me know what you all think.
thanks

[nicholas76]

tank is getting better every day

nice job

[cozmo1]

thank you :D

[cozmo1]

thank you :D

[wifey of axelfaz]

Great tanl Cozmo the aquascaping is really awesome . Well Done :)

[wifey of axelfaz]

Great Tank even lol

[cozmo1]

thank you. i just placed an order for 4 more discus from mac's discus. i'll post new pics once they are acclimated and swimming around :D

[cozmo1]

here are some more pics:

[Merrilyn]

Cozmo the tank is looking wonderful. The growth rate on those plants is terrific.

Look forward to seeing more discus swimming around in there. :P

[cozmo1]

thank you. i will post some new pics on tuesday after the new discus have been acclimated.
thanks

[mcloughlin2]

wOw.....plants are growing nicely....... :)

[sammigold]

It definitely looks great now... can you tell me what the big plant on the left is. The one with lots of foliage. thanks

[vishy]

Looking good, heaps better with a foreground and midground to seperate the scape coming along well. You should be able to grow a fair bit with that 330w :D Not sure which plant your taling about but it looks like a hygro(hygrophillia polysperma) i think, pretty common but can look awesome given the right conditions,
Matt

[cozmo1]

thanks for all the comments everyone :D
the plants on the left are a hygro as well as a red tiger lotus and a small green tiger lotus. i'll take some close ups today.
thank you

[sammigold]

Thanks guys it was the Hygro I was talking about. I just bought some the other day and it looks really nice. Cozmo yours in particular looks great!!! I might have to go and buy some more it looks great in a large mass.

[cozmo1]

thanks, i'm thinking about removing some of the swords and replacinh them with more hygro. here are some pics of our new babies we got in today. i'll take some better closeups soon.

[cozmo1]

the black spots in front of the solid thai yellow are just food particles.

[rytis]

here are some more pics:

my opinion: your tank gets better in every pic but last. the one on top of this second page is best.... you're improving in landscaping skills quick

here's my tank: http://www.petfish.net/gallery/TOTM-Sept05/1126744878_05aq_closet

[cozmo1]

thank you for the compliment :D i like to experiment with the tank as far as landscaping goes. i really don't know how to at all. i just add a couple of plants and place them where i think they look good. just trial and error i guess :wink:

[rytis]

right, and good taste is what i consider skill :)