90g discus, cory tank build log

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Well here is a pic of the tank and stand, not the prettiest tank or stand but it was cheap


Figuring out how to set the wood in the tank and making sure it would fit.



This will be a fully planted tank with 4-5ish young discus and a colony of corys, undecided on kind yet. Possibly something else added later on.....
I will have a 36" dual power compact light on it, I have it so this is a perfect tank to use it on.
Filtration will be a new aquaclear 110 and a fully cycled aquaclear 70, subject to change later on.

That's it for now.....

I knew you would help me make the right choice And by the way they are acting I will have eggs by morning So they are happy too

im glad!!! happy fish make me happy!!! and eggs r good!!!

i was bit crazy from math homework hahahaha to many math rpoblems goin thru my head!!!

Ok I may have a lead on some adolfoi corys I plan on getting 6, more if I can afford them.
I added a few more crypts so the corys have more leaves to hide under. I also have some nice growth going on with some of the plants in there.

That looks very nice!Great job!!

Not too bad for random plant stuffing Now if the albino corys will leave the micro sword and money wart planted I would be happy

haha awesome its starting to look great!!!

Wow that tank is looking aweome fern :)

hahaha lucky u ur wood is thinner than mine!!! mine looks like it came from a trunk of a medium size tree lol

I swapped the wood out, I took the wood from my bn plecos and put it in there and tossed the other wood in my 120g to sink I got lazy

hahahaha nice!!!!!

Cant wait to see some Discus in there!!!

Unfortunately I have to wait a bit, I've got a mini cycle going on in there..... once that runs its course I will probably add the discus 1 or 2 at a time to avoid another mini cycle.

ah fun!!! havent gotten that so far with my bettas in my 100 but i cant wait to see ur new kids tho!!!!

Nice Nice

Sounds like a good set up. But go with 5 or 6 discus not 4-5ish hahah.

Look for corys that do well in high temps. Sterba's Cory can be a good pick.

adolphoi's are the corys that will be in there along with my 4 old albino cory breeders to help trigger them into spawning.

I would like to get 5-6 but can only afford 4-5 for now. I have lots of store credit but the real money is quite lacking right now...... I do plan on getting a few later on and I do want to leave some room in there just in case one comes through my lfs that I 'have' to have.

I still need to make a lid for this tank, its an older tank and has no center brace its built with 1/2" plate glass so figuring out a lid will be interesting. I would do just egg crate for now but I have a feeling the light I have on there will melt it, its a double power compact fixture. Its 36" so I have it laying on 2 2x4's so that makes it even more fun trying to figure out a lid......

Its almost done with its mini-cycle and I think I will get the discus 1-2 at a time to avoid another mini-cycle

awesome!!!! hope it goes well for u !!!!

I just got 3 adolphoi corys 90% sure that they are wild caught and they look to be all males..... but that's ok I'm working on getting some more!
They are floating now, I didn't even give them time to hit the QT tank at my lfs I will post pics of them tonight!

They are in the tank and seem to be doing ok, a little digging in the sand here and there so that a good sign!

nice fern!!! cant wait to see the pics of them!!!

2 of the 3 are doing awesome, following around the albinos and even ate some blood worms, one isn't really doing a whole lot.....
Here's some pics, They were just out of the bag when I took these so their color isn't the best.....

One of them has a silver ring in his eyes so he is in spawning mode! Too bad they are all boys....

Oh and I'm getting 4-5 discus next week

nice fern!!!! they look awesome!!!

Well I got 7 discus drip acclimating now!
Pics coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!