30g Planted

[Aquascaper]

Still not finished but here's what it looks like so far..............

 

[Aquascaper]

Why not go the whole hog....Here's my coldwater 30g that's cycling at the moment

 

[Aquascaper]

and the coldwater 15g that will be turned into a species only tank when the occupants are moved to the coldwater 30g

 

[Aquascaper]

Well they're not going to win any competitions at the moment but hopefully when they're finished i'll get some nom's for TOTM

 

[SimonA]

I notice that you have bubbles from the middle of your tank, what do you use?

 

[JoKeR]

bubble-wall

 

[Aquascaper]

I've got bubbles in both 30g's

In the Tropical it's just a blue airstone + Rena 100 pump (the airstone is under the gravel beneath the rock arch)
In the coldwater there's a 24" air wall and a ceramic airstone + Rena 200 pump(the airstone is inside the fake log)

The ceramic airstone is more expensive but lasts longer and produces lots of fine bubbles, the blue airstone is just cheap
The coldwater is going to have 2 black moors & 1 ranchu in it and they love to play in the bubbles which is why i've gone overboard in that tank

 

[!guppy!]

heh i really am against that green gravel of yours mate, but part from that there some nice tanks you got!

 

[Aquascaper]

Some like it some don't

The only reason i got it was that was the only 'reasonable' colour the LFS had when i set the tank up. The rocks are green savvana stone which does look nice with the green gravel (but does show in the pictures very well).

I will be changing the gravel to either natural colours or sand, not sure which yet. It means changing the rock as well to natural river stone or slate.

It all depends on whether i can transfer the green stone to my girlfriends coldwater 30g (it cost too much to throw away) as that is for her goldfish and the she wants pink gravel