Osaka 155L Revamp

[squiggley]

Revamped the Osaka yesterday, was going for a dutch type scape.

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Realised after I placed the plant order that my inspiration tank was 5' and mine is only 2' so lots of plants in and still got a few more to go in the front.

 

[PDSimon]

Thats a lot of plants! very colourful. Good luck

 

[stevereade]

Nice, Very colourful, I was going for a bit of something different colour wise in mine, ended up with loads of red and green.

 

[Biulu]

Very nice! Love the different colours... Can you give us more info on the substrate, lighting etc? What fish are you going to keep in there?

 

[squiggley]

Thanks

Substrate : Tescos premium cat litter
Lighting : 4 x 24w T5
Filtration : 2 x TetracTec 1200 + Koralia 1
Diy Pressurised Co2 + Ei dosing

Plants :
Alternanthera Splendida
Didiplis Diandra
Eriocaulaceae sp
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Hygrophila Bals Amica
Hygrophila diformis
Hygrophila Poly Semen 'Rosanervig "
Limnophila Aromatica
Ludwigia Inclinata var. Sp verticillata 'Cuba'
Ludwigia glandulosa-submerged
Narrow Mayaca fluviatilis
Pogostemon stellatus 'broad leaf'
Potamogeton Gayi
Proserpinaca palustris 'Cuba'
Rotala Macrandra
Rotala sp Green Macrandra
Rotala sp Nanjenshan
Rotala sp. Green
Tonina fluviatilis
Tonina sp Belem

No idea on fish at the moment, running ferts and co2 high

 

[Biulu]

I would go for small fish, I always think it makes your tank look bigger and more landscape type.

 

[ian]

will be good to see this one grow up. I always wonder what fish would be the best choice for a dutch scape...

 

[ian]

been thinking about this whilst walking the dog this morning. I think a big group of male fancy guppies or male endlers would suit this scape. I can't see the tetra/rasbora thing going on in this tank.

 

[RadaR]

Good job. Can tell you've been doing your homework.
This is going to be mental when grown in

 

[Biulu]

At first I thought about some boraras species, but then these might be too colourful for you already colourful tank. You want something to stand out which doesn't take too much attention away from the scape. So, maybe a bit more subdued. How big was your tank again? What about a shoal of neon rainbow fish? Or something whitish, can't think of a white shoaling fish at the moment, but I think the rainbow fish would be great.

Edit: what about smaller barbs? Such as the eight banded false barb?

 

[ian]

see, i thought the colour would only attract to the other colour in the tank. What did llj use in her dutch scape?

 

[squiggley]

Been think along the lines of

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[Biulu]

Yes, these rainbowfish are really stunners...