Pictures Of My New 125 Gallon Tank!

[AshleyGracie]

Ok, finally figured out how to post pictures. Keep in mind I need to redecorate. I'm keeping the wood in there but adding more rock caves. I'd like to change the background to black. As for plants, they scare me. I'm definitely no green thumb and i'm afraid I'll fail as bad with underwater pants as I do with above water plants so when pay day rolls around I will be getting some quality plants to add to the natural look i'm going for. Also i'm planning to box in the stand with wood and make a new top.

So here's the full tank view



Here are some of my yoyo's hiding with a clown



My common pleco, Albert



And some of my clowns swimming



Sorry for the quality, used my phone camera.

Was thinking about adding a small group of angelfish, what do you guys think?

 

[techen]

I can't help but notice, Is that the smallest heater in the world ?

 

[AshleyGracie]

Haha yes I know. I'm having a hard time trying to find a heater to keep the temp where I want it so I have an 80 gallon heater at each end and a 30 in the middle. I will be replacing the small one soon, it's all I had at the moment and have to wait until pay day as this set up left me dry for the week lol

 

[AshleyGracie]

Hmm, not much feedback
Anyone have any suggestions for making my tank look better? And what do you think about the angels?

 

[Ninjouzata]

LOL at the little heater.
Should be fun changing the background..
 
I'd try to make the PVC pipe blend in more, it's going to be glaringly white against the black background when you get that on there.
 
I don't know much about angelfish except we're going to have two in our 129..but I think you want to add more than that? What other fish were you planning on stocking?

 

[AshleyGracie]

Ok, tiny heater is gone haha!
Wasn't really sure what to do with the pipe but since you mentioned it I googled it and found some neat ideas. I'm going to coat it in sand, will look so much better.
I really lack in the creativity department so any other advice is welcome!!!
I was thinking about adding maybe 6 angels. The tank was mainly bought for my clown loaches. So i'm still not sure if I want to get a shoal of fish to occupy the topp of the tank (which is why I was thinking angels) or add a couple of more clown loaches. Again, any advice welcome.

 

[Ninjouzata]

I coated mine in sand and like the way it looks so far. I also really like what Alasse has done on her thread HERE, the caves are on page 3.
 
Have asked friends more experienced in angels and loaches than me..no yo-yo's with angels. They can harass them.
When the clowns get bigger it'll also be a problem since angels are a bit frail. So..think you should skip on the angels, unfortunately

 

[BerryAttack]

what i would do is get large spider wood and plant the heck out of it... lots of amazon swords, with tall grasses, then small grasses etc. having the black background would make it nicer.
but if you go into plants then you'll need around 2-3 inches of substrate, proper lighting (which you can make your own.. way cheaper, just take a lamp growing light with florescent lighting.. and boom you got your lighting haha) but if you want fake plants then go for only different shades of green, for more natural look don't go for blue or purple.. you can have reds..
 
then after you have all that set up (take your time cause you'll want to have it perfect) i would do if you want a angel fish, have that as the centerpiece fish, get them as little guys so when they grow up together they'll get along until they pair and then you can pick your favourites to keep. 
I don't know what size of tank you have, so if you can put that then deciding what to do next will be good.
 
but when picking fish think of the colour wheel, if you have different colour like red, yellow then they'll contrasts and pop out, giving you a more rainbow style tank.. very eye catching.
 
but i would do:
have a shoal of cories (you can use your loach)
then have a sucker fish, check already got one
then have a shoal of 10 of cloud tetras, top dwellers, check
have a shoal of rummynose tetras 10
then have a group of 6 angels (get under an inch so they can grow together and have less issues with aggression and boom when they pair up you pick your fav, or depending on the tank size you can keep 2 pairs.

 

[sawickib]

Could get like 8+ congo tetras ive always wanted a few, and maybe some tall decorations, bigger driftwood, or some tall fake or real green plants.

If you like oddballs, you could get a spiney eel, or some bichirs.
Some type of knife besides a clown.
I can think of lol

 

[AshleyGracie]

Thanks for the great advice so far!
Unfortunately the only pet shop in my area only has a small selection of fish and the cloud, rummynose and congo tetras aren't some of them They have black skirt, lemon, bleeding heart, and sharpe tetras. What about a shoal of zebra danios?
 
Oh and the tank is 125 gallons.