3ft/120L Discus Tank?

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  1. TroyFish

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    Sorry it was 4 fully grown Discus:bigsmile:
     
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    that would be 150L per fish.. thats plenty
    i believe you can go quite tall with discus tanks but you should check the surface are for oxygenation...

    ok at 4 fish, that would still be 75L per fish... that sounds good too
     
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    Hmm, well the tank is going to be heavily planted with moss and mixed amazon plants.

    It's going to take me a while to scape.
     
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    the plants will do much for helping with filtration and oxygenation... do discus eat plants at all?
     
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    Hi guys. To be really honest, you will fimd plants in a Discus tank is quite difficult. Few plants can handle the temperature and soft water. Regards, Marco
     
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    Thinking about just adding java ferns and moss then . . . .I haven't seen plants that can handle 30 degrees or more and most keepers use java fern in their Discus setups.

    Don't know what's available at Northlands....
     
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    These are some plants that can be used in a discus tank:
    Java / Lace Ferns
    Java moss
    Dwarf Lily
    Crypts
    Vals
    Anubias
    Echinodorus
     
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    When you say Echinodorus . . .you mean all types?
     
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