90 Gallon S.A. Discus/Pleco Tank Journal

[Mzungu]

Googling the ozelot sword, I found a few references that mentioned that it grows to an average of 18" tall.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/myplants/62-Echinodorus_ozelot_Echinodorus_ozelot.html

(See comment from davemonkey, who's also here on HFB. :) )

I think swords would be a great choice for this tank.

How tall is the stump?

[jeebus]

Consider an ozelot sword plant in the rear left corner. Very undemanding and it would look awesome with those color of discus. In addition it will grow tall enough to hide your heater and intake tubing.

See my post above your post I'm quoting here.

In my planted angel tank, the ozelot sword is my favorite. It has been throwing off shoots for a few months now, and I have taken all the baby plants to HAW for Dustin to sell so he should have some.

I'll ask Dustin next time I'm at HAW to take a look at them.

[newb]

The area those fish are from is very void of plant life.

actually those fish are hybrids, as are most discus, and have never seen the wild!!! but we all know what ya mean!)

[Matt in Houston]

Consider an ozelot sword plant in the rear left corner. Very undemanding and it would look awesome with those color of discus. In addition it will grow tall enough to hide your heater and intake tubing.

In my planted angel tank, the ozelot sword is my favorite. It has been throwing off shoots for a few months now, and I have taken all the baby plants to HAW for Dustin to sell so he should have some.

[jeebus]

Will be hard to see 20ppm with that spray bar effectively gassing out your water...you will have to be pouring that co2 in fast....Im talking like 200bpm or more possibly. At that rate your bottle wont last very long at all...

Why dont you just twist the spray bar around to face back to shoot down and back toward the glass?

The flow from the 2262 is too strong and will kick up sand and make a mess. I want to eventually move the intake strainer and heater behind the stump on the right side, the Y the return so that the flow is split in two and put a co2 reactor on one of the returns.

In the meantime I'm just going to have to deal with it as it is.

Also get a bunch more plants or your going to have algae out compete the few plants you have with all that co2 and light youve added.

To be honest I like how it looks now. The area those fish are from is very void of plant life. I see you are up for a challange here...:)

Plants are coming. It looks too clean and clinical right now. I guess I need to break this down so I can get some good advice.

1. I want to plant something that will grow out and look like turf or a grassy lawn in that area between the rocks and log. Suggestions?

2. I like the anubias idea for the log. I might do that.

3. I want plant something bushy in the area between the log and the stump. I want it to be at least the height of the log if not a little taller, but not as tall as the stump. Suggestions?

4. I think I'm going to plant some more vals around and through the stump again.

I want the tank to slope down from the top of the stump to the base of the rockbed. I want the plants to help achieve that perspective. I just don't know which plants to plant.

[Darbex]

+1 the Rhizome will begin to rot if you bury it. Always keep it above ground they will eventually grow roots that will dig through the ground.

[Matt in Houston]

Yeah, I've got the diffuser at the bottom of the tank below the spray bar. For now I'm just going to leave it that way and use more co2 if it takes to get my 20ppm. I just don't want to mess with altering any of the Eheim's plumbing right now.

Will be hard to see 20ppm with that spray bar effectively gassing out your water...you will have to be pouring that co2 in fast....Im talking like 200bpm or more possibly. At that rate your bottle wont last very long at all...

Why dont you just twist the spray bar around to face back to shoot down and back toward the glass?

Also get a bunch more plants or your going to have algae out compete the few plants you have with all that co2 and light youve added.

To be honest I like how it looks now. The area those fish are from is very void of plant life. I see you are up for a challange here...:)

[tnguyen]

Kim and I had talked about the manzanita wood but just never pulled the trigger. As for the rocks we were going for that riverbed sloping up the bank look. I think good plants are what was missing to pull it off.

Is the anubias a vine or is it a rooted plant?

Anubias leaf grows on rhizome base structure and is best attach it to rock or wood. Get most of it nutrient threw water column. Don't plant them in the substrate.

[Darbex]

Anubias is a rhizome (see below)

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/reviewpost/showproduct.php/cat/8/item/54_Anubias-Barteri-v.-Round-Leaf

[jeebus]

I know. That's why we added the co2. Got to get some plants now and give it a few months.

[Kiovo]

tank looks empty

[jeebus]

I see another issue you might have to work on. the spray bar is blowing on the surface. Now this is good for Discus but bad when you want to use co2. This just gas the co2 out.

Just think if you shake a can of soda, you shake, gas fizzle out.

Yeah, I've got the diffuser at the bottom of the tank below the spray bar. For now I'm just going to leave it that way and use more co2 if it takes to get my 20ppm. I just don't want to mess with altering any of the Eheim's plumbing right now.

[jeebus]

Kim and I had talked about the manzanita wood but just never pulled the trigger. As for the rocks we were going for that riverbed sloping up the bank look. I think good plants are what was missing to pull it off.

Is the anubias a vine or is it a rooted plant?

[mgarrido]

I see another issue you might have to work on. the spray bar is blowing on the surface. Now this is good for Discus but bad when you want to use co2. This just gas the co2 out.

Just think if you shake a can of soda, you shake, gas fizzle out.

+1, that's why you don't use w/d filters with co2

[tnguyen]

I see another issue you might have to work on. the spray bar is blowing on the surface. Now this is good for Discus but bad when you want to use co2. This just gas the co2 out.

Just think if you shake a can of soda, you shake, gas fizzle out.