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Planted discus cube pics (maybe more!)

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Hey guys,

Seen as though I never seem to post in here anymore (use links in my sig instead ;)), I thought I would update you on my tanks!! :D

This is my planted cube. It's 225l/50UK/60US gallons and has an external filter. There are only 2 red turqoise and 2 brilliant turquoise discus in there at the moment. I have had the discus for about a month and a half. :wub:

Here's a picture I took of the tank (left wall) on the 9th of June for comparison:

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and today:

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The right wall and the full tank views:

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I tried really hard to get decent pictures of the fish but they were bickering and it was hard to get a decent shot. I got one that is ok of Woody, he is the biggest my a fair bit and the most colourful and is always under a bit of wood in the tank. Very strange:

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Same fish (not good pics, but I was trying to show his nice colours and pattern):

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The best shot I could get of the 4 of them:

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Here's 2 of the other discus, who were acting strangely when I took this. Not sure if they were being aggressive or flirty but they were swooshing thier tails at each other and messing about generally!

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Well, that's it for discus. While I am here, I may as well show you some pics of my other new set-up. I did it after moving the krib fry to the 40l the other day. B)

It's 78l/17UK/20US gallons and houses 5 cories (2 bronze, 2 albino and 1 peppered), 3 glow light tetra and 4 pristella tetra:

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Some of the fish:

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Well, hope you liked! :thumbs:

~ Dana ~
 
i like your discus :) How much were they?
Plus i'm gona ask my parents for a cool cube like that for x-mas.
 
MrMashashin said:
i like your discus :) How much were they?
Plus i'm gona ask my parents for a cool cube like that for x-mas.
Cool :D

The discus were £6 each from a local breeder.

I hope these pics aren't taking too long to load for you guys. :blink:
 
nutter said:
What breeder was that!? Is he/she in the UK also?
lol, yes they are in the UK. A guy breeds discus at him home in North/South Shields near Newcastle.

He had all different ones although had just sold a breeding pair.

Cheapest (other than free, or mates rates) that I have heard of.

:)
 
wow you tank is absolutly outrageouly cool, and so are you discus totm u pick the picture.
 
Beautiful cube tank! :hyper: I want one like that now...look what you've done to me Cheese! Now I want another tank! :hyper: :lol: The discus are very beautiful too...how big are the little guys now?

The other tank is gorgeous as well. I just love simple tanks. :wub: Is that tape grass you have in there? Thats a great looking plant. :thumbs: Any chances of close ups of your corys? :wub:



Wow...in rereading this post, I realize that I'm writing very disjointed and just plain stupid today. :fun: Oh well, I'm not gonna change it...I'm too lazy. :p
 
Looks great. I can see your glad you decided to get them. :)
 
ryan said:
Looks great. I can see your glad you decided to get them. :)
I am, I didn't think I was ready for it because of all the horror stories but they are fine and dandy even though they were little when I got them.

I just have to decide who is going to go in with them now.

I have been thinking 6-8 shoaling fish such as rummy noses or dwarf neon rainbows and a plec or 2. Like L201, gorgeous! L183 if I could find any or L264. Or finally LDA25 (pitbull plec) who I never even knew of until today!! They are mini and so I could have a group.

Ah, I do go on a bit sometimes. What do you reckon? About the fish, not me going on, that is!!
 
Cheese Specialist said:
ryan said:
Looks great. I can see your glad you decided to get them. :)
I am, I didn't think I was ready for it because of all the horror stories but they are fine and dandy even though they were little when I got them.

I just have to decide who is going to go in with them now.

I have been thinking 6-8 shoaling fish such as rummy noses or dwarf neon rainbows and a plec or 2. Like L201, gorgeous! L183 if I could find any or L264. Or finally LDA25 (pitbull plec) who I never even knew of until today!! They are mini and so I could have a group.

Ah, I do go on a bit sometimes. What do you reckon? About the fish, not me going on, that is!!
Sounds like a good plan. Cardinals or Rummy Nosed Tetras would work well in a group with the Discus, personally I would go for the Rummys. The plecs sounds good to, I know you love little pretty plecs. Obviously I will recommend L183, but L201 is a very very nice fish so if you can find those two it sounds great. Its a shame as I see them both quite often down here.
 
great discus cheese!

what happened to that plan of yours to buy some L046 of a guy in the UK?
 

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