Setting up my new 9 by 2.5 by 2.5 Discus tank

[Livingfish78]

I hope you like them

[discwillow]

I hope you like them

Its disappointing that you don't want to answer ALL members questions. I have found it difficult to keep anubias etc free of hard brown algae but you seem to do it with ease. Just after a couple of tips thats all..thanks

[Livingfish78]

dont be dissapointed ....Just pretty busy and limited for time... I have a massive UV conected to the filters. I run three 2080 filters. I do 2 water changes a week. I trim the plants once a week and get rid of any that are growing algae and then I wipe the leaves for the algae.

I also use algaecide...I also have darwin algae shrimp, L plecos and peppys.

hope I was able to help.

[discwillow]

dont be dissapointed ....Just pretty busy and limited for time... I have a massive UV conected to the filters. I run three 2080 filters. I do 2 water changes a week. I trim the plants once a week and get rid of any that are growing algae and then I wipe the leaves for the algae.

I also use algaecide...I also have darwin algae shrimp, L plecos and peppys.

hope I was able to help.

Thanks heaps for that ...as I suspected its total war against the algae. I didn't see the third 2080 and uv in your photos? your tank is inspirational..all the best

[Nathan]

With your water changes how much do you change each Time? Do you use r/o Water?

[discusking]

example of a top fancier

[Hooked]

Looking absolutely fantastic! : )

[shakadog]

That is one fantastic tank. I'm just setting up a tank at present of similar dimensions so a couple of questions if you can assist,

- what ph, KH and gh do you have
- what discus types have you mixed, ie looks like Wilds and Asian from the above posts
- any issues at all with that as some say you can't mix the three streams of Asian, german and wild
- do you add any mineral supplements with the RO water
- what temperature are you running the tank at

I've currently set mine up at,
Ph 6.2 to 6.7, that's the movement difference from when the co2 is on and off
I add some alkaline powder from seachem and equilibrium from seachem to get gh to 4 or 5 and KH to 2 or 3 which buffers the ph to the above
If I don't add KH my ph goes down to 5 and moves an awful lot

I'm putting first fish in today being, Royal Whiptails, SAEs and Ottos, all to make sure it's fully cycled and I keep any algae under control.

As for discus im leaning towards Wild Discus and Wild Altum Angels but not 100% on whether that is a good combination.