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Sat Aug 30, 2008, 11:12 AM
#71
San Merah Discus
I think my wild royal blue has coloured up a bit more, since moving into this tank.
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Sun Oct 19, 2008, 09:39 AM
#72
San Merah Discus
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Sun Oct 19, 2008, 10:21 AM
#73
looks lush
plants are growing in well and the discus obviously like the security of the plants
why do you say you want all sand?
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Sun Oct 19, 2008, 10:56 AM
#74
San Merah Discus
Hi fishgeek, thanks for popping in
The discus were sulking in that spot, as during tank maintenance (just prior to the pics) that was the only area where I wasn't poking & prodding. Now that time has passed since then, they are all over the tank - which is their more typical behaviour
As to why I want all sand,
The fish immediately above the rose red is a wild brown. See how dull he looks & not only him, all the wilds look dull.
The same fish above all sand, before I moved him to this tank
In the 7ft, I see this just watching them. The fish with brownish tones in them (WRB, WB , heckel & alenquer) all appear dull over the planted sections. When they swim into the open sand, they brighten up.
I'm waiting to see if I get the same effect if I can get a more solid green coverage over the substrate, but I just want to see these fish in their best dressed colours.
The other alternative is to move all the wilds to the 4ft, which will be sand, but as they're my favourite, I'd like to give them the biggest tank.
Dilemma
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Tue Oct 21, 2008, 04:19 AM
#75
I have noticed exactly the same thing with one of my snakeskins.. She goes a bit dark around the planted section but positively glows over the gravel... I was worried she was sick for a while until I noticed she was just trying to hide.... Lucky I didn't panic and medicate...
Still I think this is just another of the interesting behaviours for us 'tank watchers' to observe
I'd leave the wilds in the 7' if I were you... I'm sure they're really happy in there....
R
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Tue Oct 21, 2008, 08:44 AM
#76
seems to me that it is just trying to blend in with the surroundings
in my mind i would think fish that can choose to be seen or hide will be more secure in the tank , so the hiding places amongst the plants are a good thing for them if not so great as showing them off
andrew
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Tue Oct 21, 2008, 09:02 AM
#77
San Merah Discus
The plants wouldn't go permanently.
I would remove the plants, lower the current soil level (or replace it with something like JBL aquabasis - not sure how ADA would go if buried under sand) and then add a couple of inches thick layer of sand. Then replant.
Not looking forward to the work or to unsettling everything, so I will wait a little longer. I hope that when plants grow enough that, eventually, you cannot see any substrate but only the plants, maybe the effect won't be so bad.
There are places where it is planted, but still very open (eg where the cypts are). If they swim in the open water above the crypts, their colour is dull brown. Over the sand, they brighten. I am probably wrong, but it doesn't seem like they change colour only if hiding (although I'm sure they defenitely do that as well). They seem to simply just change in accordance with the particular spot they are swimming above at the time.
For the moment, I still can't decide what to do.
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Wed Oct 22, 2008, 12:09 AM
#78
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Sun Dec 21, 2008, 12:12 PM
#79
San Merah Discus
It has been a while, so I thought it was time for a pic of what the tank looks like today
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Sun Dec 21, 2008, 10:09 PM
#80
nice indeed
hi TW.. it is coming along very nicely indeed
Hello my name is Sharon, and I am a Fish tragic..... 25 years of fish keeping and still so much to learn...
THE DISCUS BUUUGGGG HAS BITTEN....My Babies are all grown up now..
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