#104: 907L Aquatic Garden Discus Repose

Jeffrey Senske Houston, United States

Comments

This is an impressive discus tank. The aquascape is well-composed and it features some of the best-looking large sword plants in the competition. I think the large piece of driftwood looms a little too prominently at the front of the tank. The pigeon blood discus appear garish and out of place in an otherwise very peaceful aquascape.
— Roger Miller
Layout too firm! Nice driftwood but add more of same texture as a support for the big and (too) small one. Plant some more C.spiralis and
E.quadricostatus 1/3 from left side of tank. Or
what about some Crypts here and there in the
foreground?
— Detlef Hupfeld
I love the large piece of wood. It's a great constrast to the bright green surrounding it. I would like to see more colors even if it was simply more shades of green. Along with some constrasting colors I'd like to see a few constrasting leaf shapes.

There are areas of the tank that seen very dark. I've encountered similar lighting problems on my 46g bowfront.
— Chuck Gadd

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 183 × 61 × 81 cm
Title Discus Repose
Volume 907L
Background Black paint.
Lighting 2 - 4-foot fluorescent w/2-10K 110-watt and 2-Trichromatic 110-watt bulbs.
Filtration 2- Eheim 2260 canisters.
Plants Amazon Sword, Red Rubin Sword, Ozelot Sword, Rose Sword, Cryptocoryne spiralis, Echinodorus quadricostatus, Lilaeopsis novae-zelandae, Glossostigma elatinoides.
Animals Symphysodon (discus) species, Cardinal Tetras, Bleeding-Heart Tetras, O-Cats, Yamato shrimp.
Materials Laterite, Terra-Lit, Flourite + Natural quartz gravel. "Iron-Root" wood.
Additional Information This is a bow-front aquarium, not shot with a fisheye lens! Discus have thrived for past 10 months with two pairs that spawn regularly. The foreground has held up very well through Discus feeding, foraging, etc. This has proven a very viable layout for discus in my experience.

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