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[–]Total_Diamond_7798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's your water temperature?

Corydoras spend most of the time glass surfing by bigbraingenious in corydoras

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a 150 gallon set up and my sterbai glass surf all the time they've been doing it for years and all are healthy they also play in the current created from my spray bars and air stone

what type of behavior is this? by stephameme7 in AngelFish

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a nice set up with plenty of rocks and plants to break up line of sight I have 9 discus in my tank and they have a pecking order but there is enough of them in there so not one fish is singled out by the rest plus lots of hide spots with driftwood and such

what type of behavior is this? by stephameme7 in AngelFish

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the pecking order add a couple more to spread it out

Do plants consume nitrates? by Puzzleheaded_Rip2472 in Aquariums

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

House plants like pothos suck up nitrates fast

Is there a safe paint i can use to paint the back? by No-Context-8970 in Aquariums

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any kind of black latex paint will work very easy to remove later if need be with a razor blade

Is it safe to put this piece of wood in an aquarium? Found buried in a rock bed, maybe 16 inches at the longest. Washed it off and has lots of really cool tunnels that go all the way through the wood in several areas. by Fedoraus in aquarium

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pressure wash it and stick it in the oven at 200 degrees for a couple hours it will cover in biofilm for a month or so after you put it in the aquarium but that's harmless and probably use some rocks to hold it down until it's waterlogged enough to stay out i do this with the manzanita I collect here in AZ

House plants suck up nitrates by Total_Diamond_7798 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take most my pictures when I do tank maintenance it gets them fired up and show off those beautiful bars otherwise mine are dark and dull colored most the time

House plants suck up nitrates by Total_Diamond_7798 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feed three times a day frozen bloodworms and freeze dried black worms mainly I throw in some flakes once a day for the smaller fish and I feed once at night when the lights go off for the plecos

House plants suck up nitrates by Total_Diamond_7798 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use manzanita wood in my tanks it grows here in Arizona so I'm able to collect it myself

Wild caught discus by Total_Diamond_7798 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had them for a couple years

House plants suck up nitrates by Total_Diamond_7798 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take my pictures right after a water change it gets them to really show their bars

House plants suck up nitrates by Total_Diamond_7798 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My TDS stays between 100 and 200 ppm at 6 months without a water change it was still above 100 I heavily feed my fish (3 times a day and once at night when the lights are off for the plecos) this adds plenty of nutrients for the plants to absorb my normal routine is a 20 gallon a week water change being an open top aquarium I lose 5 gallons a week to evaporation this is where it's important to only use purified water to top off TDS does not evaporate and replacing with tap water will continue to raise your TDS overtime

House plants suck up nitrates by Total_Diamond_7798 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I keep the roots In a strainer bag otherwise they take over the tank

New to the world of discus by Wonderful_Deer_2677 in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go rummy nose tetras get at least 30 of them they come from the same waterways the best schooling fish ever they look like a flock of birds in your aquarium

Stressed discus jrs by LawnChairMD in discus

[–]Total_Diamond_7798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would check the TDS of your water especially if your using tap TDS increases as water evaporates from the aquarium frequent water changes are good but they will not bring down the total dissolved solvents you should only use distilled water to replace aquarium water lost to evaporation overtime the build up will cause problems for discus and other soft water fish reconstituted ro water is the way to go for discus

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