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Mon Mar 02, 2015, 08:37 AM
#51
Thanks Ghoti, both 2217s have macropore in them...
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Tue Mar 03, 2015, 04:09 AM
#52
Moderator
Hey jimstreet your water may not be clear might be because your feeding 4 times a day , if you are feeding with an auto feeder it would be flake or pellets , that could be doing it , have a look at changing the type of food or cut it back to twice a day and see if it gets better ,
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Tue Mar 03, 2015, 07:07 AM
#53
Thanks Scott, I'll cut back to twice a day feeds and see if that makes a difference.
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Sun Mar 08, 2015, 10:49 PM
#54
Cutting back the food to twice daily plus a frozen treat at night has helped with the water quality. Problem is now there is a heap of aggression as the discus are hungry.
I bought some brushes from eBay that were excellent for cleaning the filter hoses. Combined with media bags for the media, cleaning an entire canister filter, including hoses & inlet/outlet pipes, takes no time now.
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Sun Apr 19, 2015, 07:51 AM
#55
New aquascape is in the planning. Today I found 'the' piece of driftwood, I just need to work out how to wrangle it into the tank. I am taking inspiration from the tank in the picture below.
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Sun Apr 19, 2015, 08:41 AM
#56
Larvae
Nice one. Look forward to it
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Fri Apr 24, 2015, 07:47 PM
#57
Very nice. It really looks like your water issues cleared up. They still behaving aggressively at feeding time?
Jason
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Sun Apr 26, 2015, 06:11 AM
#58
Hey Jason that pic above is of how I want my tank to look. I wish my tank looked that good
I was planning a big aquascape today with the new driftwood however I ran out of time, instead I used the Python to do a 70% water change. I only use the Python when I am doing big water changes as it wastes water, however it makes life so much easier as you don't have to lift numerous buckets. When the tank was filling I also used the normal vacuum and a bucket to remove further detritus the Python didn't get, worked really well. I filled the tank slowly over an hour and a half however being such a cold day the temp has dropped over 5 degrees. The discus are huddled over the heater, hopefully it doesn't take long to warm up.
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Sun May 03, 2015, 09:22 AM
#59
In preparation for the new driftwood I pruned the swords today removing any leaf that had algae on it. Still struggling with the 'bits' in the water...
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Sun May 17, 2015, 05:16 AM
#60
After the first piece of driftwood wouldn't fit into the tank, I managed to find a piece at Petbarn of all places today. I feel it needs to go about 3-4 inches to the right. I also plan to fill out the back with Val.
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