A Few Pictures Of My New Planted Setup

[scouse_andy]

I set up my Juwel Rio 300 yesterday with a load of plants and bogwood. I'm quite happy with the results for once so here are some pictures of the tank:

Side view:

Front view:

Left side of tank:

Right side of tank:

And some of the fish in there:

One of my pair of Bolivian Rams:

My two Siamese Flying Foxes:

and my shoal of Hengel Rasbora:

I am hoping to add a nice shoal of Congo Tetras and some Denison's Barbs over the next few months.

 

[kribensis12]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you cycle it? Love the plant's!

 

[freerunner416]

Tank looks great matey!!

Craig

 

[scouse_andy]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you cycle it? Love the plant's!

I have a mature external on it and a mature internal which is attached to the front glass spoiling the pictures for the time being. I have also kept some of the mature media from my Rio 240 to put into the internal filter column. Thanks for your comments.

Tank looks great matey!!

Craig

Cheers Craig. I am pretty proud of this. I am such a perfectionist but for once I am happy and I expect it to look better as the tall swords at the back and the Vallis in the middle grow.

 

[adamgreen240]

Nice Tank , and definatly get the congos!! They look great

 

[paul_219]

Nice tank.

 

[SJ2K]

Nice harlequins, not seen any like that before

 

[scouse_andy]

Nice harlequins, not seen any like that before

Yeah they are very nice fish, shoal quite tightly and are hardy too. I've had them about four months now. They are often labelled as Copper Harlequins but I think the proper name for them is Hengels or Hengeli Rasbora. They have been in most of the Maidenhead Aquatics I have visited. I think they stay a little smaller than true Harlequins.

 

[FroggFrogg]

Looks good!!

 

[fiskkeeperpro]

fantastic what CO2 are you using? Is it pressurized?

Will

 

[randallhart]

Very nice tank. And again, I've never see those type of Rasbora too. Their very nice.

 

[MadMan-JaMeS]

Very nice andy i like it

now i'll have to get some pics up of my tanks

 

[scouse_andy]

Very nice andy i like it

now i'll have to get some pics up of my tanks

Please do James, I'd really like to see how my ex-Severums are fitting in.

Thanks for all the kind comments people

 

[scouse_andy]

fantastic what CO2 are you using? Is it pressurized?

Will

I am using Seachem flourish plant food and flourish excel liquid carbon. It's only been set up for a few days so hope I can keep things looking as lush as they do now. I have a planted journal up and running on here, link in my signature. There's a lot more info about the setup - and how it's changed over the last eight months or so if you are interested.

Today I have bought a shoal of 6 Congo Tetras and also 3 Keyhole cichlids, I couldn't resist the keyholes, they looked so cool. I've taken a few pics of the new fish so may add later.

 

[scouse_andy]

A picture of my Juvenile Bristlenose Plec, who was coveniently draped over a bit of bogwood at the front of the tank, posing:

Five of my six Congo Tetras, only introduced today. They've been hanging around like this together:

The Hengel Rasbora in a similar formation a bit higher up:

And one of my three newly introduced Keyhole Cichlids admiring himself in the glass. Can't blame him, they are so cute and so small at the moment. I couldn't resist. I'm hoping that as they grow I will get a pair: