The journey continues...my rimless Aqua Forest

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Stripes don't mean wild. Those are called stress bars. Discus frequently show them when they are new to a tank or are upset at whatever the parameters might be. With that said, MINE show them randomly and when they are being picked on by others. SO its nothing to worry about unless they start clamping thier fins, thats when you know they are unhappy! the pigeon ones are close to scribble belts so they might be more like that. Pigeons are generally half spotted (from my experience). That is one nice ring leopard! wish i had one. And 6 discus are best, they like to be in big groups. I have 11 in my 75g, and 7 in my 30g. SO don't worry about crowding just make sure your parameters are perfect.

WELCOME TO THE DISCUS CULT!! :)
 
Well it's a new year, and I basically have a new tank! But it's not a good update :(

Went away a few days for Christmas, and apparently the power went out. Came back to find my discus almost dead and most of my plants melted away. The power was on by the time I got home, so who knows how long everything was off. My blyxa was in terrible shape. But that wasn't the only problem.

One of the discus wasn't eating before I left, and he looked even worse when I came back. So I added some Bifuran which treats internal parasites just in case. Well, this stuff as it turns out, is like Roundup for a planted tank. It pretty much finished the job that the power outage had started. I wished the bottle would have said something about this :irked: I did some searching on other forums and sure enough, everybody that used this in a planted tank said it turned everything into wilted lettuce. By new years day everything was melted. So I went ahead and tossed the last couple of plants that were left. The hygro would have bounced back, but by then I was so pissed that I just threw it all away.

So, I have no motivation whatsoever at this point to start again with plants, so I went for a hardscape using only rocks and wood. I think I'm pleased with the layout for now, although I'm leaning towards removing a few pieces of driftwood.

I also picked up two Turquoise discus from a guy on CL. They are awesome! Great colors and eat like pigs, maybe my others discus can learn from these two. Hoping to pick up a few wilds from John too :)

If I ever feel like getting back into plants, I may try a glosso carpet in between the rocks and wood, and maybe some blyxa in the back right side. But not at this time. Well, onto the pics. Water is still a bit cloudy since I just scaped it this morning.

Enjoy, even though there's no plants!

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Sad to see the plants go, but your pets survived which is great!
I'm glad to see your design skills are still top notch the hard-scape looks amazing!
Stay Happy!
 
OMG WAT DID YOU DO
 
realy sorry about the tank :cry: it was incredible! and im not trying to sound pushy but you have such talent with plants that you should go back into them as soon as possible. the first tank in the thread was possibly one of the best ive ever seen :headbang2
 
<3 your new pic!
 
Just think of it as a nice vacation from plant upkeep. Hardscape discus tanks are hot right now, you don't have anything to prove plant wise. IMO a nice hardscape layout can be much harder to achieve that a nice planted tank. You have to get the design exactly right, there are no plants to cover things up.
This thread has a very fitting title when you labeled it a "journey." Every tradgedy in this hobby can be turned into something positive by learning from it and having the opportunity to try something new.
 
Oh, and are your denisonii wild caught? I had horrible luck with mine that were wild caught... Very sensitive, killed all of them over a couple months.
 
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