Finally Planted

[boogyman12]

i really like that background you have, the stone looks great! where'd you get it from?

 

[iairj84]

Looks really good! And for the record those bristlenoses are awesome! I just got a batch of 6 for most all my tanks. I love them!

 

[tetraqueen]

looks really nice.

Is it a Rio 400 like mine ?

151 x 62 x 51cm =size

Then as there is 12 inches to a foot and 2.5 cm to an inch I kinda think it would be a five foot tank not a four.

 

[Azaezl]

Tell that to my A. reineckii which did quite well in 1.4 WPG, and they will laugh at you. laugh.gif You just have to know which species of red plants do well. Have a read at the 20g journal in my signature. It is a very similar setup, just smaller, but it shares some common characteristics, inert substrate (you have sand, I have small gravel), lower light, Nutrafin CO2 (if you choose to get it). Note the plant species, it will save you a lot of trouble deciding which plants work and which do not. In addition, I've got an easy plant list in my sig as well. If you can manage a close-up of the red plants I'll let you know what you've got. Many shops grow plants not normally so red under very bright metal hallides, making them turn red. Once in the home aquarium they settle down to a more natural color.

I'll try and get closer pics but my camera is awful, 1 of the red ones is all but dead the rest of the plants seem to be doing well. I got the plants from greenline not a lfs, as it's far cheaper £9 for 3 plants at the lfs, £7.99 for 78 plants from greenline, I know where I'll be going from now on LOL!

i really like that background you have, the stone looks great! where'd you get it from?

The background is a kinda foamy 3d thing, it came with the tank so no idea where it came from. I think the guy said he paid £90 for it in his lfs.

Looks really good! And for the record those bristlenoses are awesome! I just got a batch of 6 for most all my tanks. I love them!

Yeah I love my little bn's esp. the larger of the 2 he has a great character!

looks really nice.

Is it a Rio 400 like mine ?

151 x 62 x 51cm =size

Then as there is 12 inches to a foot and 2.5 cm to an inch I kinda think it would be a five foot tank not a four.

It's a rio 240 so defo only a 4ft, I will be getting a 5ft & hopefully 6ft sometime next year once I've moved house.