Christmas came a day late with a arrive of another tank, this time i wanted a small planted tank for the bedroom

i will let the pictures do most of the talking

26th dec - juwel lido 120

just after setup - DIY co2 didnt work with my diffuser so it was removed and replaced with a bell diffuser inside the filter

1 month after setup, algae growing nicely

photos taken yesterday about 1 and a half months after setup

whoa! that's fantastic!

is the plant on the ground glosso?

Tank look great!

Lighting and nitrate levels?

Yes thats glosso

yip its glosso

lighting is the factory juwel T5 system which is 2x24watts

lol i never test my water, if the fish are not dieing i dont care

That does look nice.

Can you show me how to get my tank looking the nice?

My plants are growing well but don't have co2. been reading alot about it though

cool tank evil_elmo

I've got a Lido 120 aswell. It got setup in march(?) and it's planted aswell.

But ofcourse it's not as nice as yours

That does look nice.

Can you show me how to get my tank looking the nice?

My plants are growing well but don't have co2. been reading alot about it though

i've been playing with planted tanks for awhile now and its all about balance; co2, ferts and lighting

cool tank evil_elmo

I've got a Lido 120 aswell. It got setup in march(?) and it's planted aswell.

But ofcourse it's not as nice as yours

thanks, i just love the shape of the lido :oops:

Wow, that looks great.

I'm thinking I've got to get into CO2....

Nice little tank Phil!!

thanks guys

here is my GF planted 3ft

my 5ft which won TOTM on MFK :lol: .....all the plants were taken out after this photo was taken

damn those are some cool tanks!!!! what kind of co2 are you using?

The 5' looks like it could use a lawn mower!!

damn those are some cool tanks!!!! what kind of co2 are you using?

Lido has DIY coke bottle system, 3ft and 5ft has pressurized systems

my 5ft which won TOTM on MFK :lol: .....all the plants were taken out after this photo was taken

Got Discus, I see? Those tanks are awesome

the first time i seen your 5ft tank there was mainly sand covering the bottom then a few months later it looked like the photo the results of co2 are quite unbelievable

Very nice tanks! Great to see a personal style there, too. I notice you use the sand/substrate and carpet plants to create a lovely undulating base, then only one or two 'hard' landscaping features (rock or wood) to add a focal point. I repeatedly make the mistake of trying to completely obscure the background with tall and/or bushy plants, which then become quite overbearing and crowd the tank.

I also like that you have stuck to only a few varieties of plants and a few varieties of fish in each tank, rather than giving in to 'a little bit of everything'.

Rummy nose tetras are one of my favourite fish, since they tend to school more tightly than most other fish. I'm sure your tanks look even more beautiful when seen animated than they do in these still photos.

Excellent job.

Got Discus, I see? Those tanks are awesome

you might say i have a few discus hehehe :lol:

the first time i seen your 5ft tank there was mainly sand covering the bottom then a few months later it looked like the photo the results of co2 are quite unbelievable

co2 does help alot but its all about balance....my 6ft can grow very healthy plants with no co2, ferts and a crappy light, all about the balance

Very nice tanks! Great to see a personal style there, too. I notice you use the sand/substrate and carpet plants to create a lovely undulating base, then only one or two 'hard' landscaping features (rock or wood) to add a focal point. I repeatedly make the mistake of trying to completely obscure the background with tall and/or bushy plants, which then become quite overbearing and crowd the tank.

I also like that you have stuck to only a few varieties of plants and a few varieties of fish in each tank, rather than giving in to 'a little bit of everything'.

Rummy nose tetras are one of my favourite fish, since they tend to school more tightly than most other fish. I'm sure your tanks look even more beautiful when seen animated than they do in these still photos.

Excellent job.

Thank you for the comments

each one of my tanks only last about 6-8months before i get bored and take everything out and start again, so i have played around with alot of different styles. as for the substrate, i find sand alot easier to grow plants than gravel

A few variety of plants looks nice when it covers the tank rather than a messy look when each plant tries to outgrow each other.

For fish i always liked big schools of the same species, looks fantastic when they do school together

i love the photos of the tanks with glosso (sp?) and the grass carpets. wondering can someone have Plecos and have those?? looks amazing i would love a tank planted out like that. amazing.

how do you use Co2? seems hard to me. ive grown plants without co2 but the results from using it are wicked.

what breeds of fish "School"?

thanks heaps

dominique

They look fantastic.

Is that an old pic of the 6' or did you put your new red in there??

Gota link to MFK images of it?

what is the name of the "grass" that u have in both these tanks and where do i find sand for my tank?

thanks guys

here is my GF planted 3ft

my 5ft which won TOTM on MFK :lol: .....all the plants were taken out after this photo was taken

i love the photos of the tanks with glosso (sp?) and the grass carpets. wondering can someone have Plecos and have those?? looks amazing i would love a tank planted out like that. amazing.

how do you use Co2? seems hard to me. ive grown plants without co2 but the results from using it are wicked.

what breeds of fish "School"?

thanks heaps

dominique

i find pleco are not good for planted tanks as they seem to always up root plants, i use otocinclus instead of plecos

there are two type of co2, pressurized and DIY. pressurized systems are awesome but costly to setup, DIY is only good for a tank up to 100litres or so and also the tank cant have extreme amounts of lighting as it will not have enough co2 for the plants

good schooling fish are rummy nose, bueno aire tetra, glass catfish

Is that an old pic of the 6' or did you put your new red in there??

just an old picture, the 6ft is pretty empty now

Gota link to MFK images of it?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... p?t=202270

what is the name of the "grass" that u have in both these tanks and where do i find sand for my tank?

top tank is hair grass and bottom tank is dwarf sag

for some reason my hair grass always dies off, currently i have some very short and sparcly sp. planted. What do i need to do? i think the loaches may be chomping on it but not sure. Great looking tanks dude! when you say balance what would you describe as a winning formula?