40 g PLanted discus tank

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
any plant that is sold at petco in there tanks and the ones in the tubes are all easy to grow and hardy plants. id get the tank set up the way you want it and keep some cheaper fish like zebra danio and what not to keep in it for about the first month just to make sure everything is running right. give it time to go through the nitrite cycle then get your discus. there very sensative to changes in the nitrite and nitrate levels so wait until they flat line before adding them
 
oh yeah the tank is ready i put seeded filters on it and i would give it 2 weeks before i put discus in it but i want to know if buying these from home depot is selling 2 bulb t8's and 2 bulb t 5s for cheep like under $30 which should i buy and do i have to switch the bulbs out with like 1 atnitic and 1 daylight from the fish store heres links to home depot

http://www.homedepot.com/Lighting-Fa...atalogId=10053


http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

also i an experienced ffish keeper and i currently got 5 tanks running biggest is a 55 g but i;ve seen alot of cheep 180 g's on craigslist for $300 so thats in the future
 
Those lights are two different lengths. Find a light that will fit on your tank, however long it is.
I don't know what you'd want an actinic light for if you want to grow plants. You don't want a 'daylight' bulb, 'daylight' doesn't mean much of anything. For plant growth you want 6500 Kelvin lights, or thereabouts. Potentially as low as 5000K, as high as 10,000K, but 6500K is probably your best bet.

Do you currently have fish in the tank maintaining the nitrogen cycle?
 
What is your pH out of the tap? Discuss range is 6.2-6.8.

Plants? Wash you some sterilized play sand (homedepot 3.00) the only plants you need in there is some Vals, and anubias. No co2 is required.
 
cant the discus adjust since the fish store there kept in is in my area so we probably use the same tap dat we treat and do they have to be kept in soft water and low ph also how do i make soft water and low ph since i cant ever find an answer thanks
 
For captive bred discus as opposed to wild caught which is probably not what you've seen available or were planning to buy, your local tap water pH should be fine. I've heard countless stories of people successfully keeping and even breeding discus in a pH of 7.5 or more. Stability is more important than achieving a specific set of numbers.
 
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