Updated Remodled Planted Tank! (7/9/08)

[tangokitty]

This is the BEFORE Pictures where people didn't like it.......(Well some people did)

Go to the next page for a new aquascaped version!!!!

Whole tank shot

Cherry barb over and unknown lily leaf (if you know what it is please id)

Front closer view

BN pleco (it's young, but can you sex it?)

My Bleeding hearts.

A blue Snail

A purple snail.

 

[@ombomb]

clearly very healthy, but looks a little overgrown in my opinion, some more structured planting could make a huge difference

 

[tangokitty]

clearly very healthy, but looks a little overgrown in my opinion, some more structured planting could make a huge difference

Thanks, I'm not sure how to arrange the plants, I did recently do a major trim though What do you sugest?

 

[Renate]

Gorgeous!! Extremely full

What is your opinion of my tank. I am strongly thinking of trading the apongenton. Seems to be outgrowing my tank.
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[tangokitty]

Gorgeous!! Extremely full

What is your opinion of my tank. I am strongly thinking of trading the apongenton. Seems to be outgrowing my tank.
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Is it the wavy plant? I really like the way it looks, don't much care for the pink gravel though..... But your plants look healthy.

 

[RadaR]

I love the first picture!!

 

[corey01]

wow your tank looks great!

 

[calandra]

If you want my honest opinion, Looks great but dominated by your plants. Too many and too dense, If you want my dishonest opinion, your tank is perfect.


Very nice fish though

Cal

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Yea... also got that plant.... grows from a bulb and sends leaves to float on surface, but cannot tell you the name... Agree with others - very healthy overplanted, but beautiful.

 

[guppy_man]

If you want my honest opinion, Looks great but dominated by your plants. Too many and too dense, If you want my dishonest opinion, your tank is perfect.


Very nice fish though

Cal

I disagree with the swan , i think the plants look great like that, and i bet the fish love it.

 

[tangokitty]

I really do like it to be dense especially in the back of the tank, i hate the blue back ground and was even concidering doing a moss wall to hid the whole background. Thanks for the coment Guppy-Man. I would like the plants to be arranged in groups better. And maybe some more drift wood pieces. The Cherry Barbs really seem to love it, the males even have little territories staked out in the plants and chase other males from their "spots" I'm surpised the haven't bred though. I also am adding Cherry Shrimp next week and all the Dense plants will give them plenty of places to hide and multiply. this is my First planted tank. I'm thinking of doing a 5 gallon betta planted tank too.

 

[tangokitty]

Tank Details

50 gallon, rabbit poop fertilizer, DIY Yeast co2, weekly 20% water changes, 2 65 watt compact flouresents, Excell flourish, excell liquid fertilizer on water change day, 75 Gallon rates canister filter, 1 powerhead, 3 substraites mixed, 6 Bleeding heart tetras, 1 RTS, 6 ottos, 8 Cherry Barbs, 5 White clouds, 2 BN plecos, 1 SAE, 1 Red Eyed Red Swordtail female, lots of MTS, Rams Horns, Mystery, and spixi snails, soon to house 30 Cherry Shrimps. I don't know the names of some plants but some are crypts, moneywart, Ludwigia repens, Cabomba, a sword plant (unsure which), jungle Val, regular val, corkscrew val, some mosses and a few other plants I don't remember the names of off hand.
Water test are:
Ammonia 0
nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
Ph 7.6

Anything I forgot???

 

[jaycat]

Hi, love the plants... it looks GREAT

 

[tangokitty]

Thanks! Any of you have pictures of your tanks?

 

[Ian H]

I'm a bit confused about this tank tbh!!

I LOVE how its planted but at the same time the plants seem to take over the tank??

maybe a decent shoal of rummy nose or cardinal tetras would solve that problem? with that many plants you could overstock without a problem as long as there was enough room for them to swim!