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
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!
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
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!
