Anyone else here a fish nut?

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

How do you keep your plants alive in the gravel?

Mine always started off great then slowly died off, and a buddy said it was because of the gravel; said I should use dirt or sand instead.

Plants will grow just fine in gravel...I am using CO2 injection and plant iron enriched fertilizer on a regular basis. Also I try not too clean around the plants too often with the gravel vacuum as they will use the fish waste as fertilizer. I've been keeping live plants that way for over 3 years now without problems.

dude... you put discus into a brand new tank?

The tank is new, not everything else. I switched them over from a 46 gallon bow front. The gravel is already cycled as it was in the other tank, I put about 35 gallons of the water from the other tank into the new one, and my new filter on the 80 gallon uses the same filter media as the filter I had on the 46 gallon so I'm running that in the new filter. Everything is already cycled and ready to go. I test the water quality every couple of days because I like to keep my iron at the right level for my plants and I like to keep the PH down for the discus. Discus aren't a new thing for me.

 

[jobar]

My sister has a 150 gallon tank that I think has a oscar, and a jack dempsy, and some other small things. But, the tank is fricken huge. Im 5''10 and it come up to my chin.

 

[kunar]

i had several african cichlids in a 55 gallon for a few years. eventually it got to the point that they started killing each other off. i dont really understand because they were fine for the longest time. water conditions were always fine, and there were tons of hiding places. i would love to start a brackish tank once i move into my own place.

 

[low_five]

cool about the discus. The tank and gravel and everything looked brand new so I was like..... "uhhhh... those discus are gonna die ASAP"

I had an oscar once that pushed open the tank lid, jumped out and landed on the floor. he dried out overnight and I found him the next morning, the cat was looking at him real hard. he was dry and stiff as shit, but I threw him in the tank so I didnt have to deal with him right away. came back 30 minutes later and he was swimming around like normal. no big deal.