90gallon Planted Discus Community Tank continued!

Re: 90gallon Planted Discus Community Tank

I only got the red crypts which are green in my 75g, red in my 210.

The others id hit up jeff.

 

Re: 90gallon Planted Discus Community Tank

Large, 1 plant is actually 3-10 plants, I planted 6 single root systems almost a year ago now even with thinning they grow like mad. Its the crypts I had since 2007, got em off FORT384.
Ive had some from sweet and not all of em did good, I think they order from the same parent company as we do. The difference is we plant the plants and reseal them so they arent sitting in bags or buckets, always under flow,lights and ferts.

 

Might be selling my discus, all 6" or greater, atleast two proven pairs, looks like a third is forming.

 

Medical/health/genetical issus is making it hard for my pops to care for it anymore, we decided to leave it at his place when we moved out and got our own house, issue was my house is 120 years old with OAK timber post supports and I really didnt trust 2500+ pounds on a 12 sqft area of the red oak 120 year old floors....and my basement entrance(old skinny cellar entrance) wasnt big enough for the tank to fit down in one piece. Its been a rough decision but the 210 is going to a full on SA dwarf cichlid communal tank.

 

heck, next weekend I gotta go grab the 400# of new gravel I ordered for it.

Ill be able to recover more then I put into them, I got em small remember, they are all 6"+ now, that one blue diamond male you liked of mine, its dominate dorsal fin is over 2" long now, he is a monster. Dont forget Ive got two wild blues in there too..... Im hoping the gravel lessens the peppering in a few of them. Yeah he cant get up and down the stairs as good anymore and when he finally throws in the towel on that battle the tank will sit unattended nearly all the time and you cant do that with the emperors of freshwater in there.

 

Totally off topic and I am sorry but what does "younz" mean?

 

I think it was just a type for "you".

 

Never heard of that, must be a northern vernacular.

 

Dawn, I gave him a proven pair of GBR's for it due to having a pair of bolivians in my 75g already, they are the most active fish in the tank, They truly with their colors and behavior make the discus a lame kinda fish that just hangs around all day like that dude down the street that never gets the hint lol.

That pair (I got the pair for free) has changed both his and my mind on small new world cichlids, Id rather have a tank of rams then discus at this point in time now, I spent over 5K in livestock and only have 13 discus left out of 30, my water is fine and ive purchased every precaution even down to $80/gr for real medication, My local purchased fish minus 3 have diedm everything from discus madness went, all my discus from windy city died, all I got left are a handful anymore and 13 6"+ fish in the 210 kinda makes the tank look small. If I get an offer I cant refuse for the fish they will go, if not as they die I will replace their bioload with smaller communal cichlids.

It wont be rift packed but itll have quite a few dwarfs in there with PLENTY of visual barriers.

 

I got 400 pounds for $110 bucks, delivered...... If I do soft water cichlids there wont be holey rock.

The build wasnt on a budget, it had a ceiling but I stayed in the safe zone and had a couple grand left over so paid it towards the car note.

It will stay planted and im keeping the wood maybe adding more since there wont be a big need for massive swimming space for the frisbee fish.
Believe it or not, one of my pigeon females starved herself after her mate jumped out the tank(got acrylic covers made with access holes and finger holes in each lid)

 

"Yous" is used in my family... It's a Yankee thing I think.