ok so my discus tank in the works

ok so im turning my 40 breeder into a discus tank i plane on stocking it with around 6 discus around 15 neon tetras and if i can keep them alive ill get some more corys so my planes are these thanks to my good buddy Mitch im going to get peat pads for my filters to help soften the water a bit and ima have a amazon sword or 2 in there some anubis as many plants as i can to keep allege away i have drift wood in there now its just idk what plants i could do low light so norm help me out and chirs and any ideas on how many to stock or what not please drop in on this this is going to be my new pride and joy ima have to work hard to remember no salt and stuff this is a diff thing for me but i love challenges so any yall got any ideas pointers drop them on me

D, none of my planted tanks have any special lighting or CO2 or anything, and the plants grow well.
I'm not sure of the exact names of some of them. I used Flourish, and Flourish Excel, and the subtrate tablets when I started them, but ran out and haven't used any lately, and most of the plants are doing well.j
I don't know the names of most of them, but i can try to look some of them up. BTW, Amazon Sword is not my favorite plant....

ok thanks J and yea i love them to

Diskus is nice! I had a 70 gallon diskus tank as a room divider years ago. Are you planing a bigger tank for them later on because 40 gallon is to small for fully grown diskus?

They are great fish..

well didnt get them this time but i got some tetras and i forgot the name of it but some cool loach or pleco idr and i got a Brazilian sword anubis java fern and some moss the tetras are really washed out they will get better

hill stream loach, cool fish

yea wicked in person he is already eating the diatoms in the back of the tank and woops forgot the tank shot

cool kid, are you sure those are tetras? i dont know my tetras very well but those fish look like some rasboras my wife had some years ago and you might ask the plant folks here but i think your going to need more plants to starve out the algae so it doesnt cover the plants and kill them, keep up the good work boy.

It's looking good. I like the wood and the plants. Are you planning on putting a background on it? I think it would make it look really nice.

yea its those mitch sorry long night last night and bettey next thing on my list the lil loach guy went to town i put a mirrow on the side for them rosbaors so they can have the schooling feeling

im glad everything made it back there alright d, thanks for coming out. and tell ur dad a million thank-you's: u lucked out for him to drive u all the way down here... good dad.

yea and dont worry about it is all my plants in good spots? and i am going to try and get 12 hours of light at least a day that good?

The tank looks great . Hope to see some discus there soon.

yea im going to do it right this time and have a new shipmeant waiting for me lol

so this cork screw plant that idk what it is is doing good its got like 2 3 new leaves already

found me a snail that came with the plants

here is a update for yall

im curious to what the brown looking roots are on my java fern any answers ?

looks like the same snails I have, Physa sp
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Physa_Snail.php
http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/crustaceans/Physa_sp_/

They are roots from the little baby plants.

thanks jeff and betty will they like fall off and grow new plants?

Yes, they will.

aww baller im doing some thing right wooottttt how does my riccta moss look?

Good job it looks great