Akasha's Tanks And Fish

[Akasha72]

Hey everyone. I've been really enjoying following some of the journals so I thought I'd start one for my own tanks.
 
So maybe I should start with my Juwel Rio 240. I've had this tank 2 years now and it was bought second hand from one of our old members (coldcazzie)
 
I guess I'll start with some photo's of when this tank was new so we can see how it's evolved over 2 years
 

 
 
Fish in!!
 

 

 
And then curviceps celebrated the move with a spawn
 

 
At this time the light tubes made everything look really red. As soon as I got the chance I got them switched for something more natural

Electric Blue Rams
 

 
Laetacara Curviceps
 

 
Tank finally clear and looking good
 

 
Ancistrus Catfish
 

 
Bolivian Ram
 

 

 
My stunning red tigar lotus - now dead I think
 

 
And then BBA struck the tank
 

having problems adding anymore photo's. Photobucket is running so slow and now things have frozen here too. I'll add more later if it will let me

 

[gmc1]

Lovely jubbly.the pics are very clear.

 

[LyraGuppi]

Very nice! 

 

[Akasha72]

okay ... part two
 
Starting with my favourite photo of curviceps. I miss these guys so much and I hope very soon to be able to get another pair
 

 
Siamese Algae Eaters
 

 
Cories!
 

 
One very fat oto!
 

 
And then the angels arrived!
 
Smokey Blushing Angel
 

 
Comedy shot!
 

 
Platinum Pearlscale Angel
 

 
Not really sure what this one was ... got some chocolate in there
 

tank getting a really nice grown in look by now
 
 
 

 
And then these two paired off!
 
 
 

 
Nematobrycon Palmeri Tetra
 

 
 
The first of many baby panda survivors - now up to one or two per month
 

 
One tank cleaned by the SAE's!
 

 

 

[BettaBettas]

very very beautiful tank, inspirational at the least

 

[LyraGuppi]

Those amazon swords are amazing!

 

[nic1]

Wow! looks lush
Your lotus flower probably needs resting for it to sprout again, I accidentally found this out with my one. It was dead for a long time so I took it out and stuck it in a plastic cup under the tank and forgot about it, around 4 months later I was having a clear out and found it so I decided to plant it again...it floated and bobbed about at the surface for a bit then it sank out of sight, a month later I realised that it had rooted and leaves were forming again.
I read after that, that the bulb usually goes through a resting period if its in the wild with the rise and fall of the water levels in rivers.
 
And your SAEs have grown!!

 

[NickAu]

I love the BN,

 

[Akasha72]

thanks for the comments guys. I think the lotus is dead completely. The bulb became detached from the plant and my lfs told me to throw it away. At this stage the plant was doing well but since then the leaves started to rot and now there's nothing at all.
 
The BN is a naughty boy ... he's been bulldozing in the night 

 
Aand the SAE's are down to two. I found one dead at the beginning of this week. For some reason the other two had started to bully it and I suspect they bullied it to death. There was no sign of trauma to it's body. I presume it had a heart attack or something from stress. I was very upset given that they are only 2 years old and are supposed to live for 10 years. I'm watching the remaining two and hoping the bully doesn't turn on the other one now.
 
More photo's to come. This tank has really evolved over 2 years. Looking back on the photo's making this thread had me really surprised of how it had come on in that time

 

[Akasha72]

okay, part 3 and hopefully the last for now on this tank
 
Gold headed, purple harlequins - or Midnight Rasboras as my lfs have named them. Lovely little fish
 

 
Female Palmeri Tetra
 

 
Female Peppered Cory
 

 
SAE's
 

 

[Akasha72]

The last photo of Curviceps before he passed away
 

 
Zebra Nerite Snail
 

 
Blackwater effect using Roobois Tea
 

 
Smudge-spot cory
 

 
First of 2 palmeri tetra fry!
 

 
A rare photo of all three smudge-spots sat together
 

 
Smokey Blushing angel pair
 

 
My male, nicknamed big bruiser Al!
 

 
One of my Melini cories
 

 
BN 'unattached'!!
 

 
Three baby cories and that turned out to be hybrid panda/smudge-spot!
 

 

 
I now have a large shoal of the Midnight Rasboras
 

 
Tank shot taken just over a week ago
 

 
The newest arrivals - Black Cories
 

 
Joining in the feeding frenzy!
 

 
That's all for the Rio 240!

So. Now my Juwel Rekord 800. I set this up for my angel pair when they first paired off. It was meant to be a breeding set up but it didn't work out and they ended up getting moved back to the 240. Anyway, some photo's
 

 

 

 

[NickAu]

 
BN 'unattached'!!

First time I saw a BN do that was when my albino female did it, I panicked thinking she was dead, dead asleep lol

 

[nic1]

Im sitting here going ahhh, awww, ohhh to your pictures and im getting funny looks! not everyone in this house hold is a fish fan!
I really like the look of the second tank, it would look good with a tannin feel, the water sepia colour- what fish are in there at the moment?
I wish I could have another tank, but ive been strictly told NO MORE PETS!! - Then I rescued another cat.... hahaha

 

[Akasha72]

last night I peeped into the tank and look what I saw!! Another baby panda hiding in and around the java fern!
 

 

[nic1]

Amazing!! Youre so lucky