72 Gallon set up

Subject: 72 Gallon set up Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:15 am

Ove the past 2 days I have been setting up my 72 gallon bowfront for my discus. I took pictures to show ya'll the transformation.

In this picture I'm draining the tank and will be removing the blue rocks.

For the substrate I'm using Seachem's flourite black sand. Like the Moon sand I dumped the two bags of sand into a 5 gallon bucket and rinsed it untill the water ran clear.

Once the sand was rinsed I used my hands and scooped the sand into the tank. I did something that I thought was cool. I left the center empty and took natural looking rocks and made a path running up the center. I put a plate in the center so the water wouldn't disturb the rocks and sand.

Once the tank was filled I started planting. I only have a few plants because I want those plants to have a chance to grow and spread out.

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I let the tank cycle over night. To speed up the process I used 3 filters from the 55g discus tank and the rocks I used came from the tank as well. I put the discus in last night and everyone is doing great I'll post pics later tonight.

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:21 am

Nice start! Good looking tank. Looking forward to seeing the discus in there.

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:26 am

Looks great so far. Looking forward to seeing more pics.

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Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:42 am

Nice, good work Mike!

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Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:00 pm

Looks like it's going to be a great looking set up. Keep us updated.

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Nice. Can't wait to see the discus.

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:51 pm

Thanks guys! I have pics of the discus just need o upload them onto photobucket when I get home from work.

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:41 am

Like I promised here they are!

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:51 am

Those are some awesome looking wish. :gdjob:

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Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:30 am

Nice Mike!

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"There he goes - one of God's own prototypes -
a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die".

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:47 pm

nice lookin discus

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:43 pm

Very nice looking fish. How's everyone getting along?

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:03 pm

Nice looking fish, Mike. A lot of fish in there not normally suggested as companions for discus. Have they been with the discus in the past? Curious how it's worked out.

WYite

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Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:55 pm

Yes everyone has been in there for over a year and I haven't had any issues. The Angels adopted the 3 bigger discus when they were smaller.

Subject: Re: 72 Gallon set up Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:28 pm

Nice. Just more support for the contention that ya don't have to follow the status quo and "canned" rules to be successful.

Again, nice fish, nice tank, I like the variety in that set-up.

WYite

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