My wild discus tank

[kingborris]

Its been a bit of a labour of love this one:

 

[ampdaman]

Omg

That is like the most awsome discus tank ive ever seen!!!! how large is it and what other fish do you have in there?

 

[kingborris]

Thanks ampdaman!

Its a 60x24x30" high with sump system, around 800litres (210 USG) total volume before displacement. Contents are:

13 wild green discus
~70 cardinals
25 hyphessobrycon robertsi
8 Apisto bitaeniata
3 Dicrossus filamentosus
2 L134
2 L182
1 Ancistrus temminckii
21 Cory sterbai
2 Cory adolphoi
Various Poecilia caucuna

 

[ampdaman]

woah lots of fish.

 

[JTS]

yup gotta agree with ampdaman, awsome tank anyone needing inspiration need look no further

 

[Greg PL]

c'mon, show us some more

I see the plants growing behind the tank. are they separated from the tank or do they overhang?
what are the water parameters and temperature?
is the height (30") measured for water level?
the lighting must be powerfull to allow the bottom plants to grow.
and what's this "Poecilia caucuna"?

awsome tank.

 

[kingborris]

the plants behind are built into the system, growing hydroponically in troughs around the upper edges

theres a full write up of the tank and more pics here if you're interested:

http://www.tropicalfish.site5.com/tfc/showthread.php?t=79757

 

[Griz]

Absolutely beautiful !

Wonderful to see a true "dream tank" come to fruition.

 

[ampdaman]

sweet jesus thats a detailed tank setup plan . im pretty jealous at the moment.so where could i get aquarium sand thats not black or white? the natural stuff. Ive been looking for the last 2 yrs of my whole 4yrs of aquarium keeping (obviously not looking hard enough...seems that everyone has it) and also how tall do the vals get? thanks in advance.
-Aaron

 

[kingborris]

also how tall do the vals get? thanks in advance.
-Aaron

around three yards!

 

[ampdaman]

wow....well i guess if i get some for my 15 ill be doin some pruning. ya well if u ever need that tank taken off your hands...u could always contact me :biggrin: i mean that must be a big burden to have a tank that size and to keep it lookin awsome...

 

[kingborris]

thanks for the kind words Aaron.

looking after it isnt too bad actually, 2 water changes a week are pretty easy. one of those will be a straight in /out water change, the other I will spend an hour or two doing maitenance, trimming plants, removing waste etc. As long as I do that fairly regularly, it doesnt need much looking after. I can change 50 gallons of water in 30 mins easy.

 

[ampdaman]

thats kool. hey where do you get the sand that you have there in your aquarium?

 

[kingborris]

It was just from my LFS. nowt special about it. In the past ive used kids play pit sand too, which has a slightly lighter colour, but still looks very natural. Its a bit finer than the stuff Ive used herethough, so tends to get blown about by over enthusiastic ancistrus, and then gets everywhere.

 

[thegnu]

wow

i'm gonna print a picture, blow it up, and stick on my tank.
seriously though that is superb.
i would like to post a pic' of my tank but am not allowed, anyone know why.

 

[fishgeek]

anyone can post picture
becaue of the forum rule, which are there to allow all users, especially those who are limited to dial up to participate in these forums
external links to photo's are usual here, ie host your photo somewhere and provide the link in your post

by using the insert image icon on the top of the text box here

andrwe

 

[thegnu]

yeah, well i can't.
theirs a box which says "you can post" blah, blah, blah, and then says
"you may not post attachments

 

[fishgeek]

maybe i wasn't clear enough
no attachments so that not all files need to be down loaded

tru hosting your images at a free gallery service, like , i think photobucket

rules here

 

[kingborris]

yup... photobucket is what I use. just make sure your pics are the right size or admin will remove them.

then put the path to you hosted pic in

 

[marc.g]

Hi

Looks very natural. I like it

marc