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hornedtoad1

hello catg,
i've been thinking about setting up an npt tank with discus, and would be really interested in how yours turns out for you. are you planning on doing an npt, or will yours be hi-tech?
i don't even know if it would be possible to run an npt tank at discus temperatures--has anybody heard of that happening? if anybody knows anything about it, please share.
thanks.

hornedtoad1

i've been checking on plants that might do well at higher temps in a walstad type aquarium, and there are a number of them--some fast growers like bacopa monnieri, myriophyllum aquaticum, cabomba aquatica, hygrophila poplysperma and the eternal duckweed; foreground plants like java moss and ech. tenellus. riccia does well at higher temps, too, and others as well, of course. the crypts are out, and the anubias, but maybe something in a pot with roots growing into the tank. probably wind up with large groupings of a few species.
would sure appreciate some thoughts on all this; maybe it's just not practical.

CatG

I decided not to go the NPT route, and instead am using an inert, high CEC substrate with root tabs and water column ferts. It's not exactly high tech as I do not plan to use CO2 because of the high temps and the tank height, but I do have a high light fixture. I may dial back the light though if the lack of CO2 becomes a problem.

So, I am afraid I won't be able to provide you with useful info, but hopefully someone else can. I am pretty new to all of this, but I am fairly sure it would work, and might work really well. If you keep the tank at 82 degrees, there are several plants that will tolerate that temp.


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hornedtoad1

sounds like a good working solution. let us know how it works, it'll be interesting to keep up with it.
82 degrees would be good, that's not so terribly high.