Better ? Or Worse?

[OBIE1]

I have changed the decor in my tank around, gone for a more planted look rather then the fake rock. Using a mixture of real and fake plants will eventually switch most to real. Does it look better?

Before:

After:

 

[Westwood]

Defiantly better! When all those fake plants are gone it will be brilliant!

I hate fake plants.

 

[minnnt]

Fake plants have their uses in the correct environment.

Looks much better. Put your Crypts together in one bunch.

Also try not to have something in the middle of the tank, looks unnatural and too symetrical. Have it off centre to one side.

 

[KittyKat]

Definitely better, separate the Amazon swords and Vallis. out a bit, I doubt your tank can handle more than 1-2 in the long term, so you may want to trade them for something else. The rest of the plants may benefit from being spread out a bit In case you didn't remove the weights/pots, they need removing for the plants to be able to spread.

The fake rock is actually an interesting shape, I think.. but would look much better covered in moss.

 

[markandhisfish]

a big improvement , although there was nothing wrong with the "before" but i deffinately like the new scape more

 

[OBIE1]

dam I've changed it again after advice, no more going to leave it alone now poor fish.(apart from adding some more foreground plants this weekend)

 

[OBIE1]

i think i need to add some more cover, espically for my little clown pleco.

 

[stu40]

It's not a good evening if you haven't got at least one sleeve rolled up

Looking good.Hope your water is softer than mine or your Cabomba at the back will start to suffer after awhile.

 

[KittyKat]

Pull the central swords up a teeny bit so that the rosettes are exposed (or they may start rotting)

A bigger wood structure and some caves would help the pleco: I find that mine ignore the plants, and spend 95% of their time on the glass (mostly babies), on the wood (females and juveniles) or defending their caves (males).

Edit: I can see only two danios and three golden barbs in the photo, both (as well as the other tetras and Corys) are schooling species, so would do better in groups of 6+ (or ideally, in groups of 10-15+)

 

[OBIE1]

Pull the central swords up a teeny bit so that the rosettes are exposed (or they may start rotting)

A bigger wood structure and some caves would help the pleco: I find that mine ignore the plants, and spend 95% of their time on the glass (mostly babies), on the wood (females and juveniles) or defending their caves (males).

Edit: I can see only two danios and three golden barbs in the photo, both (as well as the other tetras and Corys) are schooling species, so would do better in groups of 6+ (or ideally, in groups of 10-15+)

Hey KittyKat

Thanks for advice
My current stock is:
1x Clown Pleco
7x Neons
3x Gold Barbs
2x Cherry Barbs (m)(f)
4x Black Tetra
6x Trili Cory
2x Pearl Danio

i would like to make the stock up to this:

1x Clown Pleco
15x Neons
6x Gold Barbs
6x Cherry Barbs (2xM) (4xF)
6x Cory
4x Black Tetra
2x Blue Rams (m) (F)
6x Pearl Danio

Can i get anymore in there? (using a tt 1200 external and a u2 internal) need to add these in slowly tho hey. I have lost one of my new neon's that i purchased this weekend at lfs tonight ,
just done a test and Ammonia is 0.50 time for a water change

 

[KittyKat]

Your final stock is a good start. I recommend at least 6 black neons: it's not fair to keep schooling fish in small groups and you don't have any excuse for not doing so.

Can i get anymore in there? (using a tt 1200 external and a u2 internal) need to add these in slowly tho hey. I have lost one of my new neon's that i purchased this weekend at lfs tonight ,
just done a test and Ammonia is 0.50 time for a water change

That ammonia is painfully high, it would also explain why the neon died and others probably will too before long. Have you not cycled the filter? Or had a problem? For the sake of the fish, keep that ammonia (and nitrite) as close to 0 ppm as possible, and never let it reach 0.25 ppm.

You should not be considering any more fish right at this moment and wait at least 2-3 weeks after your filter is cycled before thinking about adding more fish. I can't tell you what your tank will take in total, but it's a fair assumption that it will take more fish. I recommend you get all the schooling species up to 6 fish per species first, then consider the top-ups. By that time, you should be able to tell if your tank can take more fish or not.

 

[OBIE1]

Your final stock is a good start. I recommend at least 6 black neons: it's not fair to keep schooling fish in small groups and you don't have any excuse for not doing so.

Can i get anymore in there? (using a tt 1200 external and a u2 internal) need to add these in slowly tho hey. I have lost one of my new neon's that i purchased this weekend at lfs tonight ,
just done a test and Ammonia is 0.50 time for a water change

That ammonia is painfully high, it would also explain why the neon died and others probably will too before long. Have you not cycled the filter? Or had a problem? For the sake of the fish, keep that ammonia (and nitrite) as close to 0 ppm as possible, and never let it reach 0.25 ppm.

You should not be considering any more fish right at this moment and wait at least 2-3 weeks after your filter is cycled before thinking about adding more fish. I can't tell you what your tank will take in total, but it's a fair assumption that it will take more fish. I recommend you get all the schooling species up to 6 fish per species first, then consider the top-ups. By that time, you should be able to tell if your tank can take more fish or not.

I had a cycled tank, My small internal filter (u2) is the one with the mature media in it. the TT 1200 is only a couple of weeks old. I think where i have added more fish over the last couple of weeks the little filter cant handle it. and the 1200 hasn't matured yet.

 

[KittyKat]

I had a cycled tank, My small internal filter (u2) is the one with the mature media in it. the TT 1200 is only a couple of weeks old. I think where i have added more fish over the last couple of weeks the little filter cant handle it. and the 1200 hasn't matured yet.

Regardless of what the cause is, the ammonia is much too high and needs to be sorted. I recommend you cut down feeding to once every 3 days or so and mix some of the old media into the new filter and some of the new media into the old filter for faster bacteria spreading, also keeping ammonia and nitrite as low as possible with water changes.

 

[OBIE1]

I had a cycled tank, My small internal filter (u2) is the one with the mature media in it. the TT 1200 is only a couple of weeks old. I think where i have added more fish over the last couple of weeks the little filter cant handle it. and the 1200 hasn't matured yet.

Regardless of what the cause is, the ammonia is much too high and needs to be sorted. I recommend you cut down feeding to once every 3 days or so and mix some of the old media into the new filter and some of the new media into the old filter for faster bacteria spreading, also keeping ammonia and nitrite as low as possible with water changes.

Thanks for advice

 

[KittyKat]

I hope it sorts itself out quickly, and the plants will help with ammonia but next time do wait 4-6 weeks between adding a new filter and new fish!