Well thanks to Phoenix and Fishybiz, I was finally able to renovate my tank a bit today with some sag and java ferns:

a photo of some of my Discus - hard to get all of them to stand still

These are my new Angels that I'm currently setting up a 200L display tank for:

looking great Amy !!

very nice. the sag.subulata looks v.nice there. it should grow fast as!

Phoenix - Yeah the Sag is already spreading runners (I admit I melted some by accident by waterchange being too hot - but growing back nicely lol)! Can't wait for them to lengthen a bit to make the Discus stand out more and to hide those ugly filter tubings :roll:

Thanks Paul - Dave can probably tell you how snappy I get while I'm renovating lol but the final result is worth it get a big satisfaction out of it!

Tank looks great! love the discus

Lots of bright colours!

Great start. well done.

If you dont mind I might suggest that you tilt your heater a little.

This means that the "hot water" rises up and away from your heater.

That in turns provides a great heating surface without the heater flicking on and off thus extending its working life.

HTH

Navarre

those angels are lil fattys :lol:

Great start. well done.

If you dont mind I might suggest that you tilt your heater a little.

This means that the "hot water" rises up and away from your heater.

That in turns provides a great heating surface without the heater flicking on and off thus extending its working life.

HTH

Navarre

really? I'll tilt them tonight. Does it make them cheaper to run in winter as well? lol...wishing anyway.

I only feed those Angels twice a day one pinch each time and they're constantly fat - no idea how they maintain it :lol: I'm thinking a dark substrate with Val and various swords in the background for the Angel tank.

Wow, looks very nice

running c02 sys in there?

nope no CO2 at all - just fert balls by the roots of the swords and dosing of Flourish Excel WHEN I figure out how to install a CO2 sys I will lol - not very technology savy

Wow thats really good for no c02 system. c02 is really DIY

Is a link to the info

http://www.fishforever.co.uk/carbondioxide.html

It would look like a forest with co2 lol

with a CO2 system will I have to increase the aeration?

To be honest Fishybiz gave me those giant Java fern plants - the smaller and darker leafed Java fern next to them are my own ones, don't know whether it's a diff species or just grown under diff conditions.

But that giant sword in the pic is sprouting a new leaf twice a week just on the fert balls alone

you will have to reduce surface agitation with CO2 injection. I run my DIY CO2 through my external filter.

but would that affect the fish in a bad way? decreased circulation and all?

I still have very high water flow and current in the tank. 2 fluval 405's and a eheim 2010 internal filter that has an air pump attached to it..

Theory was the majority of the CO2 diffused into the water in the pipes and cannister etc...

I like, very nice indeed

Caper

What substrate are you using? I love the look of lighter stones. We have just brought a new tank its so exciting re arranging everything you did an awesome job!

thanks for the feedback peeps won't be long until I get bored and renovate again haha

RochelleMay - I have Autumn harvest (sml-med grain) as my gravel, they tend to illuminate the tank more is my theory lol

looking great one thing that will really set it off is a carpet of glossostigma for the foreground..... :bounce:

tried glosso...have loaches says it all...uprooted in no time

haha aww no... try the riccia in the stocking wrapped around a rock method then..

but how do you prevent the build up of gunk with Riccia?

you have to keep trimming it where the light does not reach apparently. such an awesome plant though. will make your tank look even better!

how are the plants coming along now?

they're fine seen a few small runners so they're finally propagating! My Alenquer has taken the left corner in the Sag as its territory now

more pictures!