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I,ve the standard dual glo 39watt t5 lights that came with the Osaka, They are at the highest height setting so quite a bit of water to penetrate. The tubes are aound 8mths old, I,ve thought of C02 and have a cylinder which i got a while back, but kind of stopped at that point. i was a bit...

Hi George and thanks for the reply. The tank is a 260 ltr Osaka Discus set up, pretty well stocked fish wise I,m running 2 Eheim ecco externals and a Fluval 305, and a small Koralia pump. I dose 10ml Easycarbo daily. Waterchanges 40ltrs every other day using HMA filtered water. Billy

Hi, I,m thinking of trying Seachem ferts and noticed they do iron,phosphorous,nitrogen,trace, potassium,and excel. Do you need all these? I,ve had mixed success using PN, PN+ and Profito at different times, Plants seem to grow very well then i have some BBA issues, I don,t use pressurised C02...

Hi, I keep my Discus in dechlorinated tap water and they spawn every other week, Since getting Discus i,ve took the advice from the breeder to keep a Ph under neutral, Everyones tap water is different and alot of folk do recommend using an HMA filter, My tapwater is around 6.8, but has a low Kh...

Thanks for that Wraithio, It,s changed a bit after a BBA outbreak and i have thinned out the plants, and removed the 3 large pieces of spirally wood, I got a bit peeved with the algae outbreak and also fancied a change, so i decided to give the Discus more space but the tank still has quite a...

Hi, Just a little vid of my Discus tank at feeding time, ( freeze dried blackworms) which the Discus love, Billy,

Hi , My last 2 fish were from discusbananas and they are stunning fish. I have 6 Discus in an Osaka 260 and have 2 pairs out of the 6. They have not been too bad with each other aggression wise until the other day, when one of the pairs decided to move in to the same area as the other pair (who...

Thanks for the replies and for taking time out to give me some help and advice, Crypts are doing ok and the vallis is growing well, Problems seem to be with the swords and i,m noticing the BBA is more visible around the areas of my outlet pipes and any wood or plants the flow is hitting. I will...

Thanks for the replies, I,m dosing 10ml Easycarbo daily along with 5ml profito. 2 x 80 ltr waterchanges per week and tank is well stocked fish wise. Lights are standard T5,s and on 9hrs per day. The plants are mainly swords, vallis, crypts,anubias and the swords grew really well at first, but...

Hi, I have an Osaka 260 and the plants have not been doing great recently and been getting BBA outbreak. I posted on the fert dosing section as to what fert is better, profito which i,m using or PN which i have used in the past. Now i,ve been told the profito lacks things the plants need and the...

Hi, Have you checked your KH as i had a similar problem in my Discus tank recently. All my fish were ok, but it was new cardinals i added that were in a bad way not long after adding them, which made me check my water stats. My Ph was always around 6.6/6.8 but this time it was only 6 when i...

Thanks Neil for the info, Billy

Thanks very much for that YzemaN Billy

Thanks for your reply, but don,t have the original bottle as it was split on delivery and the profito is now in another plastic bottle so i don,t know what is in it. I don,t have a C02 kit, and only dose easycarbo which according to the instructions i,m dosing max amount for my tank size. Lack...

Hi, I was using Plant Nutrition ferts in my Osaka 260 and getting decent results, and i got great results using it on my previous set up. I was running out of PN when i decided to give profito a try as i was getting a good deal on easycarbo and profito at the time and it was being highly...

Hi Folks, I,m just wondering if profito can have an affect on your Ph, My tank is always around Ph 6.6, but after testing last night is around 6 - 6.2 I have not done anything different other than starting to use profito as a replacement to plant nutrition a few weeks back. I dose the profito...

Hi Lee , Cheers for the info, I have a C02 cylinder at the moment doing nothing as i stopped at that point after hearing some folk having problems in there Discus tanks. I have 6 Discus in my Osaka and did have 8, but in a planted set up i think 6 looks enough in the 260. I have some pics of my...

Stunning tank Naz, I have the Osaka 260 and keep Discus as well, standard lights, no C02 injection as (i,m not brave enough) How many Discus do you have (they look really nice) and were they ok when you started using the C02, I,ve heard alot of mixed views on C02 in a Discus tank. I added a...

Thanks aaron, I,m happy with the way it has turned out, Billy,,

Thanks very much Fred, Billy,,

Hi Nick, Thanks for your comments, The tank is 260 ltrs and has the standard t5 lighting. I have eco complete at both ends with tetra complete under the sandy bit in the middle. The tank is filtered with the fluval 305 external and 2 eheim ecco 200 pro externals. I dose easycarbo and profito...

Re: vision 180 to osaka 260 Hi, Alot of changes to the tank and think i,m a finished with the osaka, although i did want too add a couple of tiger lotus, but don,t know. I eventually added a black background and moved things around a bit. I,m still using Easycarbo, but i have started using...

Thanks aaron,, Billy,,

Hi bazz, They are fussy eaters and i feed them, beefheart,garlic,and earthworm flakes,, Tetra prima, Frozen turkeyheart,bloodworm and daphnia, They will also try and steal the cory,s pellets and the algae wafers for my bristlenose and i find a clean up crew of alot of cory,s keeps the bottom...

Hi Donalo, Sorry for not replying sooner, I have some pics of the tank,but the plants suffered a little when they went without ferts for 2wks while i was on holiday I,ve had some algae issues and the Discus are a little skittish in the new open top tank but getting more use to it,so at the...

Hi abdul, I keep my Discus in dechlorinated tap water and they are fine,,,tapwater is neutral ph 7 and in the tank it,s 6.6,,, I would find a reputable supplier that has the same water stats as yours and get your discus from them and you should have no probs,, I don,t use C02 as i,m worried...

Thanks aaron,,, Just back from holiday and i set up the osaka a week before i left but no ferts for the 2wks i was away and plants not at their best at the moment :( i will sort things out and still some new plants too add to the set up but not decided what to get, The tank needed 40ltrs of...

Hi donalo,Thanks for your nice comments, I,ve kept fish for a number of years,but i would say the last 5yrs or so i,ve been really more into it,but the plant side of things has not been my strong point,and it was more about the fish, When i eventually was brave enough to get Discus,(2yrs ago)i...

Hi Folks, I,m upgrading to an Osaka 260 and this is my last pics of my Vision 180,,, This is my first kind of real attempt at a planted tank,but i,ve also got 6 Discus in there,,(i didn,t want to go down the bare Discus type tank) and reasonably happy with the results,,although the barebottom...

Cheers for the replies,,,, I checked out your journal pics John,,,tank looks great,,,, Billy,,,,

Hi, The tank looks great,and has got me wishing my osaka 260 will be delivered soon,,,,, I,m upgrading from a vision 180 to the osaka 260 and my missus actually likes the osaka (the first tank she actually likes),,,,,well she didn,t say anything,so i take it she likes it as she is not slow in...

Hi Folks, I,m upgrading my vision 180 to an osaka 260,and at the moment use tetra complete with sand on top and have had good results, When i change over to the new tank,getting the sand out first, then the tetra substrate will be a problem so was going to get caribsea eco complete for the new...

Hi Thomas,Thanks for your comments, When i first set up,the advice i took was i didn,t need C02,so just went with the ferts,i later started adding easycarbo, I,ve had little algae issues and the same folk i got advice from,are now recommending C02 for me,so i,m a bit confused at the moment,lol...

Hi Folks,First post here and thought i,d share a pic of my tank, The tank has been planted 6mths and is my first kind of serious attempt at plants,although nothing like the tanks i,ve seen on here (they are awesome)i joined the forum to get good advice and get educated on plants etc,from the...