Tanya's Totally Tropical Tank

[!TropicalTan!]

Hello all my name is tanya (obviously) lol

I kept marines for few year started off with a small 35litre tank upgraded to a 3&half ft marine tank still hungry for more i had final upgrade of 6ft it had its ups and downs but the fact that was too exspensive on upkeep and heartake of loosing fish finally beat me in jan i descided with a heavy heart to throw in towl only having my new 6ft.tank 5 months before i descided to keep tank and convert to tropicals i am all setup in my new 6ft tank and i am in day 3/4 of cycle i entend to cycle to be sure for a full 4+ weeks
I have 3 pain in bum kids n a even bigger pain hubby lol
Ok so enough with boring bk story lol

Tank: 72lx28hx24w
Filter:2x fluval fx6's
Lights: betta led's
Air pump rena 600
75kg gravel and veriouse bogwood pieaces

This is how my tank Looked when was marine







This is how my tank looks now

 

[Stimo]

welcome keep up the good work
will you be using live plants as well?

 

[!TropicalTan!]

welcome keep up the good work
will you be using live plants as well?

Yeah once cycled will add few easy to keep ones any suggetions welcome?

X

 

[Stimo]

java fern and anubias are low tech plants which need little light and requirements but are sort of slow growing.
what i like about these ones are is that they don't like to be buried under gravel,they like to be tied to things like bog wood / rocks and get their food straight from the water.
in your tank that would look nice imo

to fix to bog wood etc just use a dark thread or fishing line and tie them where you want them to go.
can use elastic band for speed but these tend to be unsightly and can perish in the water over time

 

[Weiro792]

I'll second the java ferns and anubias. Red Jungle Vallisneria and Water Sprite are also a couple of good ones that can be planted in the substrate. The val gets very long though and has to be trimmed. Crested Java Ferns are also really nice.

 

[Stimo]

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=egixta7hBKs

might help you

 

[!TropicalTan!]

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=egixta7hBKs

might help you

Thanks great vid why did he put in mouth pmsl

 

[Stimo]

 
Thanks great vid why did he put in mouth pmsl
 
 

very passionate about his tanks and plants , guess it was a sign of affection lol
check some of his other videos

 

[!TropicalTan!]

 

Thanks great vid why did he put in mouth pmsl
 
 

very passionate about his tanks and plants , guess it was a sign of affection lol
check some of his other videos


I love fish but i dnt think id catch 1 roll it around my mouth pmsl x

Ill have look at vids cheers

 

[!TropicalTan!]

So as im cycling got bored no fish i i bought more bogwood lmao i just had too only went in for gravel cleaner








This how was when added hmmm not happy move about lol







And now happy lol

 

[AquaPit]

Wow! im rescaping mine with that kind of layout too!

Nice!!

 

[addey411]

Wow! Love the tank! It looks fantastic with the driftwood. Where'd you get it?

 

[!TropicalTan!]

Wow! Love the tank! It looks fantastic with the driftwood. Where'd you get it?

Big fish shop near me in oldbury i made them get it out there dry dislay cases as im awkward And stuff they had that wasnt in there wasnt to my perfection lmao

 

[Trev_Miester]

Looks great!

 

[majerah1]

Love the wood!