My Tank

[maximinimus]

I sold my plant eaters a few weeks ago and I'm keeping generally much smaller fish than I was before. I put the first few plants in a few weeks ago and I've got most of the background plants in now, they are huge compared to when they were first planted. The first piece of riccia carpet should be ready in about a month or so, I think I just need some small foreground plants to finish it off.

Anyway, this is how it looks now (sorry about the quality, the camera on my phone picks up light badly and makes things look hazy )

Overview:

Plec cave:

Rtbs cave:

mid area:

And a shot of my plec:

Sorry I couldn't get any clear shots of the barbs or the RTBS, the barbs wouldn't stay still and the RTBS is asleep in his cave

You can see some of the otos in the pics if you look closely

Current Stocking:
7 Odessa Barbs (I lost two weaker ones a few weeks ago)
1 RTBS
5 Otos
L260 Plec

 

[corey01]

looks really good some moss would look nice on the wood

 

[maximinimus]

Thank you

I'm starting to cover the wood, in 3 weeks I've grown enough moss from a little tiny clump to cover one half of the right cave. maybe in a few months I'll have enough to cover the rest

 

[corey01]

Good good.. you'll be surprised how fast it can grow, i started with a fifty pence piece size of java moss which has grown to cover the whole tank! i trimmed half of it back a week ago though because i was planning on getting some cories.

 

[Renate]

Love the background picture. I need that for my 29 gallon tank. Where did you get it?

 

[pika06]

I love your tank!

 

[tangokitty]

The back ground looks very nice with the layout of the tank. Very nice!!

 

[maximinimus]

Love the background picture. I need that for my 29 gallon tank. Where did you get it?

I bought it from a shop called blue lagoon aquatics in Alfreton, Derbys.

It was around £3.50-£4.00 per foot but well worth it. I had a rock background before and it didn't suit the tank at all.

If you can't find it locally PM me and I'll see about picking some up and posting it to you.



Thank you all for the comments about my tank.

Can anyone recommend me some nice foreground plants bearing in mind I am in the process of growing a riccia carpet to cover a good portion of the gravel.

 

[ikongoni]

Beautiful Queen....

 

[paul_219]

Very nice tank looking gr8.

 

[aaronnorth]

I dont know if you know but the plant with white on (the draceana) is not aquatic.

Good start, plant more heavily (50%) substrate coverage to combat any early algae issues

 

[maximinimus]

Update: 31/07/2008

I received my order from Java-Plants yesterday, I spent a while yesterday evening planting everything, so far I am quite happy with how it looks:

Full Tank

(I forgot to set the exposure correction and contrast for this one - sorry)

A few of my cardinals

A pair of my Rams

Some of my Odessa Barbs (posing as well as they do)

More of my cardinals

One of my Otos

3 of my Rams

Current Stocking in this tank:

6 Odessa Barbs (2 males + 4 females)
4 Blue Rams (2 males + 2 females)
9 Cardinal Tetras
5 Otos

(I rehomed the RTBS to another tank as he wasn't getting on with the Rams)

 

[aaronnorth]

Looks much better but the red plant is to central, move it slightly off centre as your main focal point, if following 'the golden rule', measure the tank, divide by 3, then place it following this measurement from either end of the tank.

 

[bricko]

Great looking tank, keep it up.

Is it a Juwel 180 or 260?

 

[tenohfive]

Very nice mate, much better looking since you've added more plants.