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Be careful with that beefheart sh ... stuff! It is why the temperature MUST be 28 degrees or more, otherwise mammal meat cannot be digested by fishes! Truth!
See? I was honest! Even without the lights, only in natural light and it made a huge difference! And Thank you! Edit: And when you turned the camera back to the red thank that had new lights, it was WOW! You changed the look entirely just by changing the lighting.
Schön, dass du es nochmal mit den Diskus im bepflanzten Becken versuchst! Ich halte selbst Diskus mittlerweile schon ein paar Jahre im Pflanzenaquarium und es funktioniert einwandfrei. Es reicht übrigens eine Temperatur von höchstens 27° C. Die eine oder andere Pflanze wollte dann nicht so richtig, aber Cryptocorynen, Echinodorus, Limnophila sessiliflora, Pogestemon oder Riesenvallisnerien gedeihen prächtig! 😉
Beefheart is what is causing a lot more algae and covering on the glass. I do not recommend beefheart in planted aquariums only in bare bottom aquariums. If I was you, I would slowly start getting off beefheart since you have a planted tank.
Looking great mate! Happy that everything is going well! I prefer to keep my discus bare bottom, since I did have a bad experience once with my full grown discus in an aquascape. But also learnt a lot of lessons from that...
I really love that you take accountability for your mistakes and don't just tell us the beautiful aspects of fishkeeping. Your honesty is noticed and much appreciate, MD!
I feel like I always see discus in bare tanks. It looks stunning but it makes upkeep so much harder than in a planted tank. As always stunning fish and stunning video!
I love how much you care about your fish asmuch as the scapes aswell as making sure there living the best they can. And it really shows in how healthy and happy they look 👍🏻
The Discus tank is beautiful. They look great, and happy. The little red guy with a white face is having trouble though. I read about wild Discus natural habitat; I would definitely use plants. This is what it said "They live in small groups among submerged tree roots, decayed wood, vegetation, and aquatic grasses. The natural substrate typically includes sand-like gravel and decomposed tree leaves". It also said they have a continuous flow of clean water, so I think what you are doing is perfect. The shop looks so good and vids inspiring.
I noticed the little red one hiding again to...... MD, you got two of all the others, maybe you need another red?? 😅😅 I don't know anything about Discus...... just a thought! The tank looks fantastic!!! ❤❤
I absolutely loved my rock only cichlid tank and have always wanted to do another one. This is especially due to my very hard high pH well water. I just might have to pick up some “holey” limestone next time I’m in central Texas. It’s literally everywhere and easily picked up along roads and in creeks.
The Discus tank is stunning! Someday I might try them again,..I was too amateur last time. I like Anglefish for that size and shape, but sometimes get annoyed with their greedy feeding and begging.
Them discus are sick, bro! 😊greets by a senior reefer from germany. Love your channel. Btw. I started a small freshwater tank for my daughter because of you.
Full on planted eco tank wold be wonderful watching it evolve good vibes for kids too Some lovely scooling fishies & maybe chunks & a mrs chunks in there too 😊
I love all of your content. I would never attempt a planted tank, but after several months of watching your videos, I dipped the toes in the water and have a 36 gallon tank that is doing OK. I have some learning to do Used to own a pet shop in which we had 256 aquariums of many variety’s of species. Loads of African cichlids. Unfortunately, we had to close down the store due to a variety of things. There is essentially no aquarium shops in my area and it kills me because I either have to order online or try to go to one of the box stores and pick things out, which is just awful.
I don’t ever comment on videos, but please do the 6ft Malawi tank! To truly appreciate African Cichlids - they look great in a rock-only aquascape. The fish will like the higher pH and harder water. They will color up better and grow quicker.
Stability. Thats key. Any Discus other than wild caught will live and thrive in a stable environment. All this extra stuff is just to get you to spend more money
the hardest about Discus is actually their price, everything else is easy. i keep mine literally in green water outside going from 20-30C per day. they lived quite long
Thank your mother for the Discus! In my experience Koi are much easier than Discus (I keep both, HQ koi, although nothing like your main pond in terms of size) although keeping the water stable in 10k+ water for the koi may be the reason it’s easier .
Any would be great but the rock look would be easier to handle at home so you don't have to follow the plant maintenance after a hard day at your gallery shop
It's going to be a challenge with that aquascape because Discus are very picky with water quality. The problem is the sand where you get food ,excrements, and parasites mixed in, and it's going to create problems forther down the road. That's from my experience. You either go for the aquascape or for the fish...( bare-bottom). Plus, when you have to make treatments ( and you will), some might affect the plants... or might be inefficient with plants in. Sorry to be the bearer of doom and gloom. Love your videos and wish you to have many more coming out ❤
Discus are picky with the water quality because of the breeders. They breed them in a bare bottom tank for many generations and they are very weak and get sick all the time. I have 5 of my discus that are extremely resilient. They are in a tank with co2 and fully planted with only 20% water change a week or less. You see wild discus they can handle many different tank conditions as well. It's very sad what we made our discus.
It's not your first home tank? You had discus in your tank before, and you had a special tank sent to you? Anyway, always love your builds and seeing the fish is always great!
can you do a football pitch irigumi with white pebbles for the lines and bamboo stick with moss goals, put in like a pingpong ball with a hole, food put inside the hole and have laser corys vs panda corys
Personally I would go for the Malawi with full rock work at home because that would have the biggest impact. The only problem I guess is more upkeep and do you really want that at home after being in the studio all day? Tough call.
I put mine in the dark for 24hr blacked out then I got some co2 boost turned the filter off & spurted it over the affected plants let it sit there for half hour then filter back on limit the light for few days, I cut the worst leaves off & treated the rest…. Black beard algae is usually to much food in the water cut back On the feeding if it’s established there will be food in there for the fish micro organisms… Increase lighting over few days Good luck 🤞
Yeah, if u watch it back when u fed them it looked like the one the far didnt get an actual chance to eat. When it went to eat it started to get bullied a bit. It looks small compared to the others.
Not really. It’s true that Cardinals thrive at 24-25˚C, but they won’t mind 27-28˚C either. I used to keep my Discus with Cardinals and Apistogramma agassizii. No problems there.
I have a really dumb comment. Been in n out of the hobby for basically 20 years. In general fish that have bred in captivity, especially over successive generations, usually get hardier right? They're more used to home aquarium parameters, etc. I have always wondered despite discus being very popular for decades, how they're still somewhat sensitive fish? I get that biology doesn't always work that way
Captive bred discus are more ph/gh tolerant than wild-caught, but there is only so much hardiness you can breed in, especially when you factor in the genetic vulnerabilities line breeding can lead to.
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Be careful with that beefheart sh ... stuff! It is why the temperature MUST be 28 degrees or more, otherwise mammal meat cannot be digested by fishes! Truth!
See? I was honest! Even without the lights, only in natural light and it made a huge difference! And Thank you!
Edit: And when you turned the camera back to the red thank that had new lights, it was WOW! You changed the look entirely just by changing the lighting.
Discus tank needs 100 pygmy or dwarf corydoras!
Schön, dass du es nochmal mit den Diskus im bepflanzten Becken versuchst! Ich halte selbst Diskus mittlerweile schon ein paar Jahre im Pflanzenaquarium und es funktioniert einwandfrei. Es reicht übrigens eine Temperatur von höchstens 27° C. Die eine oder andere Pflanze wollte dann nicht so richtig, aber Cryptocorynen, Echinodorus, Limnophila sessiliflora, Pogestemon oder Riesenvallisnerien gedeihen prächtig! 😉
I had not been a fan of the red tank, but with the lighting switch I think it looks great now!
I felt the same. Perhaps rehouse the fish it has and keep the tank as is but with new inhabitants.
Good morning fishie freaks
We do get excited extra early!
Good morning
Good morning fellow fish person on RUclips who I will never know or meet. Have a splendid day
Thank you for getting me into planted tanks, January will be one year in the hobby and im about to set up my 4th tank… the bug got me
Makes me happy to see you doting on the discus. They are really looking good and the tank is so neat. It was enjoyable to watch the maintenance.
Beefheart is what is causing a lot more algae and covering on the glass. I do not recommend beefheart in planted aquariums only in bare bottom aquariums. If I was you, I would slowly start getting off beefheart since you have a planted tank.
I love the simplified rock, malawi idea out of the 2... think it looks so clean and the colours of the fish get excentuated from the simpleness 10:00
Looking great mate! Happy that everything is going well! I prefer to keep my discus bare bottom, since I did have a bad experience once with my full grown discus in an aquascape. But also learnt a lot of lessons from that...
I really love that you take accountability for your mistakes and don't just tell us the beautiful aspects of fishkeeping. Your honesty is noticed and much appreciate, MD!
MD: "I need that big wood out of the back"
I love that you have a mix of colours with your discuss! It makes my eyes dart to each one instead of just looking at them all as a whole!
I think you should let Kate choose se always has supported you and is now emerging her self in to your hobby and enjoying it
Glad you're still alive
I m hyped to see the Ada Amazonia substrate come into play. It makes me think we ll see some pretty nice Cardina shrimp setups. Love the Discus !
They're not hard, they should be quite soft and fleshy
I feel like I always see discus in bare tanks. It looks stunning but it makes upkeep so much harder than in a planted tank. As always stunning fish and stunning video!
2 videos back to back, Christmas must be coming soon. Thank you
I was not ready for how he blew into the power chord
I think for a home tank, the stark rock setup will work well for the long term.
Glad to see you finally defrost and rinse the food before feeding.
I love how much you care about your fish asmuch as the scapes aswell as making sure there living the best they can. And it really shows in how healthy and happy they look 👍🏻
Chiclids, love that tank.
The Discus tank is beautiful. They look great, and happy. The little red guy with a white face is having trouble though. I read about wild Discus natural habitat; I would definitely use plants. This is what it said "They live in small groups among submerged tree roots, decayed wood, vegetation, and aquatic grasses. The natural substrate typically includes sand-like gravel and decomposed tree leaves". It also said they have a continuous flow of clean water, so I think what you are doing is perfect. The shop looks so good and vids inspiring.
I noticed the little red one hiding again to...... MD, you got two of all the others, maybe you need another red?? 😅😅 I don't know anything about Discus...... just a thought! The tank looks fantastic!!! ❤❤
I absolutely loved my rock only cichlid tank and have always wanted to do another one. This is especially due to my very hard high pH well water. I just might have to pick up some “holey” limestone next time I’m in central Texas. It’s literally everywhere and easily picked up along roads and in creeks.
The Discus tank is stunning! Someday I might try them again,..I was too amateur last time. I like Anglefish for that size and shape, but sometimes get annoyed with their greedy feeding and begging.
Skittle fish at home with rocks! Kate deserves it!
Yes. The children will also want the skittles 😊
Yes. The children will want the skittles. 😊
I think for the house tank something like the old Malawi tank. The two different rocks, it would be amazing
I'm getting a Christmas vibe from the Malawi tank with the new lighting. Love it 🎄
Them discus are sick, bro! 😊greets by a senior reefer from germany. Love your channel. Btw. I started a small freshwater tank for my daughter because of you.
Definitely put the peas and haps in the 6ft tank at home. 4ft is not big enough long term.
I absolutely love the cichlid tank with just rocks.
thank you for all your advice and inspiration I follow you from France 👍
Full on planted eco tank wold be wonderful watching it evolve good vibes for kids too
Some lovely scooling fishies & maybe chunks & a mrs chunks in there too 😊
I love all of your content. I would never attempt a planted tank, but after several months of watching your videos, I dipped the toes in the water and have a 36 gallon tank that is doing OK. I have some learning to do Used to own a pet shop in which we had 256 aquariums of many variety’s of species. Loads of African cichlids. Unfortunately, we had to close down the store due to a variety of things. There is essentially no aquarium shops in my area and it kills me because I either have to order online or try to go to one of the box stores and pick things out, which is just awful.
I don’t ever comment on videos, but please do the 6ft Malawi tank! To truly appreciate African Cichlids - they look great in a rock-only aquascape. The fish will like the higher pH and harder water. They will color up better and grow quicker.
Their coloration is unbelievable, they look like they are truly thriving in their setup.
Package full of "FRAGILE FRAGILE FRAGILE" -> silicone hose, bag of sand, bunch of rocks XD
Love them Discuss, wow!
Stability. Thats key. Any Discus other than wild caught will live and thrive in a stable environment. All this extra stuff is just to get you to spend more money
Excellent light change! I never liked those others.
I always want to keep discus fish!Also great plants and aquascape!Subscribed.But unfortunately i didn’t get to buy discus fish :(
Very set up. Great looking fish
It looked way better with the spot lights you had and now worse with the long strip light.
Not in to them myself but great looking tank MD
the hardest about Discus is actually their price, everything else is easy. i keep mine literally in green water outside going from 20-30C per day. they lived quite long
4:36 goin to work on that thanggg
I’ve heard keeping discus is very much like keeping Koi low pH and a low KH that they love ?
Thank your mother for the Discus!
In my experience Koi are much easier than Discus (I keep both, HQ koi, although nothing like your main pond in terms of size) although keeping the water stable in 10k+ water for the koi may be the reason it’s easier .
They look SO GOOD in that tank! It’s so perfect it looks fake!
Any would be great but the rock look would be easier to handle at home so you don't have to follow the plant maintenance after a hard day at your gallery shop
Love your video❣️
It's going to be a challenge with that aquascape because Discus are very picky with water quality. The problem is the sand where you get food ,excrements, and parasites mixed in, and it's going to create problems forther down the road. That's from my experience. You either go for the aquascape or for the fish...( bare-bottom). Plus, when you have to make treatments ( and you will), some might affect the plants... or might be inefficient with plants in. Sorry to be the bearer of doom and gloom.
Love your videos and wish you to have many more coming out ❤
I expect there will be further issues when the fish start pairing up also.
Discus are picky with the water quality because of the breeders. They breed them in a bare bottom tank for many generations and they are very weak and get sick all the time. I have 5 of my discus that are extremely resilient. They are in a tank with co2 and fully planted with only 20% water change a week or less. You see wild discus they can handle many different tank conditions as well. It's very sad what we made our discus.
Jungle for at home set up!
I think you should do the Malawi tank style in your home with some pops of slow growing plants!!
It's not your first home tank? You had discus in your tank before, and you had a special tank sent to you? Anyway, always love your builds and seeing the fish is always great!
First and foremost pick up that leaf through on the floor
And my personal opinion
The Malawi and rock work simple clean it looks good
can you do a football pitch irigumi with white pebbles for the lines and bamboo stick with moss goals, put in like a pingpong ball with a hole, food put inside the hole and have laser corys vs panda corys
I don't know why but this episode was definitely giving me Bob Ross vibes. Super cool.
It would be interesting to observe how temperature changes affect plant growth and color.
What a video, nice to see MD with Discus again. He deserves 1m subscribers for all the effort he has put in so make sure you like and subscribe. 😊
Honestly, I prefer the look with the hanging lights over the light bars.
Personally I would go for the Malawi with full rock work at home because that would have the biggest impact. The only problem I guess is more upkeep and do you really want that at home after being in the studio all day? Tough call.
What’s your advise for an established tank that has blk beard algae growing?
I put mine in the dark for 24hr blacked out then I got some co2 boost turned the filter off & spurted it over the affected plants let it sit there for half hour then filter back on limit the light for few days, I cut the worst leaves off & treated the rest….
Black beard algae is usually to much food in the water cut back
On the feeding if it’s established there will be food in there for the fish micro organisms…
Increase lighting over few days
Good luck 🤞
Love those 'fragile' bags of sand.
Rock work with w small amt. Of plants 😊
Ye they hard🔥🔥🔥
Love, love the discus tank. What about that at home?
love the discus and the layout. What size are these guys, 4"?
The red tank looks so much better under those lights.
Keep us posted about the health off the plants with 28C. About gh,kh and pH?
Full on jungle at home 😎
I love both but the jungle is amazing
Hopefully we will see a mudskipper tank one day! 🤞
Discus are the saltwater fish of freshwater lol. Finicky and the biggest challenge is getting them to eat in my experience.
The Malawi Tank looks so much better with the white light. Shame it's being disassembled but I get the reasoning.
Do a rockscape but with Tanganyikas 😊
Are they hard? 😂😂😂
Well. Are they?
@MD
How do you soften the water to keep discus? The water in the taunton area is very hard, and the ph is high? Thanks
Also do you sell any old gear that you don't use? I'm after a 90cm strip light, I'm close to blackdown garden centre
Am i going crazy. I could have sworn you had discus in your home tank at the begging of the channel.
Out of interest what water is being used for these MD? Tap or RO? Thanks
Have you considered about a superfish "scaper led RGB" for the discus tank ?
I hope you're keeping a thermometer in your tank all the time now. Heaters can fail.
Uuuuheee Discus Fish tank 🔥 🔥
How large is your tank? How do you keep your plants so lushus ?
Magnificent ❤
It looks like some of them are getting bullied, keep an eye on them
Yeah, if u watch it back when u fed them it looked like the one the far didnt get an actual chance to eat. When it went to eat it started to get bullied a bit. It looks small compared to the others.
I noticed that.
Dang it’s been a month already. Seems like , you just set this tank up a week ago.
Jungle tank!!
What temperature do you have your discus tank? I have some neon's and i keep it between 22c-24c but your disc like it at 27c?
Fish are so cool when they eat
Afternoon!
Is the water too warm for cardinal tetras?
Not really. It’s true that Cardinals thrive at 24-25˚C, but they won’t mind 27-28˚C either. I used to keep my Discus with Cardinals and Apistogramma agassizii. No problems there.
I have a really dumb comment. Been in n out of the hobby for basically 20 years. In general fish that have bred in captivity, especially over successive generations, usually get hardier right? They're more used to home aquarium parameters, etc. I have always wondered despite discus being very popular for decades, how they're still somewhat sensitive fish? I get that biology doesn't always work that way
Captive bred discus are more ph/gh tolerant than wild-caught, but there is only so much hardiness you can breed in, especially when you factor in the genetic vulnerabilities line breeding can lead to.
Now I like the red tank
Are your discus showing any signs of peppering from the darker substrate,thats what im worried might happen to mine because im using fluval stratum
Do you give tours of your fish room
Water your vase 😂😂
Can’t wait to find out if these fish are hard or not
love
Planted tanks look alot better in homes and there way more interesting