Dixon1990 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 or you can bebo it to me and i can put it up when i get bak to palmy tomorrow. we want to see this "1.5 years in the making" tank. better be good. I think you'll be disapointed :lol: :roll: I been talking about making it for 1.5 years, and in that time ive had 3 tanks i was going to use for it :lol: Only been setup just over a month now, a little less with the filter TBH its actually a failure compared to what i wanted, the woods to chunky, the plants wont grow very well and ive got all these different types of algae.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 that sounds very depressing. as long as you have good lighting and more filtration than needed you will be sweet, lol that and tonnes and tonnes of plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 yea i need more plants.. Ive some swords on the way And il put in some more redpine tomorrow. Filtration is ok, cf1200 canister, but im also added a couple small powerheads to keep circulation on the 2 pieces of wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 chuck some fish in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Oh, i got some fish in there too :lol: Havent you been reading this post? :lol: :roll: Il be adding some bettas and Dwarf flags soon aswel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 itend to selectively read, lol. it usually works well ha ha. maybe ill have to re read what fish you have put in there then. bargh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 i c now. you should get 50 rummy noses. im going to fill my tank with them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 No thanks :lol: Im going with cardinals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 yeah they good too, lol. like 50 of them? i got a blue acara and getting more so they will much on cardi's *chomp* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 lol Il probably endup with around 30 of them and around 10 hatchets and 15pencils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_W Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 www.imageshack.us no registration needed. just upload it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Ok, so i never got round to adding those pics :lol: :roll: I now have the camera(crap one) and photobuckets working. So, i have been going through all the different types of algae, Brown first, then BGA, then Hair algae, now i have BBA on the glass. I finally got some swords in there (marbled and Osiris).And a few other bits and pieces. Fishwise i have: 2 Hybrid Starlight BN 2 Sterbai ,2 albino ,5Bronze and 5 Peppered corys 2 whiptails 5 Neon tetras 2 cardinal tetras 2 Platy(and 20ish fry) and 2 Male molly If i can catch them the neons and platys will come out of this tank, i really dont like having heaps of platy babys in here :evil: . So still got a few fish to go in: 10 pencilfish 5 Dwarf flags 5 Albino BN And a couple Female molly when i can find some. and if theres any guppies left in the tank thats getting emptied, they will go in too. I've also added a 600lph internal to go with the 1200lph canister. And a nutrafin Co2 set, dont know if it will do much though. And FINALLY a crappy picture :lol: The tape is holding the second filter there untill i get the suctioncaps from the filter in the tank im taking down tomorrow :lol: And the heater will go at the back with the other one too. Have also got to plant a few more of the plants that are floating atm, and scoop out the duckweed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Glad they made it, just be patient, mines been running since the beginning of the year and is still a work in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Thanksa again adodge, I think the courier might have taken their time with it as whenit arrived the val was all dead except one small plant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 finally! lol... do you keep it near a window or something? Duckweed is evil...spent almost two hours picking them out of my Riccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 finally! lol... do you keep it near a window or something? Duckweed is evil...spent almost two hours picking them out of my Riccia It is NEAR a window, but less than 30minutes of sunlight hits the tank, Whys that? And yes duckweed is evil, during this week i plan on getting it all out :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 is the green colour of the water from algae on the glass or the actual water being green? I block out the side of my tank facing the window with polystyrene...took me ages to scrub the dam algae off the glass Also what kind of substrate are you using? I'm thinking about changing my Discus tank substrate but obviously you can't put an undergravel filter under fine sediment - what do you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_W Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Oh great, I too am getting this duck weed...small round leaves that float on the surface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Nice. it looks all arty like. now all you need is your 50 rummy noses :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 is the green colour of the water from algae on the glass or the actual water being green? I block out the side of my tank facing the window with polystyrene...took me ages to scrub the dam algae off the glass Also what kind of substrate are you using? I'm thinking about changing my Discus tank substrate but obviously you can't put an undergravel filter under fine sediment - what do you do? The water is green from tannins from the wood And i do plan on geting poly for the sides and back, to keep the warm in and have it painted black for a dark background. I am using daltons propergating sand. Im just using a canisterfilter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dixon1990 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Oh great, I too am getting this duck weed...small round leaves that float on the surface? Yep, its so hard to get ridof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Nice. it looks all arty like. now all you need is your 50 rummy noses :lol: All arty like? lol um...no.. :lol: Im getting heaps of CARDINALS not rummys haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Wow how cheap are you getting Cardinals to get 50 of them? I'm adding 10 more to my tribe this week hopefully (fingers crossed that a good shipment comes in). Do you siphon a lot then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Um il be buying them at around $6 i think, but i will be buying them 10 by 10 until i get the number i want. I hardly ever syphon, cause sand to too light and it just goes up the hose. I will be doing it this week aswel, but then after that once a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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