75g Hybrid Discus Tank

[gklaw]

Saw the inverted pots at PeterChow's post. Think, think, think: pond baskets, plastic flower pots, acrylic containers. While modifying the 100g sump for the 150g, decided to pull out a few pieces of scrap acrylic and voila.

It is planted and it is bare bottomed - hybrid it is!

15 good size discus. Supposedly 4 breeding pairs in there - 2 for sure but not yet proven.

Waterchange every two week. Plant are not doing too great yet, new substrate and have not injected CO2 yet.

Sump made from a 30g (or 27g) acrylic tank. Tower made from baskets from the 2 dollar store in Richmond (mental block and the name of the store got stuck in my head) - 6 @ $2 = $12. The fit is perfect.

And yes Eric, if you are counting, I lost one of your big fat rams and that one cory did not make it How are your discus?

[jobber604]

Daiso?
Very impressive pictures and awesome interior design with the plant setup. Love the background picture, brings back some memories of an old tank.

[bonsai dave]

looking good Gordon. Keep up the good work.

[The Guy]

See! it's Gordon's brain child the planter boxes I mean. I can hardly wait to get mine into the new 110g. "Brilliant I say"

[jobber604]

planter boxes will be the next "in" thing in the near future

[Luke78]

Gordon,

Great pictures and an interesting concept.I would have never thought of that idea personally.As mentioned in an earliar post , is this something thats catching on with most people in ths hobby? A nice colourful and vibrant bunch of discus , thanks for sharing

Luke

[gklaw]

Gordon,

Great pictures and an interesting concept.I would have never thought of that idea personally.As mentioned in an earliar post , is this something thats catching on with most people in ths hobby? A nice colourful and vibrant bunch of discus , thanks for sharing

Luke

Hi Loukas:

Thanks again for your inspiration for a planted discus tank. I love discus, that's basically all I keep now besides breeding long fin albino BNP for cleaning crew. I cannot catch on the the sterile look of bare tank - FW or SW.

And the light ! It's like brand new ! Thanks and nice meeting you tonight.

[gklaw]

planter boxes will be the next "in" thing in the near future

Mmmm. Think, think again. Should I do a mass production? But not sure if I want to deplete my acrylic stock. Current acrylic price seems to be up in the sky.

Anyone interested at $20 ea. 5 - 6 mm acrylic. You can get acrylic boxes cheap at London Drug and Daiso but not that big.

Anybody like to test out the look with betta boxes or cheap glass vases from Winner's / Michael's / .......

[Luke78]

Gordon,

Not a problem , your very welcome.Yeah like i mentioned to you last night i barely used it, and when i buy anything i like to maintain and keep it in mint condition.Iam happy you took inspiration from my setup to add on to yours.My setup came courtesy of another members photos , so iam glad he and myself could pass them on to you and the others on this forum.I agree with you on the bare look to an aquarium, but others see otherwise and its up for debate.I would rather create a similar environment , so my fish could be themselves and settle in properly.

Hi Loukas:

Thanks again for your inspiration for a planted discus tank. I love discus, that's basically all I keep now besides breeding long fin albino BNP for cleaning crew. I cannot catch on the the sterile look of bare tank - FW or SW.

And the light ! It's like brand new ! Thanks and nice meeting you tonight.

[April]

Looks
Great Gordon!!!