90 Gallon S.A. Discus/Pleco Tank Journal

[jeebus]

The two in the right corner hanging by the intake are my two that have paired up and blown eggs about a dozen times now. I mean, literally once every few weeks, there are eggs there and they are both there guarding them. I feel kinda bad that my water and tank won't support them. Their repeated attempts seem so futile.

[jeebus]

Updated setup:

















Ditched the plants, the co2, PFS, and the logs. With with a monster piece of driftwood from HAW sitting on torpedo sand.

[jeebus]

Thanks All, but I think our water is too hard to breed.

[cichlid1409]

best of luck with the breeding.

[armthehomeless]

NICE Pictures!!!

Makes me want to start a discus tank . . . or at least come over and stare at yours!

[jeebus]

Great job jeebus, your red turq grow to be so colorful. Is there any spawning symtom yet?

Thanks! and funny you ask that.. For the first time since having them as juveniles they have laid eggs, twice, on the intake tube. They're usually gone with in a day though.

[thomas]

Great job jeebus, your red turq grow to be so colorful. Is there any spawning symtom yet?

[jeebus]

Yeah, the rocks were a failed attempt at tankscaping. I could just never get the look I was going for. I honestly blame most of it on the painted on sky-blue background (that came on the tank). I think we're just gonna leave thinks as they are now and MAYBE sparingly add a plant or two later. Blixia Japonica or another attempt at Dwarf hair grass - but only if I can keep this java moss under control.

And no! No steroids! ..but I am still guilty of feeding them a little flake almost every time I walk past the tank, and I'm still changing water once if not twice a week. We have a few jumbos but most have stopped at "medium-large".

[Kiovo]

Thanks! He really does stare at us though. They all do. ALL day long....

yeah, sometimes I'll take the long route out of the house so they don't see me and stare. its scary.

[mgarrido]

The tank looks much better than before. Love the new scape without the river rocks. Also they looks bigger than 2 months ago, are they using steroids ???

[jeebus]

Thanks! He really does stare at us though. They all do. ALL day long....

[Mzungu]

Wow, I think it looks GREAT!

I love the 2009 Regional Staring Contest Champ. :)

[jeebus]

Thanks, as usual I got lucky. That tiger lotus had gone crazy and was growing like wildfire. The problem was that the java moss spread to it and got all over it. It was a complete mess. I'm just going to have to keep a closer eye on it.

[cichlid1409]

nice. that 'round the corner' shot is cool. that lotus is looking good :emt_thumbs:

[jeebus]

Need pics

Blah..

Discus on parade:


Rounding the corner:


2009 Regional Staring Contest Champ:


Like I said, I pulled out the rocks, all the sagattaria, all the dwarf hair grass, some of the tiger lotus, and I scraped down as much java moss as possible. I'm just going to focus on growing out the compact swords as well as training the tiger lotus to fill-in low and bushy.

Still have the three plecos: galaxy, green phantom, and bristlenose. Just added 20 rummynose and might go back to grab some cories next week at HAW.