reef Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 New tank is in development Tank specs will be : tank: corner 400L windsor 88 aquaone tank co2: tunze Ph controller heating: uner cable Tunze heating cable substrate: Jbl aquabases, mixed with floropol Lighting: 150w metal halide with 2x24w t5s Tank temp: 28 -29c Fish will be 4 x wild discus with other fish still to be selected. Discus in holding tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 That's going to look awesome, those Windsors are awesome tanks.. looking forward to seeing progress pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 i would up the stocking of your discus to around 6. two fish can make a big difference in their aggression levels towards each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Might get another two discus when i find some wild brown type. I believe they are hard to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 why do you want wild discus? i thought it was better not to get the wild type?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoToRiOuS Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 nice reef looking good cant wait to see it all finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 good luck reef, Im interested to see how the plants grow with the under ground heating wire. Have you got an idea of how you will aquascape it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 why do you want wild discus? i thought it was better not to get the wild type?? Who told you that? Wild discus are the ultimate discus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 oh true, not sure i think i read it some were. it was saying that they were just more fussy with there water and stuff. well yeah the tank looks great! were did you get your heating wire from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 They are definately much more harder to keep than tank bred discus. But they good for crossing if you can get them to breed :bounce: Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Tank is progressing well, Added plants two weeks ago. added 6 rummy noises, 10 ottos, 8 dwarf cories, 8 aldolfie cories, Today added co2, with Tunze controller, connect up the under cable heating. Added a 24w uv steriliser. Hopefully in a few weeks will add a 150w metal halide and remove the 4 t5s. will get some photos up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Tank is progressing well, Added plants two weeks ago. added 6 rummy noises, 10 ottos, 8 dwarf cories, 8 aldolfie cories, Today added co2, with Tunze controller, connect up the under cable heating. Added a 24w uv steriliser. Hopefully in a few weeks will add a 150w metal halide and remove the 4 t5s. will get some photos up soon. Looking foward to seeing the progress, hopefully I can pick up some tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Some updated pics. tank going cloudy for a few day. algae bloom. added a 24w uv and cleared are two day. I think having a UV is a must if you have bright lights as it will kill the algae spores. Added co2 unit after 1 month Temp controller and bioclean additive which you add evry two weeks, basically cleans tank. also under cable heater controller some cories feeding After 5 weeks pic, cant believe how hard it is to get any decent plants in this country, i thought marines where hard enough. Running 4 t5s at the momment, will be ading 150w meatl halide and 2 x39w t5s next week, this should increase light and plant growth. discus still to be added in 1 month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Looks good Reef. How are you introdusing the co2?? at at what rate are you running it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 co2 goes thru a tunze co2 diffuser, 1 bubble a second at this stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 what kind of uv light have you been using? what k rating are you tubes? looking good so far! are those panda corys? i love them thats what i want for my tank, but they are almost imposible to get in nelson ( in saying that everythings hard to get here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 24w from hollywood fish farm. Tubes are 6500k and 2 x blue tubes. all bulbs i had as Tank will have a metal halide over it. going to try 12000K reeflux bulb. the corys are Adolfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinleo Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Hi Reef. Nice start. Very nice set up. You should really have 4 6500k bulbs don't you think? And did you get the T5 from Hollywood? I bought my T5 light from Hollywood and they changed the 2 blues for 2 additional 6500k lights at no charge. Nice cories! p.s: Come look at my tank set up thread sometime..will be up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 i am going to try a higher kelvin bulb as it might stop the algae for growing, so far i have not even cleaned the glass after 2 months. The plants are growing very well. i hate the yellow look for 6500k. I noticed more blue makes the plants flower. Will see how it goes over the next month when the halides are on to see if the plants react to the higher kelvin. I do use some rowaphos to reduce po4 so this might be stopping the algae from growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 to get the plants growing well you shouldnt be removing the PO4, if anything you should dose it, sometimes upping the co2 can reduce the algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Yes plants use it to a point as there is a balance. i think i will have more than enough po4 in the tank for feeding as many foods contain po4. I only have a few rowaphos sponges so i am not removing it so quickly. do plants take organic po4 or inorganic po4? good questions for the experts? Just tested my po4 and it is over 3ppm so more than enough po4. here is a good link on po4 levels. http://www.aquariumpros.com/forums/showpost.php?p=39747&postcount=5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinleo Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 6500K is more of a purplish white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 6500K is more of a purplish white. 6500k can appear very yellow to people accustomed to reef tanks, I like a nice clean white look (10k) but for the plants i'll have a mixture of T5 bulbs, if using halides i would probably endup using a 10k bulb that has a good colour range for plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 6500k can appear very yellow to people accustomed to reef tanks, That would have to be a very true statement. Very nice development reef, if only we all had the money to go out and buy a new co2 setup, under gravel heating, temp controller, nice fish, nice tank :lol: One day!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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