Vegetable Filtration 3 Month Update & Discus Tank Update!

[@cali-girlfishkeeping2657]

My favorite two tanks back to back, Predator Bay and the Discus Tank. Great video!!

[@AquariumDomain.]

You deserve to have videos of your favorite tanks back to back, you have been a great supporter of the channel!! Thank you!!

[@kenwood5535]

your Your tanks are awesome, I watch a lot of fish related videos and what I appreciate most is that you create sustainable environments. Almost anyone could do 5o% water changes 3x per week but you just do it right and that is the most impressive part! Keep up the great content.

[@AquariumDomain.]

Appreciate that!! You nailed exactly what I strive for, natural ecosystems that produce healthy/happy fish and largely sustain themselves.

[@philcarlino6942]

Love the update, vegetable filtration is awesome. Some support fish I'd add to the discus tank would be festivums and/or keyhole cichlids. Festivums swim more toward the top of the tank and the keyholes swim more toward the bottom. Both are great fish, subtle and peaceful with your stocking. Looking forward to all the updates. Take care.

[@AquariumDomain.]

Both good suggestions! I am especially fond of Keyhole Cichlid, also thinking about possibly an Apisto pair or try to add some more Rams. Lot's of room for more additions and lots of good choices...now to see if any of my favorite online fish retailers have these guys in stock.

[@timhorvat7432]

You should add a huge school of pencil fish in the discus tank. I had a breeding colony of the red beckfords and they were super pretty and had more active and interesting behavior than tetras. I’ve also had the “brown Pencilfish ” which is nannostomus eques I believe and also I’ve had nannostomus unifasciatus both of which have that awesome 45° swimming angle and would look great with the floating plants roots.

[@AquariumDomain.]

Good suggestion! Pencil fish added to the list! :-)

[@Brad.Hobbies]

The discus are really growing fast, tank looks awesome. I use frogbit in a 40b for my discus filter, it's very easy for low maintenance.

[@AquariumDomain.]

Thanks Brad! I added frogbit, water lettuce and water hyacinth and so far they are all doing well. Oh and a few red root floaters. :-)

[@Brad.Hobbies]

@@AquariumDomain. I tried the red root floaters before but I wasn't running my lights long enough, and they were probably under powdered and also I'd say I likely had flow from an oxygen tube disturbing them. I'll watch to see if you have better luck, they're really nice when they are happy.

[@groutline123]

Hello, could you tell me what the plant names are that you use as filtration? I only know the pothos. Thanks

[@AquariumDomain.]

For emergent grown plants I am using the Pothos and Peace Lilies, for floating plants I am using water hyacinth, water lettuce, frogbit and red root floaters.

[@groutline123]

@@AquariumDomain. Thank you very much!

[@chainsawtrout4342]

awesome nature tanks and good stuff your doing with the plants i love it♥

[@AquariumDomain.]

Thank you!!

[@djloberg]

I would love to try Discus some day but I keep seeing information about them needing bare bottoms and daily to weekly 95% water changes and I know that’s not me. This kind of tank I could do and lo and behold the discus are still alive and looking fantastic!

[@AquariumDomain.]

Definitely that style of Discus fish keeping is not the only way to keep Discus...and is certainly not my method. If you have a well established aquarium with stable biological filtration, suitable tank mates and water temperature between 79-86° F, you should have no problem keeping Discus.

[@BigStevesGlassBoxes]

I think serpae tetras are very underrated. I always overlooked them. Till I bought some one day, on a whim. Now I love them. They're tough as nails! And bright red! Great video. You have a lot going on!

[@AquariumDomain.]

Agreed, they look great. I think since they have been around a long time people sleep on them.

[@dennisking7633]

How do you properly grow your Pothos out of your tanks. I bought some to do just that, but not sure where to start.

[@brettneedham3713]

Clean all the dirt off the roots, place with zip ties to something and just leave the roots in the water , my porthos has leaves the size of basketballs

[@AquariumDomain.]

Like Brett commented, clean all the dirt off the roots and then use a twist tie or something similar to attach the pothos onto something right at the top of the water, keeping the plant just above the water. It will drop down roots into the water and then it should be off to the races!

[@dennisking7633]

Thank you both for the info.

[@markvanderloos2422]

Awesome tanks, loving the plants in the filter. what kind off plants are u using, (the ones that grow out of the filter) looking to fill my sump whith some plants, also did u use special lighting?

[@AquariumDomain.]

Thanks! The filter is mostly Peace Lillies, but there is also some Pothos in there as well. Lighting is just a generic LED flood light with 5500K color temperature.

[@jameskett5241]

You might be able to sell those lettuce plants wholesale. I know a bunch of pet stores by me that sell them. Then again, I live in San Diego where ponds go all year long.

[@AquariumDomain.]

I should reach out to some local pond stores, I bet I could harvest 90% of them and wholesale them at the beginning of pond season. Not like they won't grow right back lol :-p

[@jameskett5241]

@@AquariumDomain. lol, yes sir. Spending all of that money on this, you might as well make a little from it.

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Nice job

[@AquariumDomain.]

Thanks!

[@travislay5672]

How longdo you run the sump lights for the plants? Thinking of adding this to my discus tank build

[@AquariumDomain.]

I do 8-10 for bog plants (peace lilly, etc.) and 10-12 for full sun floaters like water hyacinth, frogbit and water lettuce.

[@jasontessitore9690]

You may want to look into some Apistogramma species. Apistogramma Cacatuoides Apistogramma Borelli Apistogramma Agassizi

[@AquariumDomain.]

You read my mind...I have a pair of Apistogramma on my list and I checked out all the ones you listed and Apistogramma Macmasteri. Hard part is choosing between them. :-)

[@jasontessitore9690]

There is a mouth brooding Apisto. Goes by the name Apistogramma Barlowi. Also Apistogramma trifasciata are awesome looking. As well as Apistogramma Panduri. I could go on forever. There are so many. McMasteri are awesome

[@AquariumDomain.]

@@jasontessitore9690 That is exactly the problem...too many awesome fish to keep. That is why I am building the basement annex...I need more ecosystem tanks! 🙂

[@bksmotherman]

Awesome!!! What temp do you keep your discus tank sir?

[@AquariumDomain.]

Temp 82° F

[@bksmotherman]

Thanks so much!!!

[@Rickyyy728]

First time on your channel and I love your tanks! I’m trying to do something like this. What temp do you keep your tanks at? I just got a few water lettice and duckweed to fill my tank and my temp is 86 but idk if my plants will live. I just put them in 2 days ago.

[@AquariumDomain.]

Thanks, welcome to the channel! 86° all the time is going to be kinda rough on most submerged plants. Water Lettuce should be OK at that temp, as it is a full sun plant with emergent growth. I tested out a few temps with my Discus and found that 82° was the sweet spot for me. They did noticeable poorer in less than 80° water, but did excellent in between 82° and 86°, so I have been on 82° for years now with them.

[@chickenfist1554]

My first dream Discus tank ended up in a skip so currently planning on getting into it again after a 22 year break lol. Got to love the Discus tank. What are the dimensions of it?

[@AquariumDomain.]

Yeah, I cannot believe I waited as long as I did to startup a Discus tank...absolutely love it. Mine is a 220, 72L"x24D"x30T"

[@ryangillies5279]

Turquoise discus look great ! Toward your chum not your thumb. Bloodfin tetras would be great or some red head tapajos.

[@AquariumDomain.]

Lol, :-) Good call on the Bloodfin Tetra...underrated fish in my book.

[@GlitchAQ]

If the pothos gets rooted watch it take off then. Great video!

[@AquariumDomain.]

Hehe...I can imagine :-)

[@NACHO_-LIBRE]

I root prune my pothos garden on my 225. Had it for 4 years now

[@NACHO_-LIBRE]

Monstera is wild 😂😂😂

[@AquariumDomain.]

For now I am letting them go, but both the Pothos plant and its root structure are starting to get pretty crazy lol :-p

[@robertjohnston25]

I think the discus tank looks fantastic. Personally don’t think it needs anymore fishy friends. But I can’t help but suggest maybe some sterbai corydoras, even though I know that’s not really what you were lookin for 😅

[@AquariumDomain.]

I was checking thewetspot to see what they had in stock and saw the sterbai cory and was thinking about getting some lol :-) Even though I was a couple of medium sized fish to complement the Discus, I was also thinking about beefing up my cory pack.

[@matheuseduardogianesini8552]

Aquaponics only? No another biomedia?

[@AquariumDomain.]

The first chamber of the sump is a K1 moving bed filter, rest of the filtration is plant based.

[@matheuseduardogianesini8552]

@@AquariumDomain. thanks for the info!

[@timothyacord4106]

Just found your older post so I guess this is a Schrodinger's cat situation... I hope the cat survived the toxic plants that you placed within easy grazing range of the kitty. (In the same low vicinity where you drilled your hand.) Maybe try non-toxic Spider Plant instead of ones (Pothos, Philodendron, etc.) that a quick Google search says can cause cats "intense burning and irritation of the mouth, tongue, and lips, excessive drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing, pawing at the mouth, loss of appetite, skin irritation, and breathing difficulty."

[@AquariumDomain.]

Fortunately for me my cat has shown no interest in Pothos (or any other house plant we have) over the last 14 years. 😊

[@timothyacord4106]

@@AquariumDomain. Glad to hear that. I just suspended spider plants above my 120g planted aquarium. I first saw the semi-submerged trick to remove nitrates on KZbin with cat toxic plants. I kept searching until I found a plant that was non-toxic to both cats and fish. When I sat the new spider plant down to prepare it for aquarium duty, one of my cats charged at it like a joyous child at a toy car on Christmas morning.

[@AquariumDomain.]

@@timothyacord4106 That is actually good to know, Spider Plants look great in my opinion and I love the way the runners hang down...I can think of just the tank where one of those would be perfect! Thanks for the tip! 😊

[@michaelharvey8581]

Here's one for the algorithm

[@AquariumDomain.]

Very much appreciated!! :-)

[@brettneedham3713]

Be prepared to find babies in the floating plants you just moved 😎😎

[@AquariumDomain.]

Good point...I didn't even check. I saw all the baby Serpae Tetra down in the caves and near the substrate, but there could have been some hiding up top for sure.

[@EnJoY120]

Add Emperor Tetras, Otto's and some Gold and GB Rams. My two cents.

[@AquariumDomain.]

I love all of those suggestions....all going onto the list! :-)

[@EnJoY120]

@@AquariumDomain. Nice, yea I think that would add nicely to your mix with the Discus. You don't want to detract at all from them, just compliment. Also...just wanted to say that you're one of my favorite channels. No gimmicky crap, huge tanks, lots of DIY stuff, but most importantly a lot of really beautiful and healthy fish. I'm shocked you don't have 10x more followers.

[@AquariumDomain.]

@@EnJoY120 Thank you!! I have been lucky that even though I don't have a ton of followers I do have very high quality ones. I have really enjoyed sharing the hobby with other passionate fish keepers and I always look forward to the comments because so many of them are very insightful!

[@ICreatedJB]

Fish are scared of cameras because the look like huge eyeballs

[@AquariumDomain.]

True. I just need my Mbunu to be as brave as my Discus lol :-P

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Just subscribed. I'm doing similar work in my tanks with similar results! Would love your support :)

[@AquariumDomain.]

Thank you! I will check out your channel for sure! :-)

[@trollchad123]

Love from India ❤️

[@AquariumDomain.]

Thank you! :-)