My Biube Rescaped

[ATK!!!]

Sorry but there are quite a few pics and they didnt want to appear so heres the link to a gallery of them!
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Any comments are welcome

 

[minnnt]

Looks fantastic mate, well done!!

 

[ATK!!!]

Thank you very much Sorry if the gallery is a bit annoying but for some reason my computer blocks me from putting large pics on here!

 

[ATK!!!]

I am now going to update this every month or so, next update coming by this weekend!

 

[minnnt]

looking forward to them!!

 

[This Old Spouse]

Thank you very much Sorry if the gallery is a bit annoying but for some reason my computer blocks me from putting large pics on here!

Have you tried using photobucket.com? I think it's very easy and user friendly.

 

[ATK!!!]

Thank you very much Sorry if the gallery is a bit annoying but for some reason my computer blocks me from putting large pics on here!

Have you tried using photobucket.com? I think it's very easy and user friendly.

Will do! Sadly im going out tonight so will have to take them on Sunday

 

[Skins]

Looking very nice

Keith.

 

[ATK!!!]

Here they are as promised! I have yet to add any plant fertiliser and hope to start by next weekend, hopefully next month will show some flourishing plants. Some of the pics arent too good (I havent got used to my dads camera yet!) but as you can see the tank is nearing completion. The platies were mad as usual but i did manage to get one pic, the tetras are settling in now and didnt mind me taking some pics.
One of the whole tank

And another

The tetras (sorry bout the quality)

The platy (looks very angry!!!)

Slighty better pic of tetras

Stupid ornametal flowers stuck to wood, wondering if i could rip them off and replace them with moss (any ideas)

Thats it for now, thanks for looking

 

[ATK!!!]

Heres some pictures of the tank whilst I was removing the filter and changing the water, theres so many pieces of real and fake wood in there that I had to take it all out! Sorry if theres too many pics for your liking!


Tank with no plants or wood in apart from main piece

Taking out centre piece without squishing fish

Nearly there!

Ugh, the main piece with plenty of gunk (now cleaned off)

The tank with slighty more added in right after filter+water change

And with all plants put back in but not arranged properly (sorry bout the reflection but its was such a lovely day today!)

One of the 4 Red Crystal Shrimp added after ten minutes of settling down (more pics to come)

So thats it for now, hopefully the shrimp will regain their colour as they did look pretty striking... be expecting more pics soon!

 

[ATK!!!]

Here comes some more pics! The shrimp are starting to settle in and munch some of the algae dotted around the tank, thing is i don't know how to feed them their food without the fish getting it... I've been pondering over it for months now but the shrimp have only had a rather small amount of food so far.

One of the shrimp posing next to the bubble tube!

And on one of the moss balls (sorry again bout the reflection)

Sifting through the rocks

This picture was taken shortly after 4 cardinals chased him round the tank thinking he was food!!

I'm not sure exactly what grade they are as only just regaining their colour, I nagged at the person picking them out to get some good ones but I think she got the wrong idea

 

[librarygirl]

Wow absolutely gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing! Nice tank!

 

[ATK!!!]

Thanks! Adding more shots of the tank without lid or base by next week and by then I should have a new tank too!

 

[golfzzin]

very nice

 

[ATK!!!]

Here's the tank after another filter change. This time I took out the Cabomba and decided to go with a slightly different Stem plant (still not sure what it is but apparentely it's easier to look after than Cabomba in hard water). I also bought a Zebra nerite snail who looks lovely and is zipping round the tank, getting rid of a lot of algae along the way.

The snail after being plopped in the tank

And the mysterious plant too

A video of the tank