In my experience, a gravel bottom tank can work very well with Discus, as long as it's heavily planted with powerful filtration and good water circulation .........& once weekly water changes (25%+).
I had Discus with corys and cardinals over 35 years. I use gravel, lot plants, large rocks, caves n woods. I change part of the water when it needs, usually every 4 months. Old school. 🤘
@@OZDiscushi, thanks for the video and the great suggestions. Regarding the wave maker, what would you suggest for a 420L/100G tank with a bare bottom tank? I’m looking for something that won’t be overkill but move the detritus to one side to be picked up by filter or vacuum cleaner
I started keeping Discus around one year back and I started with planted tank. The temp need to be 30C. So keep only easy plants like different size and variety of Crypt, Amazon Sword, Fern. Having plants help to keep the water column clean. I do use CO2 for 5 hours and when CO2 is not used, I use air pump. My discus's are all now one year old.
I also like to have plants eg Val or swords in ceramic pots, and java fern on rocks or driftwood. easy to keep clean while still achieving a sort of natural display. obviously, if your main goal is breeding or to grow show specimens, bare tanks are way easier to clean and limit variables. it is really a personal choice as to what you are aiming for. i have in the past had both, often allowing fish to pair up naturally in a display tank, and if I like the pairing, will set up a bare breeding tank for them to do their thing. i also confess to sometimes cheating by throwing in some artificial plants mainly to sidestep issues of plant stress due to high discus temps and lighting regimes. The improved realism of fake plants has really improved heaps in recent years that you can often get away with it especially if blended in with a few real plants... lol My 88 yo mother taught me that trick, with her Neighbours often complimenting her garden especially her orchids pmsl.
In my experience, a gravel bottom tank can work very well with Discus, as long as it's heavily planted with powerful filtration and good water circulation .........& once weekly water changes (25%+).
I had Discus with corys and cardinals over 35 years. I use gravel, lot plants, large rocks, caves n woods. I change part of the water when it needs, usually every 4 months. Old school. 🤘
That’s how I want to do it. Hearing this gives me hope. 🤘
Omg,so glad i found your channel, discus are my dream fish and all this info will be very helpfu👏
Hi Kelvin, what type of discus is that: frames 1:25 to 1:36... I saw it in the Sydney Discus show video as well
Its called Red ICA. Its a heckel x type discus with red or brown body and a center heckel bar
Thanks for the advice.
No worries
what about bare bottom planted tank? i mean some driftwood and stones and some anubias and amazon sward or java fern?
Thats fine. bare bottom refers to having gravel or sand or not. Nothing at bottom is best. Driftwood and stones are fine.
I like bare bottom but with easy plants like anubias and Java fern that can be attached to a piece of wood or rock.
Agree with most of what is said. Large rocks collect detritus however.
And you can use a wavemaker to push the large loose poo to an area easier to vacuum.
@@OZDiscushi, thanks for the video and the great suggestions. Regarding the wave maker, what would you suggest for a 420L/100G tank with a bare bottom tank?
I’m looking for something that won’t be overkill but move the detritus to one side to be picked up by filter or vacuum cleaner
My fav fish discuss and oranda gold
I started keeping Discus around one year back and I started with planted tank.
The temp need to be 30C. So keep only easy plants like different size and variety of Crypt, Amazon Sword, Fern. Having plants help to keep the water column clean. I do use CO2 for 5 hours and when CO2 is not used, I use air pump. My discus's are all now one year old.
I also like to have plants eg Val or swords in ceramic pots, and java fern on rocks or driftwood. easy to keep clean while still achieving a sort of natural display. obviously, if your main goal is breeding or to grow show specimens, bare tanks are way easier to clean and limit variables. it is really a personal choice as to what you are aiming for. i have in the past had both, often allowing fish to pair up naturally in a display tank, and if I like the pairing, will set up a bare breeding tank for them to do their thing. i also confess to sometimes cheating by throwing in some artificial plants mainly to sidestep issues of plant stress due to high discus temps and lighting regimes. The improved realism of fake plants has really improved heaps in recent years that you can often get away with it especially if blended in with a few real plants... lol My 88 yo mother taught me that trick, with her Neighbours often complimenting her garden especially her orchids pmsl.