Finishing Scaping My Tank!

[rossyboy]

Hey what do you think

Is basically... black substrate sand, large driftwood, slate and flat stone with various plants etc.

Also, 2 blue LED spotlights and a 'moonlight' cathode tube which i use for an hour or so before I go to bed.


1. My tank at night, with the moonlight Cathode-

2. With normal light-

3. My cave

and again, with x-ray tetras showing

Those pics don't do it justice if you ask me

 

[funkycat]

It looks awesome =D. I really like the cave and the drift wood.

How did u attach the cave? Did u use silicon?? haha i'm always scared of collapses.

Also with some of your plants careful because i think some of yours might not be aquatic plants and so they will slowly rot, raising your ammonia levels etc.
The plant on the far right in particular (the one that kinda looks like a fern), cause i know at the LFS i used to work at we would get those, and i never ever saw them grow roots, i'm pretty sure they arent aquatic.

Besides that it looks awesome

 

[rossyboy]

really lol?

I bought them from my LFS so i'll go ask him bout that.

And yer, i used a tiny bit of silicon to attach the rocks just incase... although they're pretty secure to be honest.

The cave is mainly used by the corys, who gather in there before going out for a little hunt.

 

[Iron Man]

BEAUTIFUL! It was a tasteful way of decorating with the black sand.

 

[-SPB-]

Tank looks good. Really like the blue light, gives a real nice effect. I'm thinking of getting one aswell. I've seen a couple of tanks with it in.

 

[Biulu]

Nice tank! What is the fern like plant on the right? I love it, and have never seen it before. Maybe you can try to attach some java moss or riccia to the roof of your cave. That would make it look very natural!

 

[rossyboy]

I don't know the name of that fern sorry, it's just from my LFS>

I've tried my best to get fern to grow on the roof, but it just will not lol. As you can see i've put a bundle of fern in a gap between the wood and stone, which seems to be growing but very slowly.

 

[shang hi]

three words for you mate...




!!!I must Copy!!!
but i won't.

good job and the tank looks great.
you might want to consider having some CO2 to help with the plant growth.

 

[SJ2K]

three words for you mate...




!!!I must Copy!!!
but i won't.

good job and the tank looks great.
you might want to consider having some CO2 to help with the plant growth.

If it aint broke dont fix it

Looking good

 

[rossyboy]

Defo SJ2k!!!

I have some of the compost type stuff whatever you call it lol and i occasionally stick a bit of plant food in. The plants grow too quick, if anything already!!

 

[shang hi]

If it aint broke dont fix it

nooooo! i can't beleive it, i just got owned by SJ2K, Oh the humanity!
Must get big hammer and....

 

[SJ2K]

Must get big hammer and....

...Bake me a cake? Whey!