Alex's Planted Tank

[Alex_]

this is my 46 gallon bow front tank.

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i have 2.2 wpg and running 2 aquaclear 50's
i have 40lbs of eco-complete.

Fish:
-2 otos
-6 panda corys

Adding:
-2 otos
-15 cardianls
- 2 rams or kribs dont know
or
-2 wild discus
-2 otos
-10 cardinals


Plants:

-Anubias gracilis
-Anubias barteri v. Nana
-AnubiasNana
-Anubias gigantea
-Anubias barteri v. Coffeefolia
-Anubias lanceolota
-Banana Plant (Nymphoides aquatica)
-Glossostigma (Glossostigma elatinoides)
-Green Temple (Hygrophilia corymbosa)
-Moneywort (Bacopa Monnieri)
-Pennywort, Brazilian (Hydrocotyle Leucocephala)
-Cardinal Temple (Alternanthera cardinalis
-Balansae (Cryptocoryne crispatula)
-Wendtii, Red (Cryptocoryne wendtii)
-Sag, Dwarf Subulata (Sagittaria subulata)
-Sword, Micro Sword (Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae)



any comments good or bad i would like to hear anyways.
any opions with the discus would be much help.


-Alex


Edit: i will work on a better pic.

 

[riverman444]

could you turn on the lights so I can see?

 

[Luke_e]

Looks nice mate, dark pic though, but i noticed your edit hehe..

Have you thought of adding a piece of bogwood, or are you wanting 100% plants?
Do you're corys get on with the plants, or do you constantly find floating plants because of them lol .

 

[Alex_]

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Hope these are better!?!


i cycled this tank with goldfish for about 3 weeks then ordered

my plants from aquiramplants.com



fishkiller_nomore: i have 2 stem plants but yes i did experience some algea after i got back from spring break.

Luke_e i dont know yet if im going to add wood, i have one peice in my 10 and one soaking right now. the corys are fine they only kind mess up my glosso at feeding time.

don't mind the floating red melon sword im going to be selling it soon.

my stats rigth know are perceft and i think im going to add some more fish soon..

comments
anyone.....

-Alex

 

[bUcky]

cant wait to show everyone mine. my mom is buying be a new cam since mine is a piece of ****. she want me to take pictures of the baby with it. little does she know i really just want to take pics of my fish ahahah!
I love the tank its awsome. i want a bowfront one day. I think you need a focus point. its nice just to even for me. nature is more unpredicatable and thats what i like to go for in planted tanks. but mine arnt perfect ither, none are.

 

[lljdma06]

Nice to see a new tank over here. A few questions, are your anubias rooted in the substrate or attached to wood? They prefer to have the rhizome exposed to the water.

Looks good so far, I agree that you could use some more hardscape, a larger piece of wood or some rocks, whatever tickles your fancy.

As far as fish are concerned, I have a bias towards kribs. Great fish under the right circumstances and your tank is a wonderful size for a true breeding pair, but I would fear for your corys since kribs can be vicious to bottom-dwellers when breeding.

I also agree that you should probably invest in more stem plants, including the sometimes ugly, but always useful Egeria species, especially Egeria najas.

I love your anubias, though. I have a feeling that a certain 20g high I possess is going to become an anubia tank.

Keep us posted.

 

[Alex_]

lljdma06- ya, all 6 of my Anubias have there rhizhome exposed for the water to get to.

im still going to looking for a peice of wood, this really was my first plant attempt and im waiting for things to fill in.


also, can some help me with dry ferts from gregwatson.com....
like which ones and how to mix and dose.
yes i have read all the pinned articles.


i thought id add this http/showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2003...y=0&vol=2&id=66
this is what i was aiming for untell aquriam plants sent me some subs and im going to most likly get wild discus.


-Alex

 

[FishOwner]

Your tank is looking really nice! Love the panda cories too!

I've had discus in the past but never wild caught. Is there a particular reason you want wild over captive bred?

 

[Alps]

Is eco-complete the only substrate you have? Or did you cover it with gravel?
- also about how thick is each layer? - im considering using eco-complete instead of laterite, but at a cost.

 

[Alex_]

thanks to all, i dont know but the wild discus just look alot better. never was a fan of human made fish.

yes this is 100% eco-complete i also have 100% latrite in my 10 gallon and i found that latrite is better for

sword plants and other plants that have a deep root system. but the eco-complete looks better imo and over

all is better

 

[Alps]

thanks to all, i dont know but the wild discus just look alot better. never was a fan of human made fish.

yes this is 100% eco-complete i also have 100% latrite in my 10 gallon and i found that latrite is better for

sword plants and other plants that have a deep root system. but the eco-complete looks better imo and over

all is better

how deep is your eco complete?

- wouldn't the pure laterite cause problems with algae blooms and such?

 

[Alex_]

my green tempel i just notice today that it started to rott because it never rooted.
(this was the plant far left)
so i need to go visit the lfs any suggesting on plants that you think would look nice there.


my ecco-complete gives me about 2'' in the front and about 2.75'' in the back.

the latrite works great with 100%


-Alex

 

[Alex_]

Does anyone know anything about dry ferts im thinking about ordering soon!!!