My New Rio 180 Tank

[jbennett]

Hi Folks, I'm returning to this hobby after being away for about 10 years. How things have changed in the last 10 years, amazing. Well I thought I would share my progress to date in . I bought the tank on 06/Nov/04 and first put water and plants in on 12/Nov/04. I shall put them in Date order so you can follow the progress to date. So here goes, hope you Enjoy.
Pic 01. Nov 09.

 

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Pic 02. Nov 12th.

 

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Pic 03. Nov 13th.

 

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Pic 04. Nov 25th. Still No Plants YET...

 

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Pic 05. Dec 05. First fish added. 12 Cardinals.

 

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Pic 06. Dec 05.

 

[Ben]

looks amazing
what other fish are going to be out in there?

DD

 

[Paul_MTS]

wow thats stunning, that back gorund is pretty special too, do you know who it's made by?

all those plants look great, are you planning on more lighting or co2 to help them along?

 

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Pic 07. Dec 05th

 

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Pic 08. Dec 07th. Six Harlequins added.

 

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Pic 09. Dec 10th.

 

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Pic 10. Dec 10th. Harlequins and Cardinals Shoaling.

 

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Pic 11. Dec 12th.

 

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Pic 12. Dec 11th. Now we start to add 2 baby angels and 2 small Blue Discus that I bought 2 weeks ago and my LFS very kindly kept for me. The next few pics for Dec 11th are amongst the best. Enjoy.

 

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Pic 13. Dec 11th. Forgot to mention also got 2 Ottos. Don't believe the rubbish about Ottos pestering Discus, It's just Not true. I've got 4 now and they don't go near my Discus, they spend all day grasing my plants for ant signs of Algae.