I've been overstocked in my 29g brackish tank for a while, with a figure 8 puffer, a big molly, a baby molly, and four knight gobies (that's the bad part). I kept rescuing them from the LFS 'cause they kept getting them in, and not selling them. So anyway, I thought nature had finally paid me back by killing off at least two of them, maybe as many as three. So tonight I decide to redo the look of my tank, and I take out ALL the rocks, and what do ya know, FOUR GOBIES! It's unbelievable. I've tried to setup the tank so that four will be happy, with a huge system of caves that they could get lost in and not find each other for a while, and I provided some more interesting swimming space for my puffer I think... As soon as the tank settles down I'll grab some pictures.
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Ok, this may not look like much, but it's a HUGE improvement. I'm not sure I have a decent picture of what it looked like before, but all the rock was basically spread out all over the tank, so there was no sense of heighth to any part of the tank. The rock pile on the right now goes up about 2/3 of the way, and the gobies absolutely love it. They're actually out and swim and do stuff now, which makes me very happy. The only thing I want to do is get a little more wood for the left side of the tank, and hope the plants grow a bit to give a little more green. Anyway, here it is:
nmonks
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Looks nice. I agree with you -- creating asymmetry in an aquarium leads to a more interesting look. In particular, I like those pale rocks with the holes in. They look very "marine", as if they'd been bored by piddocks and worn down by the sea. This is just me, but I always think sticking with one type of rock looks best. Less visual clutter, and more like what you see in the wild. But regardless, I think the tank looks good.
I'd think about Java fern and hornwort as your next plants. Java fern can be bought on pieces of wood, which would work well here. Hornwort is a great algae-buster, and being a floating plant would add some shade and some height to the decor. You could use some lead weight to hold down a bunch in the back right corner behind the rocks, so it would "grow" out and over the rocks, like some seaweed on a rocky reef.
Cheers,
Neale
I'd think about Java fern and hornwort as your next plants. Java fern can be bought on pieces of wood, which would work well here. Hornwort is a great algae-buster, and being a floating plant would add some shade and some height to the decor. You could use some lead weight to hold down a bunch in the back right corner behind the rocks, so it would "grow" out and over the rocks, like some seaweed on a rocky reef.
Cheers,
Neale
Doesn't sound over stocked to me unless im missing something
I am always trying to get differernt plants growing in my tank, although its freshwater, I can only seem to keep my HUGE plant. Sucking up all the neutrients i guess.
Tank looks good. Can't wait to start my brackish tank.
The gobies love those holey rocks... Now that they're the way they are, I can always find one poking his head out of a rock. Funny you should mention them being white... They really stick out compared with the rest of the holey rock in there, just because they have no algae yet. The others have a thick bed of dark green algae that I really like. I like to mix rocks sometimes, I like it in this case, but to each his own
I mentioned the algae on the rocks... I've really had an algae problem with this tank in the past, but I've really come to embrace the algae. If you'll notice, there is no background on the tank, rather algae on the back glass
And I'll definitely check out those plants you mentioned. Are the both fairly low light?
I had some bad alergy problems in my tank as well and I couldn't figure it out. I had my huge plant in the tank which I though would soak up alot of the neutrients alergy would need, instead alergy grew on the plant its self.
After switching to sand for the bottom, all my alergy problems went away. I still get the occasional alergy in little places on the rocks or scratches on the glass (my 30 gallon), but the bigger problem went away.
I highly reccomend sand over any type of gravel anytime for a lot of reasons.
After switching to sand for the bottom, all my alergy problems went away. I still get the occasional alergy in little places on the rocks or scratches on the glass (my 30 gallon), but the bigger problem went away.
I highly reccomend sand over any type of gravel anytime for a lot of reasons.
I have black sand mixed with crushed coral, so I don't think that's the problem. I fight the algae battle on the front glass with a mag float, and other than that, I think it actually looks kinda good, especially on the rocks.
SLC Flyfishing
Fish Crazy
Looks nice Flumpus, yeah I agree that algae often looks good in a brakish tank I don't know why but if makes it seem more real and "lived in". I hate it in the fresh tank I'm struggling with now, I don't even want to add fish because of the algae, I'm getting a handle on it and things are much better but it still drives me up a wall.
SLC
SLC
The mollies do seem to eat a little bit of it, and it's not quite so out of control now. I'm actually not having a huge problem with it in the 75g yet, but I'm doing VERY frequent water changes to raise the SG. Once I cut back to once every week or two weeks, I might get some more algae, not sure.
Mr.September15
Chuck Norris is the reason why waldo's hiding
Noooo, I hate when things are un-even. Bring some more rocks to the left!
pica_nuttalli
don't be a twit
nah, add more height to the right so that the "line" swoops upward that direction.
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