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Got the camera out the other day after a Atherton change and snapped some pics ..
This tank has stayed fairly much the same for last 3 years. Very low maintenance. The planting is haphazard but suits. 
Stocking has changed a little over time. It would be nice to get some nicer and more variety of  Rainbows in there. I have what they call Eastern, splendid and striped ( exquisites ). They're expensive in shops and the bosemani, blues and reds  around me aren't that great  
Barbs- 7 Golden, about 15 cherry but did have lots more ( had a few breed and grow out when the Java moss took over the tank for a while one time)  
My Odessa barbs are my favourite 5M  and 3 F which I know is a wrong ratio but aggression is only a bit of ' chasey'.
They've been in the tank for over 3 years and all males are beautiful coloured with dominant male just a little deeper in colour. The females  can give as could as they get. 
Then there A few 5 stripes and a couple of checkered which I'd like more of as they are quite hidey
And. 3 Sae to clean up  and a small school of danios
excuse some of the photos I managed to do some creative cropping somewhere in the process of sizing and uploading  
 

Ha!
Cant kill a weed Mark! - trust all is well with you
yes the barbs are great and good price for the colours and personality, and hardy.
Gonna chuck some groups into breeding tanks outside when it warms up. Just for giggles and to get a few survivors to grow out and put inside.
I do wish  the selection of rainbows around now was as good as was a few years back though

Got the camera out the other day after a Atherton change and snapped some pics ..
This tank has stayed fairly much the same for last 3 years. Very low maintenance. The planting is haphazard but suits. 
Stocking has changed a little over time. It would be nice to get some nicer and more variety of  Rainbows in there. I have what they call Eastern, splendid and striped ( exquisites ). They're expensive in shops and the bosemani, blues and reds  around me aren't that great  
Barbs- 7 Golden, about 15 cherry but did have lots more ( had a few breed and grow out when the Java moss took over the tank for a while one time)  
My Odessa barbs are my favourite 5M  and 3 F which I know is a wrong ratio but aggression is only a bit of ' chasey'.
They've been in the tank for over 3 years and all males are beautiful coloured with dominant male just a little deeper in colour. The females  can give as could as they get. 
Then there A few 5 stripes and a couple of checkered which I'd like more of as they are quite hidey
And. 3 Sae to clean up  and a small school of danios
excuse some of the photos I managed to do some creative cropping somewhere in the process of sizing and uploading  
 

Cheers. 
Used to have LED lights on this tank but gave away while in storage which sort  of miss now  
I gave myself a $300 budget for fish, plants, substrate and lighting to get tank up and running
So I just dusted off a couple of 4ft  fluros and luckily old lid was still working. Think one is warm and one is cool white. 
Room is fairly light so plants ok for light
 

Currently a couple of goldfish until my heaters arrive. Then it's going to house American cichlids.
 

My very simple  4ft Barb, rainbow tank.
Substrate is washed sandpit sand, and plants just one type of Hygrophila and then Java moss.
Plenty of filtration so have to admit not much maintenance, recently took out a bucket of moss which had taken over, but had let my cherry barbs hide a couple dozen 'youngins'
Fish are a selection Barbs,  Rainbows of dubious  origins, a couple of confused bolivian ram and 3X L200, each 20cm- refugees from a friends tank that save on glass cleaning.

My very simple  4ft Barb, rainbow tank.
Substrate is washed sandpit sand, and plants just one type of Hygrophila and then Java moss.
Plenty of filtration so have to admit not much maintenance, recently took out a bucket of moss which had taken over, but had let my cherry barbs hide a couple dozen 'youngins'
Fish are a selection Barbs,  Rainbows of dubious  origins, a couple of confused bolivian ram and 3X L200, each 20cm- refugees from a friends tank that save on glass cleaning.

My very simple  4ft Barb, rainbow tank.
Substrate is washed sandpit sand, and plants just one type of Hygrophila and then Java moss.
Plenty of filtration so have to admit not much maintenance, recently took out a bucket of moss which had taken over, but had let my cherry barbs hide a couple dozen 'youngins'
Fish are a selection Barbs,  Rainbows of dubious  origins, a couple of confused bolivian ram and 3X L200, each 20cm- refugees from a friends tank that save on glass cleaning.

My very simple  4ft Barb, rainbow tank.
Substrate is washed sandpit sand, and plants just one type of Hygrophila and then Java moss.
Plenty of filtration so have to admit not much maintenance, recently took out a bucket of moss which had taken over, but had let my cherry barbs hide a couple dozen 'youngins'
Fish are a selection Barbs,  Rainbows of dubious  origins, a couple of confused bolivian ram and 3X L200, each 20cm- refugees from a friends tank that save on glass cleaning.

Ok here's my Chocolate Zebra Hotel. 100L tank, 7 fish in there, all hiding. 
Can you spot 5 of them in the dark photo? 
 

I suppose these qualify as being rare in NZ:
Geophagus sp. "Red Head". Hopefully we can spread them around and make them not so rare.

Hey everyone! Share your FTS (full tank shot), let's see what NZ'rs are keeping.
I'll start.
My tank is a 450L home to 3 species of polypterus, 1 convict cichlid, 1 red oscar, and 1 Cuban cichlid.
Tank will eventually be a dedicated setup to a breeding pair of Cuban cichlids once I grow a suitable male to maturity.
I recently re-scaped it by removing a large piece of wood, adding the twiggy bits and getting a greater size range of stones to make it more naturalistic.
Keen to see other people's stuff!

My most recent FTS.