PLANTED DISCUS TANK - FULL AQUASCAPE TUTORIAL

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

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[@passenger3]

Gorgeous George ! #excusethepun 😆😜 It looks GREAT 👍 👌

[@passenger3]

It has to be rummy nose tetras or neon tetras. Although I think the neons (big shoul) would really compliment that colour of discus

[@passenger3]

The ammonia/nitrite and especially the nitrates are more deadly at that temperature aswell George 👍

[@snook5555]

Got it :D

[@newmexicoaquatics282]

I think Santa got it for me! - Little Bobby

[@darrylmoore5847]

That was fantastic. The only problem is I now really want a large Discus tank.

[@animetronic6689]

That’s not a problem! 😂 😂 😂

[@talon8537]

Hell I am considering taking the "beast" out of my storage and finding a home for it and setting it up. The beast was originally set up as saltwater , then converted to freshwater set up. The beast is a 200 gallon tank , stand , canopy , lights , filtration all in an unused closet in my basement. It takes up an entire wall. So have to figure out where to place it

[@ericplunder2744]

I love that George shows work "in progress". He shows us algae issues with new set-ups and other problems. It is not great when people just do a big reveal of something that is already perfect. When you have a problem, but know that "oh that happened to George" people will stay engaged and not throw in the towel.

[@frankvanerkel6763]

Finally someone who is talking about the oase premium lighting!!

[@SteveHinrichs]

I really liked you comment that scraping should be purposefully and deliberate. Also, it is therapeutic. It has helped me personally. Great looking fish, awesome tank, and amazing video. Thank you...

[@PENFOLD1962]

Pure, pure white Dwarf Angel's in a happy 20 - 30 plus shoul! Against all the Black Back Ground and the Amazing Discus would look stunning. I'm now depressed, I have seen the tank and fish that dreams are made of.... but, I'll never have but hey I can carry on dreaming eh with my small tank and 3 Fancy Goldfish! You are such a lucky guy, take care my friend 👍😷👍 BIG THUMBS-UP ALL DAY AND NIGHT LONG 👍😷👍I've really enjoyed every second.

[@njbaquatics4827]

I must say it is nice to finally see a tank where the fish are the emphasis don’t get me wrong I love the look of everything you do. But for me the fish will always be the star of the show and this tank is beautiful

[@phillamoore157]

How beautiful. I've conquered just about every tank I've ever wanted....except a planted discus tank, which from what I've heard, is incredibly challenging. After installing my wall reef tank, my financial advisor (better known as my wife), I've been cut-off, at this point...lol. So, I'll just have to live vicariously through you. Outstanding job, George!

[@fload46d]

Your book is great, George. Lots of great tips and ideas. I also like this tank and the discus are exactly what I would choose. They are beautiful. My 110 gallon is on its way. Mine will have a rim. But I am making my own cabinet. The basic 2X4 skeleton is finished. It's all deck screws and waterproof wood glue. It will have a stained red oak outside part of which will be structural to help with the cross stresses. It will have an end cabinet as well as the central part like yours but it will have a sump filter. It will be SA themed with Apistos, Angels, Rams, Tetras, Pencils, Corys and Hatchets, some shrimp and snails. Most of my equipment will be American made. All the best, George and keep up the good work.

[@squamsh122]

Your videos are so peaceful. This my brain reset channel

[@michaeljdt9235]

Rimless looks so much better

[@FireMonkeyX5]

24:23 You should get bristlenose plecos for the algae, corydoras catfish as bottom feeders to eat the leftover beefheart, and cardinal tetras and rummynose tetras as dither fish (they have a calming effect on the discus).

[@James_NatureAquatics]

Truly love this video and the sequence you put it in! Music is spot on as well. The master has rocked it again! Love how you always catch yourself saying your rambling.... I don’t consider it that but even so full of information. I am a better scaper today thanks to you! Thank you for this wonderful video, beautiful scape, information, and of course your wonderful book!

[@HeRo-qd6tk]

Thank you for your honesty. The bigger fish have different needs and you succeeded because you care. Very nice tanks for them..

[@j.b.abraham4175]

Discus are my all time favorite tropical fish. Beautiful set up.

[@owencasey6444]

Stunning discus fish George, I have around 40 cardinal tetras in with my discus and they look amazing! I have a planted tank also running CO2 with the temp around 28.5-29.4•C depending on overnight temps!

[@timothy_b03]

How big is your aquarium? And how many discus? I’m trying to setup a tank as well and was wondering what i can get away with

[@Masso1973]

No shoal fish, discus serenity is unique, I miss mine. Absolutely my favorite fish. Don’t have a tank anymore, but you got me flying back to memory lane when you said how intelligent they are. They were real pets to me, recognized me, actually scared of strangers and they felt better when I was around them. Very costly fish though, I wish they were less high maintenance, but again, absolute stunners you got there.

[@cindyannohara]

Stunning tank and the discus are absolutely gorgeous!!

[@davidclayton7166]

Great video, love the Discuss tank

[@fuxington]

Those red and blue turqoise was my first discus

[@fuxington]

give them some live red worms they will love you :D

[@ALBerge]

Beautiful fish... TY for sharing. From Norway.Anja

[@erichenglmann9922]

You asked for fish suggestions. I keep a large school of cardinal tetras in my planted discus tank. The schooling activity is fun to watch when the discus swim by. I also like otocats in the tank. They will eat algae off of plant leaves

[@snipernote]

Thanks for this video ... You inspired me to start planning my first discus tank ever

[@tropicaltanklover2160]

My Mrs is concerned that I pay more attention and look more lovingly at George Farmer 's videos and my 2 tanks more than I do her... she's probably right!

[@matthewsands1453]

Thanks George. Wonderful to see this tank at last. Gorgeous fish. You enjoy them for all of us who can't own them and we'll just watch on admiringly. My favourite fertiliser is Osmacote for ponds. I only add it underground every 6 months and the plants definitely tell me when they need more and respond quickly. It's only a new tank and I'm sure the plants will appreciate a helping hand until the biofilm bulds. Enjoy and thanks again for your videos and devotion to this channel. Regards Matt

[@salsung73]

I love a shoal of Congo tetra. They are one of my favourite fish 🐟

[@LaurieDeBruyn]

That is my dreamtank to have in my home one day. It looks nice and those discus look stunning

[@richaxe3099]

You’ve done it again George! Great job! How about a massive group of embers.....? Nice contrast with the blue and the black background would pop. Or, rummy nose.

[@VictoriaLeeCreates]

I love the stainless steel details

[@lifeisatrip8993]

Awesome set up George! I come to your channel for inspiration and you never disappoint. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

[@rdsattube]

Rummynose tetras would be a great, complimentary 2nd fish. Tank looks great. You’re right “high line” needs low iron, high-clarity glass. Hope that’s available before they release in the USA.

[@dennisvanopstal7360]

Awesome tank George, i love it ! For additional fish i would keep it simple. A small school of Corydora Sterbai. They tolerate the higher water temperature. Red Beckford Pencil fish. Nice dither fish with contrasting colours from the Discus fish. And something else as Tetras. Not sure if you want algae eaters. But i have an Albino Butterfly Bristlenose Ancistrus. When it swims through the tank it looks majesticly with the long fins.

[@myfishni]

Was gf best video..love the transparency..great job

[@samchar7107]

Hi George, You truly outdid yourself on this video, I have now watched it 5 times, it is majestic, beautifully shot but at the same time brutally honest and being open to the struggles with the fish , showing the algae challenges etc and it not being perfect. It is a stunning work of art that will only get better congrats !! I aspire to a discus tank to add to my existing 3 scapes and thank you for your inspiration.

[@etiennewiid1672]

Morning George! Thanks it was a long one in the making, but well worth the wait! Ja Discus aren’t the easiest fish to keep but all so rewarding when you get it right eventually for me! Awesome tips on the hole process from start to end! I have learned a few things like every video i wacth on your channel! Thanks man keep them coming! Cheers mate

[@johndin7730]

Cardinal tetras are good fishes to consider. They do well with Discus and do well with higher water temperature.

[@debayanroy4167]

I think I m seeing u for the first time smiling😀😀😀😀

[@cichlidscape]

Love to see it! Discus are looking great George!👌🏻

[@lou9294]

Love the aquascape my brother thank you so much for all your information and all your knowledge may God continue to bless you on your journey in life be safe

[@jessicaann1679]

Love this. I think Diamond tetra would be a stunning contrast to the discus.

[@AngellusBlack]

Yes!

[@salsung73]

This is a great video. Thanks for making it. I really liked how you went through the hardscaping process 🐠👍😁

[@fandango1111]

The tank an the fish look amazing! I would add some corydoras, perhaps sterbai (my favorites), to hoover up any leftover food and a large school of Cardinal tetras. The reds and blues in tetras will compliment the reds and blues in your discus really beautifully, I think. Looking forward to seeing the tank mature over the time now. It is probably going to become one of my favourite tanks on KZbin of all times! I shall be eagerly waiting for updates. My only very slight criticism would be about the fast moving floating plants. As useful as they are, visually in my opinion, they slightly spoil the tranquillity of the slow and calming energy of the discus. What a super video! Thank you for sharing your experiences- the bad and the good :)

[@darrenderousse4804]

Another great video George! Who doesn’t want discus after this video! Thank you for helping me get the aquascaping bug! I really would love to see a big school of cardinal tetras! Or black neons?!

[@BravoD1Nonly]

Love your book george.. oh I also found a few typos..lol.. keep doing a great job. Love your tanks..

[@vinniejudilla3921]

Great to see you George. The fish look great and I'm happy for you. Happy holidays to you and yours👍🌿

[@DeanR3]

Tank looks fantastic stick with it george it will be worth it in the end 😁👍

[@AquaGardenAquariums]

Nice fishes Geroge! 🐠

[@nielnaidoo6483]

Brilliant content George I am in the process of setting up a discus tank as well and this does inspire a planted tank Welldone 👏🏾👏🏾

[@paulhunt2888]

Hi George, Firstly I would like to thank you on another great vlog. My choice for other fish would be Corydoras Sterbai to aid your Amano Shrimp in cleaning the substrate and for a shoaling fish I would go with Cardinal Tetras or Rummy Nose Tetras. Looking forward to watching the progression of this already gorgeous aquarium 👍

[@akhmadmiftakhulilmi6461]

The plant and discus combination are great , loved it

[@KogreX03]

Awesome video and great colour choice for the discus. I love the scape and wish you luck with this setup. Really stunning. I think a rummy nose tetra would pop against the black background.

[@cookie.dou_scapes]

They're beautiful. I was thinking about using Discus this year... and now I may have to really hunt some down.

[@simonbailey8814]

Beautiful scape and discus

[@peterscott6672]

I think a good dither fish would be lemon tetra slightly bigger than the normal cardinals and rummy nose , underrated beauty’s

[@kelleyforeman]

I love lemon tetras! Great idea!

[@77freakin]

Ok, I read 'dinner fish' 😯

[@robtaylor8816]

I kept some, and I like them, but they are merciless shrimp hunters when they get larger.

[@demtanks3491]

Such a beautiful job you have done on this aquarium and home you have established for the discus (and shrimp 😄) I think blue-eyed golden congo tetras would be gorgeous additions as a shoal of dither fish for the discus!! Looking forward to your future videos on this setup!

[@newmexicoaquatics282]

Beautiful. I going to vote for cardinal tetras... a species, along with discus, that I might not ever keep, so I can live vicariously through your scape! Cheeri-O! - Little Bobby

[@sarahbelmonte8888]

I really love this George. The scape is gorgeous and the fish a drop dead gorgeous. I’m really envious and hope one day I might have a beautiful tank like yours. Thanks for the warts and all video 🐠 and I thought maybe Congo Tretra’s.

[@wilbee6272]

Stunning fish and great set up - truly inspirational!

[@whiteboy-lc9rs]

Awsome tank good luck with the plants very hard to keep in a discus tank and keep your eye on the brown algae

[@BenOchart]

Great job George. I'm about to get back into discus and paid very close attention to your very well described process.

[@Stavrosmct]

Looks great George, they are wonderful pets. Look forward to getting the book in the post. Take care.

[@ADHDAquatics]

Very beautiful tank I enjoyed seeing it. Thank you ❤️

[@warrenmckenzie5617]

Nice tank, beautiful fish, excellent presentation, just waiting on my new tank to arrive from Germany, so I may emulate your ideas. Without doubt your companion fish have to be cardinals.

[@sreekanth2603]

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[@johnVidBozo]

Beautiful tank. Love the scape. Other fish to consider are Corydoras sterbai for cleanup and cool factor. At least 12 for that tank. For a free swimming fish I love the old standard of Cardinal tetra. The blue stripe would go good with the beautiful Discus you have. If you wanted something else, rummy nose tetras would just glow in that tank. Just because they are common doesn't mean they are not spectacular.

[@justjamie1632]

Beautiful tank I love lidded tanks. My fish suggestion is adding a few flying foxes, and maybe a few long finned bristle nose plecos (the blue eyed ones are really pretty) - the shrimp will be continue to be tasty treats for the discus they love hunting.

[@justjamie1632]

Also if you want a little shole I suggest some black neon tetras - the flying foxes and the pleco will help with algae on the plants

[@justjamie1632]

Also, please keep these guys forever - it’s beautiful 🤩

[@andywright41]

The tank looks fantastic George, and I really enjoyed the video. Lots of corydoras duplicareas would be good if they can take the temperature. The p1 dosing pump is so easy to use. Please make a set up video of it. There isnt any decent ones on you tube.

[@genyosha16]

A large planted discus tank is my dream setup

[@TheDevilcup]

In Singapore where i am living, water temp is constantly 28-29 degree C. It seems like what you have mentioned is so true as my 3 month old 80% planted tank give a lot of organic waste, not to mention waste from the fishes. Having doing 50-60% water change weekly seems to be not enough as the dust and other algae keeps coming back. I will try more freq water change to see if helps or not. Oh as for shoaling fishes, bigger tetra like congo tetra might be a good choice.

[@martinredfern9130]

Hi George, great video on a great looking tank. Love the Discus. I would love to see a huge shoal of Asian Rummynose in there , the colours would complement the Discus, and a shoal of Sterbei cories hoovering around the bottom. Sorry I’ve not been active on the channel for a while. All the best , Martin

[@NeilConafray]

Your tanks are always stunning George and such an inspiration to us fish lovers ! How about some Apistogramma to add even more color and activity in there ? Aloha from Oahu, Hawaii. 🤙🏼

[@peterscott6672]

I have just set up my first ever aqua cape tank after following you on your channel, it’s a 4ft tank mid tach no co2 yet, so far following your brilliant information on setting up everything has gone well, had the standard staghorn algorithm but now on top with liquid carbon , and frets , would love you to open up a section where subscribers can send in a video of tank for your comments , as you say loving it so far and keep scapeing

[@zakhennell8776]

Emperor Tetra could look awesome!

[@spencerbray2054]

Another amazing video George! i have been looking forward to this one for a while! I really hope to keep discus one day!

[@joostwoertman7224]

Nice to see this complete video. A very huge commitment this tank with these fish! I understand there is plenty reasons to get my temperature a bit down. My experience with the bleheri is that the stems tend to grow to absurd length before the leaves start. The leaves also are less long but more compact and coming out of the water... Makes me wonder if I actually had Bleheri in my tank?

[@ashurgeorge4604]

Nice work George. You're one of the greats buddy!

[@discus1018]

Awesome tutorial. Thanks for putting the video together in such detail, the aquascape looks great!

[@freshwaternature696]

Beautiful tank!!

[@heroshotaquatics]

Beautiful tank George, to be honest I wouldn’t add any other fish. Great job, looking forward to see those crypts grow in.

[@shrimpfatheruk8599]

Beef heart is the best to feed. I use to mix a little garlic into the mix to aid digestion and other bits. Great work George ☺️

[@jc49fishniner4lif7]

I REALLY LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND I THINK A SCHOOL OF RUMYNOSE TETRAS WILL LOOK AWESOME IN THERE THANKS FOR POSTING ALL THOSE AWESOME VIDEOS,AND ONE MORE THING PLEASE POST MORE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE'S FISH TANKS 💯👍👍

[@stevennapier814]

So Beautiful

[@JeroenFleer]

Wauw youre a busy guy with all these aquariums! Discus fish in my opinion the most difficult fish te keep. Hope youre plants can deal with high temperature! They are big shitters and food leftovers can become problem. It all comes down to water refresh water refresh water refresh ;-)

[@kennethdewitte9289]

Hi Georges, if you use white sand or filtersand ,the discus woud be better looking, they seems to colour dark now because you scaped the tank dark. It is also better to see sickness en better agains algea. It is easyer to clean. But nice tank! Grts

[@njbaquatics4827]

Another thing I would love to know your water parameters as I know this is something discuss are also very sensitive to I’m actually putting together a very similar set up at the moment so expect plenty of questions great job keep up the good work

[@donnymarkowitz8413]

Your book was amazing!

[@Mukipool]

Wow bro this was an amazing video i love an u answered all the questions i was going to ask u in the comments well done its a beautify of an aquarium i think its my favorite...also i think cherry barbs with go amazingly with the black background

[@VinylUnboxings]

George next time you visit a giant tank / exhibit you should suggest they do one of those 3D camera mapping things so people can see it in VR. Would be a cool way to get a better appreciation for things we'd otherwise just see in videos

[@monaangela4667]

Thank you for this helpful and fantastic video. Wow those fish are so beautiful. Congrats for this amazing work 👍👌

[@eewrie]

Hi George new to aqua scaping did my first one in may and I'm hooked love your videos. I know your the oase ambassador for the uk. Have you heard any news on the highline 600 or the scaperline range. I saw oase videos that these are for 2021/2022 line up, cant find any information on their website or anywhere. Really love the highline range.

[@KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom]

Absolutely stunning mate

[@KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom]

Hi mate, would u be interested in doing a video for my collaboration video?

[@PlantedElement]

Incredible setup, George. Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers.

[@michaelcrawford2094]

Best video you've ever done!

[@johnstarkey4959]

I can totally understand your stress George, BUT hey you got there and this is going to be a super stunning setup when it all falls into place and matures nice and slowly, and how knows maybe you will have some baby farmer discus in the future.

[@DrSKMetz]

I was curious about the amano shrimp. Everything I've seen lists their upper temperature range as 78 F and I'd planned to keep my discus tank at 82 F.

[@sgtbilko2950]

Hey George been scouring the net for inspiration on my first fish tank and I've been massively unimpressed.... until I stumbled across your channel Great work 👌

[@sgtbilko2950]

I've ordered your book from Amazon :)

[@FishRfun]

Great video and great timing. My new roommate when we find a place is a master at all things fish and manages a lfs. So he can help me with my 55g and 15g, and he said his first profect after getting his other tanks set up, is a custom 125g discus tank with r/o water in barrels because we live near St Pete Florida and have horrible living situations. I dont drink and neither does he, and i dont need another drunk roommate. But living in a home with a tank like that will be incredible. Plus all the stuff he can teach me. I only started about 2 years ago in the hobby and feel like i should know a lot more than i do by now, so im a bit insecure. What do you find their absolute favorite food is?

[@scottwatson8630]

Gorgeous. Hope you’re cracking on with the podcast season 2 😜

[@brendonpurnell2564]

Nice tank! I have a 6ft planted discus tank and a large school of rummy nose tetras work well to clean up the food mess in the water column. I can push water changes out to once every two weeks (handy for when I go away). Unfortunately anything smaller (like a neon tetra) might end up being expensive discus food.

[@westgeorgiaaquatics2003]

Love your aquascaping tutorial videos. Real inspiration!!!