Tank upgrade

I know you said we have to wait Aaron but I wanna see more "larger" pictures and soon....;)
Looks awesome so far.

haha. thanks mate.

Im currently on the net looking for a nice photo compression software for my mac that will help me post nice large photos.

My whole thread i have had bad crappy photos because ive only had my camera phone. Now im using an actual camera i need to get this software to redeem my journal. hhaha

Nice.
Most camera's will store photos as BMP aka Bitmaps. There should be basic software to simply edit and re-save files as JPG. Either that or upload them to photobucket which will automatically compress and resize them for you.

ok cheers matt. :wink:

do you have a FTS??

FTS? :?

Forbidden Trouser Snake? :shock:

full tank shot :)

ahhh yes. Full Tank shot.

I will be posting a full shot once the scape is completed. Its taking longer then first thought as im still trying to look for work and any cash is being kept for bills etc. The right side is done so when ive finished the left side i will post.

Cheers

Ok. So!

It is decided that i will be moving into my girlfriends house next year and bills are included in a low rent agreement due to her mum owning the house!

My last 2 electricity bills have been excessively higher as i have been running 3 MH's. This ontop of running 3 tanks is a bit much to move into a house under this 'low rent, no bill' agreement.

So to not take advantage of the situation and reduce my own current bills, i will be rescaping to make it more of an amazon biotype. Focusing more on driftwood and rocks. That said i will be buying loads more anubias so it wont be a true biotype.

I have also just bought 5 juvies which im quarantining and fattening up - so that helped the decision to change as the tank will stay cleaner. No matter how much i cleaned the tank, 4 plecos and lots of riccia still managed to make my job harder as crap would stay in between the driftwood, eco-complete and plants. Death to floating Riccia!

Im looking forward to easy sand cleaning and full control for Discus.

I will be posting up some pictures of the tank half completed so you can see where i got up too and my plan. Its sad to not be finishing the scape before changing the layout but i guess life will all round be easier with the new scape.

My 5 new juvies include 1 x Leapord, 1 x golden spot leapord, 1 x red turq (new patterned type with green undersheen) and 2 x blue diamonds. I will get some photos of them as well.

My thoughts - if i ever go down the planted tank again. I will be making sure i do it ALL straight from the start. No 'as you go'.
And i also understand a whole lot more now why people say dont go planted tank with Discus. Maybe it was because my tank was so large, but i was cleaning this thing non stop. That wouldnt have been a problem if the bills stayed low and i wasnt going to be moving.

For now - im really excited about planning an effective looking, easy maintenance tank that combines rhizome plants for shelter with driftwood, rocks and sand.

off to find more driftwood....

Sounds a great deal on the rental situation. Hope everything goes well.

So, its a new job, new home & new setup ! Looking forward to seeing the tank, when you're ready.

I couldn't handle riccia in my larger tank either. It was ok in my 43G, but I quickly got sick of giving riccia hair cuts in the 138G. I got rid of all my riccia.

Thanks - yeah i can't wait. Im off to get some more sand this weekend. Then either this weekend or next i will be going out to get more wood.

Yeah riccia gets messy. I only liked it when i stapled it to the wood and it grew like a little tree. Jothy showed me that trick when i was picking up the plecos.

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Yeah riccia gets messy. I only liked it when i stapled it to the wood and it grew like a little tree. Jothy showed me that trick when i was picking up the plecos.

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I put it on rocks & then secured it using hair bun nets. You twist it around and around & it holds the riccia in place. It quickly grows up & through the netting, until you can no longer see the netting at all. Of course, you still need to trim it, and that's where the mess comes in. My rocks were all small enough that I could remove them from the tank & trim them. But even though I'd rinse them in old tank water before returning the rocks to the tank, little cut bits would always rise to the surface.

Like I said, I could cope with that in a 43G, but I initially covered the border between the sand & planted areas in my 7ft tank with riccia covered rocks. I just got plain sick of it, as it needed trimming so frequently.

So you got some of cute little peps too. My friend also bought some and she calls them her Minties LOL

Minities HAHAHA, yeah i got to orange spot and two peps. The orange spots have grown so quickly.

Here are some photos to show where i got up to before deciding to change the scape. I hope you like it, although i'm hoping you will like my new layout more.

I had actually had more growth then shown in the pictures - these pics are taken quite early on. The chain sword has spread a lot and i had Riccia tied to some rocks (you can see a couple) as well as tied to the driftwood.

I had only been dosing flourish excel along with my ferts, as i decided not to go down the injected Co2 path when i was uncertain of things.

This is the pic i posted before but larger.

that is very nice. Looking forward to seeing what you've done with the newest layout.

This is my final layout. The photo was virtually taken straight after so its still a bit dirty in there. Its basically what i plan on staying with however i am yet to fine tune the layout. Place certain rocks and plants in there final location and add a few additional plants.

I will post more pictures when i have finished and added my new discus.

Then my journey is complete.

Wowzas. Well let me start by saying it’s good to be getting back into the hobby. I’ve been out due to having to live in a city apartment and just could not move my tank.

Secondly, BOOOO to this sites inability to allow me to reset my password. What’s up with that? Was in me being stupid? Tried resetting but was never getting my emails. Tried contacting but you had to login to see the contact us page! It hard when can’t reset password. Also tried the contact@ausdiscus.com.au email address I could see on the site, emails we’re getting ng rejected. So much difficulty eh. Had to create a new account.

Anyway. Peace!