I'm thinking of setting up my 300 litre tanks as a low maintenance discus tank.
What's the thoughts?
Is this possible?
If so, how?
What's the thoughts?
Is this possible?
If so, how?
Low Maintenance Discus Tank
- Thread starter nickmcmechan
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Low maintenance.......discus.......never heard such words in the same sentence! LOL. All seriousness though, understock the tank, put a good filter on it, and feed the right foods (non-beefheart foods like a good pellet) and you could slack a little bit on rountine maintenance (notice, I said slack a little bit...). Water changes will still be apart of a healthy discus tank, and you should plan to do a water change maybe once a week depending on size of the discus (could go less often if you're careful).
-Ryan
-Ryan
Low---er maintenance, yes. Over filter! I use an FX5 and a wet/dry on my 150 gallon. Water is perfect with 50% change on Saturday. That's today!!!
sounds good, the 300 litre has 2 externals and a large internal, gives me about 2500 l/h turnover, ie. about 8 times / hour
weekly was fine
i understand the norm is one per 10G, i was thinking about a breeding pair and just increase the water changes when spawned?
weekly was fine
i understand the norm is one per 10G, i was thinking about a breeding pair and just increase the water changes when spawned?
Hrm... could always go high tech if you don't mind donating a kidney. Get a computer managing your water changes with a reservoir, sump, overflow and auto-top off. Maybe add an RO system, CO2 monitors if you're going planted, etc. This would allow for bottomed out nitrates with a little more bioload. On the other hand it may go all hal9000 on your fish.
I'd agree with the others then. Low stock, high filtration. Couldn't hurt to pack in a bunch of fast growing plants with low requirements either; they'll help soak up the nitrates.
:iagree:it also means getting larger discus that won't need to be fed 4-6 times a day.