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Title: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: E.Y. on April 04, 2016, 06:58:20 PM

Found a wild deal on craigslist.  Need more lighting.  Open to all constructive criticism! I am never offended.

No fish currently, but 8 discus, some tetras, and two bristle nose will be the inhabitants.

Currently running a fluval 306, sponge filter, two 200 watt and a 150 watt heaters, one large airstone, and a 48" monster ray led.

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: Ron on April 04, 2016, 07:30:17 PM

Looks like a great start!

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: joe niemiec on April 04, 2016, 07:58:27 PM

nice  why so many heaters? I have 2 breeder sponges in mine.very nice!

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: E.Y. on April 04, 2016, 08:28:15 PM

I was having trouble keeping it warm enough.  I added the second 200 last week.  Think I should see what happens if I take the 150 out?

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: Regalblue on April 04, 2016, 11:34:46 PM

Getting there.  Nice!

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: Gorackk on April 05, 2016, 10:38:10 AM

Having more heaters will not hurt with discus, they like it warm. Just some tips add the smaller fish first before getting the discus. a lot of people will run bear bottoms with them or very little sand. I do like the tank though.

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: E.Y. on April 05, 2016, 01:35:14 PM

I'm currently running at a steady 86. 

I may take some of the sand out, but I'm not going to run bare bottom.  I'm going to purchase mature fish to start, and skip the grow out stage.

Maybe if I decide to breed, or attempt a grow out, I would definitely go bare bottom.

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: xzackly999 on July 25, 2016, 04:29:03 PM

Any updates on this tank?
I'm thinking of starting a 125-210 gallon discus tank myself possibly and was curious of the progress.

Title: Re: 125g discus work in progress
Post by: E.Y. on July 31, 2016, 12:27:13 PM

We had a couple vacations planned this summer and decided to take it a different direction.  We ended up running a community tank for now.

Discus when we are more prepared for the time commitment.