FishProfiles.com Message Forums

After a long relapse, I'm back into fish keeping. I decided to keep discus and the previous inhabitants, misc. tetras/bottom feeders. I got 3 Red Melons discus, about 2 months ago, and two turquoise discus, about a week ago. I also obtained a fairly large(about 3.5 feet) peice of driftwood(which still floats..) with a hole through the center with openings on the side and one end.

All 5 discus
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g230/spooke03/DSC00081-1.jpg

Red Melon
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g230/spooke03/DSC00078-1.jpg

Turquoise
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g230/spooke03/DSC00084-1.jpg

Driftwood(about 3 weeks ago)
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g230/spooke03/fishtank1.jpg

Queen Arabesque(one of the previous fish inspecting the driftwood addition)
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g230/spooke03/0825060001.jpg

Hope you like the pics, and sorry for the flash. New pics might make their way here in the future.

What does that mean, Bob? "Till the cows come home." Where have the cows been?

Great pics
That driftwood looks to be a huge one..i like it..pleco heaven

---

I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

Nice looking fish, AO. I love the L260 in the tank. I'm not sure about the compatibility between that species and discus. I have had problems with the common plecostomus/hypostomus becoming addicted to discus slime. Since then, I use only ancistrus with no known "leeching" onto the discus.

Judging from the tannins in the water, the wood is still bleeding. My driftwood leached tannins for about 3 months. When that log loses bouyancy, how are you going to arrange it in the tank?



__________
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research."
researched from Steven Wright

Yeah, the driftwood is still leaching tannis. I have it weighted down with an old castle decoration and its diagonal.. I might still cut it down and arrange it differently. Currently working on planting the tank and improving the cory population. I might get a school of cardinals in a couple weeks. As far as the pleco I haven't noticed anything yet and everyone seems happy. I can always move him into my 29 gal.(currently the home of 3 zebra danios and a betta until I figure out what I want to put in it) I have some java moss that I'm going to try to get onto the log.

What does that mean, Bob? "Till the cows come home." Where have the cows been?