I am picking up a 80 gallon tank soon. I think I have convinced my parents to allow me to set it up at the office building they own/I work at. I want to do a planted tank with some nice, colorful, larger fish. I love discus, but I am concerned that I would have to doctor my water too much for them. I have yet to check the water at the office, but at my house 20 minutes away the ph is 8.2 and I can't remember the natural KH right now, but it is hard.
At home, I've been able to lower it enough with an RO mixture to be able to support gouramis, tetras, and angels/rams will be added to that soon enough (crossing my fingers for the rams). As of last week the PH at home is now 7.4 and the KH is 9.6, I have been working on lowering this slowly, we will see where I am at with the next water change.
I am sure I could clean the tank during down time, but I am wondering if the amount of RO water needed during water changes would make discus an unlikely choice for this tank. I also read that they do best as a single species tank. Should I stick with angels, rainbow fish and the like instead?
At home, I've been able to lower it enough with an RO mixture to be able to support gouramis, tetras, and angels/rams will be added to that soon enough (crossing my fingers for the rams). As of last week the PH at home is now 7.4 and the KH is 9.6, I have been working on lowering this slowly, we will see where I am at with the next water change.
I am sure I could clean the tank during down time, but I am wondering if the amount of RO water needed during water changes would make discus an unlikely choice for this tank. I also read that they do best as a single species tank. Should I stick with angels, rainbow fish and the like instead?
