syb65

When I had them with my discus, they were even eating bloodworms no problem.

and also, to keep u discus keeping for a while i would suggest u go out and buy a 55 gallon rain barrel and an airstone to age your water, 24 hr. minimum, instead of using a dechlorinator.

So I bought some discus a few weeks back. So now I have 13. I change the water %20 every two days and once a week %40-%50. Six of my discus are young,like 2". So everything is going just fine,a few of them are dark,new home,new tank,so normal kinds of things. The PH is around 6-6.5,water temp. at 86 and good food. The tank is 50 gallon hex. tank. So anyways, back to the dark Discus..... 3 got their color, and the other 3 turn their color on and off every day. So I come home from work this evening and two of the dark ones died! Anyone have an idea?

u have 13 2" discus in a 50 gallons? with that amount, u should be doing at least 50% water changes everyday minimum depending on your feeding. they r under alot of stress. also, i would suggest u dont play around with water parameters, that also adds alot of stress.

go to osmanauction.com i think they are having an auction very soon this month

or how about option d, why didn't you just cut the glass and let someone else put it together for you :0

stand is already built, it looked like it wasn't going to bow for about a month(checked on it every day), then about a month and half later it bowed about 1/4" so I put 1 1/4" metal tubing in as legs. Lucky i had these already made and painted just in case. I'm pretty sure my stand can support double of what it has on now(120 gallons).

Thank god I'm a machinist and had the welder weld the legs for me in case.

i think i know what you're talking about. my cousin has them in his discus tank, i told him not to worry about it, the discus will probably eat them up anyways. i don't think they cause any harm.

welcome to the forum. that 50 gallon is not going to be enough, soon a fishroom will only satisfy your addiction.

i say add two panels on the sides

sorry, wrong picture posted. updated picture now up.

the center brace that I'm referring to is in the middle of the 6' length, vertically.

And there will be a sheet of 3/4" plywood on the top and bottom, and all the weight is going to be loaded on 2x4's lying on their flat sides at the bottom.

I put that center brace on top just in case in the future I will have to put smaller tanks on top.

Are there any engineers roaming around?

Hello folks,

I was wondering if I needed a center brace for this stand that I'm building. It's a 6' long 22" wide and 32.5" high. It's just drawn out by hand and scanned. (Hope it doesn't cause you to go blind)

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i have 2 300 watt heaters in my 120 gallon, with that aluminum heat wrap on 3 sides with a 1" thick styrofoam sheet underneath. i see it kick on maybe for 10 minutes and won't see it on for a couple more hrs and it keeps it a constant 82, and still can get warmer up to 89 or so.

those are some really nice pictures. did u take home the fishes in the first 2 pictures?

the pigeon blood from a local breeder(neighbour), and the white at a store.

those are some droolingly awesome pictures :drool:

they get to the free swimming stage, then get eaten. i'm giving them a couple more tries

Looking great! :thumbs:

finally bought a digital camera, so i took some pictures

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/syb65/DSC00093.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/syb65/DSC00270.jpg

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enjoy!

these are the quietiest filters. i run 4 sponges with the Elite 802 air pumps, with an air regulator. if u are worried about noise, put a fine airstone at where the air is going through, u wont hear a thing.