Discus for Planted Tanks

[huister]

Hi all,

I have seen several forum members keeping Discus inside planted tanks, it is also noted that Discus do require higher temperature waters such as

Display – 27.5 to 29°C
Breeding – 30 to 33°C
Growing On – 29 to 31°C

Question is this, what type of plants should i select in-order to keep them together with Discus?

I have a spare chiller and do wonder if it makes sense to have a chiller maintain the water temperature between the "Display" temperature as shown above? FYI, the above information is quoted from http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?h=discusfish

Thanks,

Huister

[planted86]

hmmm... my tank is around 28 degree... and my discus is also breeding and my apisto.... inside the tank are rotala, crypto, gu jing, ferns, anubias nana, APP....

[acc]

I have a discus planted tank, don't run a chiller for cost and environmental reasons, and the discus and plants are doing well good luck.

[acc]

Anyway, keep things simple lor... running chillers and choosing during temperatures for different purposes make life complicated unless you really have time and energy to follow those "recipes"...

[khtee]

For discus planted tank, do look for plant that can survive in low PH(5.5 - 6.. Chiller is not necessary, just add fan will do. I have japanese hairgrass as the foreground. Try to make the background simple. Just to take note if you use oyama, try to have many green background plant. I found some of my discus, especially the blue and the red colored one, tends to be more darker. Plan well for the planted tank before adding the discus. I have a hard time choosing the correct background plant. Will be doing new scaping before new year. Hopefully this time round, the new planted tank one can last at least half a year

[mictok]

I use to make it simple by keeping them at room temperature except adding a heater during rainig season.
I prefer to keep plants that dont need to maintain often like ferns and nanas so that most of the time I wont be disturbing them.