It has been almost 1 month since the introduction of the 7 wild discus into the tank. As expected, I had to do some major changes to my routine and I thought it was time to update.
Previously, I had 6 pieces of Buce Sp. Kishii (aka Skeleton King) - labelled Plant 1 to 6. Here's an update.
Plant 1 and 2 had completely withered away.
Plant 3 was going the same way as Plant 2 but I decided to shift it to Plant 5 location since it was doing ok.
Plant 4 is holding on.. but I don't think it will last.
Plant 6 is doing ok but not fantastic.
I fear I will eventually lose all of them given that the priority is now on the discus.
I also had a water lily at the right side of the tank. Sadly it is withering away despite my best effort to out a few root tabs around it.
The rest of the plants are doing ok but I am monitoring them closely as I have stopped dosing nitrates and phosphates. This is because the bioload of my tank had gone up a fair bit. I am only maintaining potassium and CO2.
My pH pen is due for a calibration so don't really know my pH for now. But kH is between 2 and 3 and gH is around 9 and 10. Nitrite and Ammonia is zero and Nitrate is around 40 ppm.
Without further ado... here's the current pictures of my tank...
I guess the discus had pretty much taken over the tank and the plants and the scape are now their background... I suppose that is much preferred as opposed to the discus being in the background and plants in the foreground.