antwan

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Sorry to disappoint but I'm not going to go with lemons, with the tank the way it is and full of tannins I don't think they will stand out as much. That's why I'm wanting to go with a silver bodied one so it gets a nice shimmer going under the light, I feel that will give a nice effect.

wow, sweet score

I agree with Ryan, time is best with these fish as they can be very tricky. I bred my tri's at around 30C (summer) and all turned out male. I could have sworn I had a few females and even sold them to friends in pairs only to find out they were less dominant males

Just to clarify, I also like the tanniny look, just not overboard. I'm sitting in front of it now and thinking that maybe it just needs more light, it's only got two two foot fluoro's on it that came with the tank so doesn't show much. I really do think this tank would look awesome with the halide over it, big sword sticking up and balansae rolling over the back. But I don't want to make it too planted, argh so many decisions :lol: Suggestions on a species of tetra for this tank too would be appreciated. No cardinals or rummynose's please. Want them to look shimmery in a school of about 25, perhaps bloodfins? Quick photo:

Cheers for the offer Nav, but I went for the two canister's. Got some bits so the intakes are plumbed through the holes, works really well. So far it's full of a big group of guppies :-? I just had to get some fish in there! I used the media from my other canister so it's pre-cycled. The wood is leaking tannins like it's nobody's business though, the water is so brown! I wanted to go for a brown tinge but this is too much, perhaps more light could fix it. Hopefully it lightens up over a relatively short time. (Flatmates keep asking why it's so dirty :roll: ) Tear down planted tank and use the halide on this? Hmmm.. that sword sure would look impressive coming out of this tank

Ok, I'll get one tomorrow after work, then another in a while once I've recovered from this massive dent in my wallet

I've got the via aqua 650 (aqua one cf1000 now) running on my planted and it is nice, 4 years old and still runs well so they are reliable, and the 1200's are only $150 from redwoods so cheap too

What would people recommend for a filter then? I don't have lots of money to spend, but what about a cf1200? If not permanent, just until I can afford a larger one?

That's what my bedroom is already like with the planted tank, I could stare at it for hours. Cheers for the hint I'll check out his stuff tonight.

Yea I mean altifrons. Nope not stating too much, I appreciate all the info. I have never made a sump before so that could be quite exciting. Tank is full and no leaks (phew!) here's a few pics: I'm going to be doing a lot more of this, may invest in a couch from trademe And finally full I never really thought about the geo's hurting themselves, I was so caught up of a group of tetra's swimming through the branches in my head :lol:

Bought a 6x2x2'er last night off trademe, bit of a whim but very exciting. I have been wanting a 4-5 footer for a while but this was pretty cheap so nabbed it. Anyway, bought 80L of propagating sand today and went to the beach and got a bunch of pieces of wood. I have a basic idea with what I want to do, lots of wood, scattering of oak leaves, and maybe some balansae or val in the background. As for fish there will be the geo's (suri's) probably about 5 of them, and I was thinking maybe 3 firemouths, but I'm not sure how well they'd get on with the geo's since they occupy the same niche.. Those L191 dull eye royals have taken my fancy and was thinking about getting one of them, or maybe some Ancistrus ranunculus (pricey though). Then a school of some sort of tetra and some cory's. Anybody see any potential problems with this lineup of fish? Here's a pic of the wood, will have to see what it looks like in the tank and get a good combo. The tank comes with everything apart from the filter, but it has a couple of holes drilled in the back at the top for filter connections or a sump. Could I get away with a cf1200 on this? Maybe two? I've also got a few smaller tanks lying around and a pond pump rated at 2400LPH would it be relatively easy to make a sump?

Nice fish! Good job on the divider, good luck

Photo's? or a video?

Nice!

sweet score! i take it they have no more?

very nice

Should have plenty of bits to make a few tanks due to recent events :roll:

Wow those are sweet! I hope that lone ray found his mates :lol:

I'm pretty sure the sword plant is Echinodorus argentinensis, it's growing really well. I finally have all of my 'most wanted' species in there and am waiting for them to grow nice and big. I ripped out all of the hygro from the back cos it was just too big and blocking a lot of light (really cool having a big forest coming out of the top though). Now I'm thinking just let the balansae grow really thick, but the back left definitely needs something else... suggestions? I can't really be bothered re-tying moss to the wood either but I think the 'sticky' look looks nice. I want that fern to thicken up too :-? I've just got to be patient and hopefully one day the sword will look like this out the top

Chucked it in the pond for now..don't really know what to do with it otherwise.

I'm in for the email too of course Animates tower junction had a bunch of steel blues being added to one of their display tanks yesterday, I didn't pay much attention to sexes though sorry.

haha close. Someone got greedy and had the big bowl while I was left with a mere teaspoon full. Luckily that's a t-shirt and hoody in the background not undies :lol:

I got sick of this taking over, so I pulled it out. Mainly emersed growth and measures just under 5 feet from base to tip

Looks nice