How I Want My Tank To Look :)

[kylealastairlove]

so i was bored and decided to draw up a pic of what i want my tank to look like, with the planting arrangement and fish

heres the masterpiece no i joke its not very good! lol

in the back left will be a nice wall of hopefully healthy and nicely growing vallis
in the middle at back, a bit of hygrophila polysperma
at the back on the right, cabomba
lots of java ferns on the mopani wood
infront of vallis a big bunch of crypt wendtii
on the right side of crypt wendtii is crypt becktii
and the left corner in the foreground is crypt cilliata
and the red plant is barclaya longifolia
and i forgot to draw in my crypt balansae

i also drew in some stock trigonostigma heteromorpha and a big bunch of khulis

 

[Scott MacAdam]

Ok, the Khulis are EPIC. Love them. Hahaha. And also, I'd bet that would be a pretty great looking tank of you did it that way. How's it looking now? Are you building your tank up to this now or is it totally different? Either way, props on the drawing skills.

 

[DrewMuayThai]

Oh, that;s soo cool! Your fish are awesome. If I drew it, it would've been so bad, you couldn't even recognize it. Cute fish!!!!

 

[thereverendturtle]

You must kick a$$ at draw something. Looks great!

 

[coldcazzie]

You might want to have an alternative lined up for the cabomba as it tends to prefer cold water setups rather than tropical ones so turns to mush in tropical tanks. It does grow for some people, but often it just falls apart. If that happens you'll need something else that you can use to fill that space

 

[BigbruiserAl]

While I don't doubt you for sec cazz have some in my rio at 25c and grows like crazy, my CPD tank is room temp and it been the same height for 3 months lol

 

[Salam]

Looks fab, great drawing!

You made a mistake though. Draw the kuhlis in the plants where you will never see them

 

[kylealastairlove]

i would love to personally/individually thank you for all your comments but i think its just quicker if i say thankyou ever so much for your comments
my tank kind of looks a little like my pic with the vals and the java fern and the crypts in the front i'll put a pic up soon.

cazz! i've had some before and it grew crazy amounts, but it ended up having no leaves at the bottom. but thats because i made the mistake of planting all the stems in a tight bunch. hopefully they will grow for me if not are there any suggestions for a fluffy looking plant i could use ?

and yes perhaps i should have not drawn the khulis but just said they were in there haha

 

[kylealastairlove]

this is my tank at the minute, could do with a bit of tidying up, well at least i think so

 

[DrewMuayThai]

Lovely lookin' tank. Where are the loaches?

 

[kylealastairlove]

thankyou!! i dont have any at the minute but i really want to get some

 

[DrewMuayThai]

Oh, okay! Go loaches!!

 

[Crossfire]

I love those loaches!

 

[kylealastairlove]

loaches loaches loaches i want lots of loaches in the mean time as im very desperate i might have to stick some cardboard cut out loaches in my tank

 

[DrewMuayThai]

LOL. So, you want black kuhli loaches? They are so awesome!