Can discus survive in planted tank?

[Harsh]

Fabulous collection yar... very beautiful fishes..

[StanChung]

hmmm wish they were in planted tanks... but not pigeon or normal golden strains...though...too much peppering...

[Giant]

Apistos & discus??
Anyone tried this before?

[StanChung]

yes, currently in 500l tank... breeding rams or discus are territorial... so keep numbers low.

[Ibn]

Yes it can be done and quite easily.







Both of these are 100 gallon tanks. There's a lot of plants which can withstand temperatures that discus require.

[Giant]

Hmmm interesing.

Sorry to deviate...
Hey Ibn, what temperature is your tank.
I always assumed that ferns needed lower temp to grow well.

I've tried but my ferns keep dying on me.
Looks like its me that is the problem, not the water temperature.

[StanChung]

quite unfair to show one discus!


actually see two now! eric, has second tank anything to do with tom?

[Ibn]

Hmmm interesing.

Sorry to deviate...
Hey Ibn, what temperature is your tank.
I always assumed that ferns needed lower temp to grow well.

I've tried but my ferns keep dying on me.
Looks like its me that is the problem, not the water temperature.

82F. Try moving around to different areas of the tank where there's a bit more flow.

[Ibn]

quite unfair to show one discus!


actually see two now! eric, has second tank anything to do with tom?

Haha, you can count 7 of them in the first tank. There's only 2 in the second tank due to them being a breeding pair. Here's the male in there.




Good eye on that second tank. The scape in there is created by Tom for a friend of mine.

[StanChung]

haha...always on lookout for discus and planted tanks...

nice striking colours.

i'm having a WIP for discus i'll unveil later... ADA too late...

btw, a pair of apisto's in a 125G disappears...