rich_one
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Here is the eventual home of some of Hans discus... I do not take good pics... so, sorry in advance.
Starting to come together...
-Rich
Starting to come together...
-Rich
rich_one
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PS... forgive the floating driftwood... it'll sink soon enough.
-Rich
-Rich
Diogenes
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are you gonna add substrate or just go barebottom?
rich_one
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lonlangione
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If you are going bare bottom, did you paint or cover the underside / bottom of the tank? Fish do not like a clear bottom on the tank. Gives them a sense of nothing underneath them.
rich_one
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did not yet... but there is an opening that will allow me to slide in the sheet I plan to use... just have not gotten it yet... thanks for the tip, though!
-Rich
-Rich
bertolli
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I like the background, filters not too bad either 
chris_todd
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Looks like a nice setup! How big (I'm guessing a 125g)?
F8LBITE
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I know there's not much to it but you're definitely on the right track. When I was growing my discus out, I wished I would have gone bare bottom because it's SO much easier for WC's and feeding. Post pics when they are in there.
mscichlid
Founder
Try white or ecru for the bottom paint.
rich_one
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Hehehe... yep, the filter rocks!I like the background, filters not too bad either
-Rich
rich_one
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Yep... 125g is correct!
rich_one
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same here, my first time around. I think I am going to start with sub-adults though... some of the 4+ inche fish... unless I somehow get lucky enough to take advantage of his $150 jumbo special. doubt it though... so the 4" or 5" ones are my current targets.
-Rich
rich_one
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I don't think I want to paint it. there is a large whole in the center part of the stand, just underneath the tank. It is large enough for me to slide something underneath for the bottom. I was thinking of some sort of white or beige paper. my wife had an interesting idea, that I would never had thought of... she suggested I stuff a couple of our light colored, older sheets underneath, to create a sort of textured look... I might experiment with that and see how it comes off.
I have no idea how women come up with this stuff... LOL...
-Rich
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Tony
Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
On older thanks that I setup before I started painting the background blue/black, I use black construction paper. My sister is a teacher, so she gets me free rolls of "bulletin board background" paper. I usually crumble it up a bit before I tape it on to give it a bit of texture. You can do the same under the tank.
Simple, but looks pretty good for just being construction paper.
Simple, but looks pretty good for just being construction paper.
rich_one
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definitely a way to go... thanks for that suggestion!
-Rich
-Rich
minifoot77
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Simple, but looks pretty good for just being construction paper.
you know your ghetto when.....
mscichlid
Founder
I like the cloth or paper idea!
davidhusker
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it will look better when the discus are in there
nice job.
nice job.
