New discuss tank.

When I cycled my Jewul vision 260, I squeezed a sponge from my other juwel
96 litre into the internal filter box every other day, and it cycled in 2
weeks. The first week showed very little, with nitrite just under 1 in
second week, and nitrates on day 13. I had about 8" of fish (2 platies and
6x 2 month fry) They are thriving, and it has been running for 4 months now
with 21 platies (various ages), 2 angels and 3 cories/3 ottos. I think Juwel
tanks are excellent and nitrate reads around 10 all the time with 50" of
fish, and plants are doing very well with the original 2x38 watt tubes. I
know people recommend more watts per gallon, but it's going well so far.
Mary
"Gary" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have purchased a Jewel Vision 260 litre aquarium, and plan on keeping
Discus for the first time.

Other requirements:
- I plan to keep tropical plants (discus friendly of course)
- I would also like to keep some other fish which will co exist in harmony
with the discus. Maybe clownloach, neons and some mollies?

Where do I start? First of all, how should I cycle the tank? I am not
sure about a fishless cycle, welcome suggestions - but if someone can
recommend some hardy fish which will be happy in the tank once the discus
arrive.

Do most community fish such as the species mentioned above adapt well to
the Discus optimum temperature (It is higher than normal?)?

What is the optimum discus temperature?

Lastly, I already have an established 100 litre community tank, and I am
happy to do a 40% water change and use the 40 litres of water in the new
tank if it will prove useful. However, I do not want to mess with the
filtration on my smaller tank.

Any help greatly appreciated!


Regards,

Gary.

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"Mary Burns" wrote in message
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When I cycled my Jewul vision 260, I squeezed a sponge from my other juwel
96 litre into the internal filter box every other day, and it cycled in 2
weeks. The first week showed very little, with nitrite just under 1 in
second week, and nitrates on day 13. I had about 8" of fish (2 platies and
6x 2 month fry) They are thriving, and it has been running for 4 months
now with 21 platies (various ages), 2 angels and 3 cories/3 ottos. I think
Juwel tanks are excellent and nitrate reads around 10 all the time with
50" of fish, and plants are doing very well with the original 2x38 watt
tubes. I know people recommend more watts per gallon, but it's going well
so far. Mary


Wow, you have the same two tanks as me lol
Does squeezing the filter from the Rekord to the Vision, will this have any
negative effect on the 96 litre?

Also, when did you put in the first fish?

Regards,

Gary.
PS - The Vision 260 looks wonderful, a very nice tank!!

Reading these threads, is like a recipe for disaster.
And adding chemicals, is like adding salt to the brew.

Discus, are very specialised, some people have no trouble with them and some
people have no end of trouble with them.

You say you have a tank up and working, cycled, acclimatised, or whatever.
What's wrong with talking half the water out of that tank and sticking it
in the new tank, then over a period of time add more water , until the tank
is full.. As for talking dirty water from a filter, and adding it to a
clean system,, Your Dreaming...

One rule, If you don,t have, or can't acquire natural "Sof****er" don,t
bother with Discus. Once you start adding chemicals to water, you can NEVER
remove it.

And if the Discus, loose colour, or go dark, your going to loose them,
there going to die, your wasting your money. simply because your conditions
are wrong for Discus
bassett

"Gary" wrote in message
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"Mary Burns" wrote in message
...
When I cycled my Jewul vision 260, I squeezed a sponge from my other
juwel 96 litre into the internal filter box every other day, and it
cycled in 2 weeks. The first week showed very little, with nitrite just
under 1 in second week, and nitrates on day 13. I had about 8" of fish (2
platies and 6x 2 month fry) They are thriving, and it has been running
for 4 months now with 21 platies (various ages), 2 angels and 3 cories/3
ottos. I think Juwel tanks are excellent and nitrate reads around 10 all
the time with 50" of fish, and plants are doing very well with the
original 2x38 watt tubes. I know people recommend more watts per gallon,
but it's going well so far. Mary


Wow, you have the same two tanks as me lol
Does squeezing the filter from the Rekord to the Vision, will this have
any negative effect on the 96 litre?

Also, when did you put in the first fish?

Regards,

Gary.
PS - The Vision 260 looks wonderful, a very nice tank!!
I needed my 96 litre to remain stable as 2 week old platy fry were in there
as well, so I started the 260 litre from scratch,new gravel,ornaments and
plants. I left it 2 days for the water to clear (even though gravel
thoroughly washed) and get to correct temp. Platies are reasonably hardy,
and I chose 2 adults who had not cycled my first tank (they were added 3
weeks later) and the first 6 fry who were just under 1". Squeezing a sponge
every other day had no effect on the 96 litre. I added more plants after 3
weeks as algae was developing quite quickly, which is now sorted.
I don't know anything about discus, so can't advise with them.
It is a lovely tank, and my platies use every inch of it.Mary