Adrienne Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Finally have my tank filled, filters up and running, a few plants in but more to come yet. Also need to get better/more driftwood. 450 litre tank 80+ litre sump with tunze overflow running 1000lph + cf1200 external cannister filter. 2 300 watt heaters Your opinions, ideas etc welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Awesome im glad you got it going! Sounds like you will have awesome filtration with a sump and externals running.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 A lot of it is thanks to you and also HFF and the guy in the plumbing section at Bunnings Mt Roskill. Everyone has been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frog Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 gorgeous!! I would love a tank like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 looking good lots of potential! what are ya gunna put in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 agreed that's a lot of potential. hope it works out beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Looking at discus, rams, a couple of bristlenose, have some kribs but will have to see how they go and some other ground dwellers. Kribs currently in with the rams at the moment but female is very stroppy when she has eggs . Will be a slow process stocking it with both plants and fish. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 slowly but surely it dont matter as long as it happens right?:0 you should put trout in there:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 An updated pic. A few more plants added and some more ordered. Tank currently has 5 young kribs and 2 blue rams in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Starting to come together! Gunna look awesome once all the plants grow in. What plants have you got in there now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Only got java fern (narrow leaf I think), java fern windelov, some sort of sword (small) and one other? Getting a few osiris sword and hairgrass. As I want this to have 5-6 discus in it I don't want to plant too heavily as it will make it harder to keep the tank really clean and I want them to be seen! I only put aquarium mix in about 1/4 -1/3 of the tank under the propagating sand for this reason also. Its in a semi circle and its where I intend to plant the majority of the plants I'm putting in. I also don't really understand about the lighting and how I work out what I need (technologically challenged at the best of times I am :roll: ). Its a wonder I can post this :oops: :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 sword plants grow big you will see there is going to be a little extra have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 any more pics.. update... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Update - more plants added - osiris sword and another sword (type not sure) and hairgrass. Fish 8 rams - 2 pairs gold, 2 pairs blue 2 bristlenose - both males I think 5 sterbai corys (1 more still to come) pH7 Ammonia - nil The tank is not balanced yet as far as plants go, the ones on the right are currently taller than the ones on the left. Pics - Full tank shot Right hand side of tank Rams & Bristlenose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Man that tank looks good the rams look awesome too Congrats im glad you got it all running and starting to look good the plants will grow and fill the tank up.. Bring on the discus! My golds bred last night.. I was pretty surprised.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 cool~! looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Nice tank, nice fish and nice photos! As ryan said, bring on the discus! This is going to turn out to be an AWESOME tank Adodge, and i bet you're very happy with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 great to hear Ryan - I'm really surprised too, thought they may have been a little young still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Yeah so did I it was the smaller gold female that bred too.. I have done daily water changes and feed them up on heaps of live food since ive got them though.. Guess will have to wait and see if the babies actually hatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Wonderful looking tank Great job! In the first 2 pics I thought you had a black/white substrate and was getting ready to ask you what it was till I saw the other pics :oops: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 have you got your discus in there yet.coming a long quite nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Not yet, going on holiday today & leaving non fishy son with all my tanks - have purchased only one discus so far and will wait until I return to collect it and stock tank. Lost a pair of gold rams (don't know why) but others are fine, plants appear to be finally starting to grow. Small amount of algae appearing on one of my rocks - not sure what type at this stage. pH fluctuating a bit but everything else is nil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Finally got my discus today, I'm so so happy with them. The tank survived my being away although the plants didn't do much with the lights off for a week. Added a few val plants but I'm not that great at growing them. Heres some pics for you and this shot taken end on. Have posted pics of the discus in the cichlid section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Looks realy nice. I wist i could do that with my tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 coming a long nicely.cant wait to see it in six to seven months went all mauture and growen in, will be a nice set up.good looking discus,well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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