land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Just thought I would post up some pics of my tetra only tank. What do you think? anything I can improve on? I have added it to the freshwater members tanks but its waiting to be approved so all the specs are in there. Anyway the tank is 60x50x40 so its 120L and its rimless with black silicon. Now for some pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 And a FTS: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 love the emperors and the background. is it the juwel? with that lighting your plants will be very happy indeed.... :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Cool background! You ask for suggestions... the only thing that strikes me is the background is totally disassociated from the substrate. If you found a rock or three that looked like the background, and partially burried them in the substrate it would look a lot more.... real? (I say one or three rocks because even numbers of things tend to look less believable) Is there no lid? No risk of them jumping out? I can imagine it would be a very peaceful tank to watch. How long has it been set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 phoenix44 - Yeah it is a juwel background I just siliconed it to the back of the tank and let it dry for 2 days. As for the lighting I was actually thinkinf of getting a 4 x 24w t5 unit to put on top of it and put in 2 x Giesemann Powerchrome Aquaflora and 2 x Giesemann Powerchrome Mid Day 6000. Here are some more pics of the Emperors for you. I have 1 male and 3 females. I'm going to give breeding them ago. Stella - Thanks for the suggestion I might give it ago another thing I was thinking of doing was putting in a piece of driftwood. There is no lid because it is a rimless tank and having a lid on it would kind defeat the whole purpose of having a rimless tank. I'm hoping since it is a peaceful tank nothing will jump out fingers crossed. I have had it set up for about 2 and a half weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 that's the beauty of a rimless tank. ages ago i had a 5 ft rimless tank. front and 2 sides were 1 piece of glass. if you got more lighting like you want - you can give riccia a shot. its an awesome tank. u planning on getting a CO2 system running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Thanks for the nice comments. Yeah right now I have 1 of those nutrafin ones but I have just brought a proper one and am waiting for it to arrive then I just need to find a co2 bottle :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 i use a nutrafin one on my 4 ft. im unsure if it is actually making a difference but my plants do very well in that tank. best of luck growing the plants in the tank - tetras look awesome swimming through the foliage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Very nice but I agree with Stella. The substrate needs to match the background. A darker substrate will also better show up the fish colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Nice tank. A couple suggestions though 1. Change to dark substrate, or add some dark over top. 2. add a black background(sideground :lol: ?) to both sides, The fish and plants will look brighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 and hopefully in time you will see no substrate :lol: 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Rasboras are not Tetra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 and hopefully in time you will see no substrate :lol: 8) That is my plan since I have planted the dwarf sage and some other hairgrass :lol: Snookie - Sorry you are right I shouldn't of put tetra only tank. If I can be bothered catching them though they are going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I orginally wanted to get a brown sand to make it look like a kind of river but couldn't find any so just got this fine gravel and figured once the hairgrass and dwarf sage was grown in you won't really see it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 looking good though , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 It really is amazing what a dark background and/or substrate can do for a tank. Really sets off the fish, even the little brown ones! Certainly at least blacking out the back where the rockwork doesn't cover would help. Depends on how much room you have. Coloured paper could work, and if you got a paper similar or slightly darker than the rock colour it would hide it perfectly. Doing native kinda-biotope tanks my gravel and rocks all come from the stream the fish came from (sorta). You can't beat that for a natural look! That said, it sounds like you are doing the plant thing properly and they should take over in no time The gravel looks kinda blue..... is it actually blue? (btw I love this new feature of telling me before I submit a post if someone else has already made a new post!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Thanks. Apart from the uneven floor :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Stella - Sorry I didn't see your post last night. The gravel isn't actually blue its just the pics. What do you mean covering the back where the rockwork isn't? you mean the sides of the tank? I have posted some more info in the members freshwater tanks if anyone wants to tank a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Well it definatly is different from what you had previously Looking good!!!! Cant wait to see the plant extablish them selves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Yeah it is and hopefully with the co2 it'll be even quicker you should come over and have a look and tell Nick to come and pick up his dvds :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Yes will have to come see it! And will tell Nick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Nice looking setup....it going to look even better when the plants mature :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 How are the fishies doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 They are doing great. I just brought a Sera co2 system for $350 and a JBL underground heater for $50 :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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