Think I FINALLY made up my mind!

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Steveo McNello

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...For stocking my 125 that is.

I am going to keep the sand after all, keep it planted, and buckle down and learn how to construct this PVC pipe from my FX5 back to my tank.

I am going to stock it with Discus, various cory cats, a nice school of tetras, and maybe one or two smaller pleco species.

I am going to leave the glass tops off since these fish aren't known to be big jumpers, and so my CFL bulbs will have a little more penetration power. I am going to lower the bulbs in my canopy to get them closer to the water line as well. Also covering the back side of the canopy with a screen to contain any ambitious jumpers.

I am keeping the sand with the FX5 because the stock I'm after won't stir up hardly any. [still debating about the plecos]

I also think I need to build some sort of spray bar for the FX5 to spread out the current or slow it down. Might be a problem for discus.

Any thoughts?

I'm rinsing the sand outside tomorrow to get rid of any dead leftover snails, as well as this weird oily substance the sand brought in.

a beeb a beeb a beeb thats all folks!
 
pics when you get it all up and running :P
 
Absolutely. I'm very excited for it. I'm getting the discus for a good price too. And everything else is a buck here buck there. Nothing too bad
 
sweet, ive considered discus a few times but just while im in college i dont wanna mess with that kind of upkeep. maybe someday though :P
 
NCStateFisher;5017795; said:
sweet, ive considered discus a few times but just while im in college i dont wanna mess with that kind of upkeep. maybe someday though :P
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Haha luckily for me I'm living at home for college. And word on the street is discus are not terribly hard. Not as hard as everyone stresses at least.
 
I found them to be the hardiest fish to keep alive i ever owned. I bought five and they all died in a short period but i think the shipment i bought had a digestion virus or disease. They turned like black too. Idk hope you have better luck then i did
 
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