markandhisfish
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ok so after some serious thinking and schemeing the draw of discus has finally proved too strong to resist , after looking at several options i think due to space and money restrictions the only feasable way is to completely break down and re do my 100g as a planted discus community , i will be selling all of my fish and breaking down re-scaping and planting for discus. i will most likely start with a large shoal of cardinals as these seem to work well , but what other options are there? would rummy nose tetras handle the high temps? also bottom dwellers. i was thinking about keeping my golden nugget as they do like warmer water but i have read about them sometimes feeding off the discus slime coat. thoughts on this also please. any advice / help appreciated. im hoping to do this sometime mid-april and intend to spend all my time until then reading up learning and asking you good folk on here loads of questions.
also some other questions. how to soften my water? i will get a propper kit to test ph dh kh etc but i think my water may be a tad hard for discus. if this proves to be the case what is the best course of action?
how many discus in a 100g 4x2x2? was thinking of at least 6
are certain colour strains hardier than others or are they all much the same?
im sure i will think of loads more questions between now and set-up
also some other questions. how to soften my water? i will get a propper kit to test ph dh kh etc but i think my water may be a tad hard for discus. if this proves to be the case what is the best course of action?
how many discus in a 100g 4x2x2? was thinking of at least 6
are certain colour strains hardier than others or are they all much the same?
im sure i will think of loads more questions between now and set-up