phoenix44 Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 ill work on the project on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Well at least I've never EVER used ornaments or plastic plants. And no offence p44, but that tank with all those plastic plants is a rather ghastly sight :lol: I'm attempting to redo my tank today. Lots of bogwood, moss, ferns etc. I want it to look like a mossy log in the Amazon river or something..... Anyway, how many Cardinals do you have now? They are sooooo expensive! You must be spending a fortune on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 DO IT :lol: *glares* I think java fern would look great on those logs then at least once you do cover them in plants you wouldn't be able to see the outsides of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 heheheheh... Maybe in another thread, don't want to infect this one, Nick Windelov would look good over the logs as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Too much light for java fern. It just gets burnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Today is monday. That means today is discus egg night :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 ... yum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 its means 'tank project' too - remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 well.. They didn't lay on monday; but laid on tuesday. then they have gone and laid again last night. I'm confuzzled ahahha. Eggs are still here this morning, so that is a good sign, parents are looking after them well. dowue is visiting today so I have cleaned etc. :lol: hopefully the tank is looking semi decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Are you sure you don't have two pairs of discus in there or two females? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 hahahha. its the same two. there is 1female and 1male, and then an extra male that tries to get it on with the female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 My new camera arrived today male Dwarf Flag cichlid View from my bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Oooh nice! What kinda camera did you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Thanks! I got a Sony DSC-H20 I used to have the H3 - well I still do, but its flash broke, so ill get it fixed on my next trip overseas. L. Aromatica 'Green' Spotty BN hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 WOW! That's looking fantastic! That male flag of yours is nicer than mine x a million! That L. aromatica looks great too . I want some! My attempt at redoing my tank ended in a miserable failure, when my large piece of bogwood started floating. I thought it was already waterlogged. But oh well... I'll just have to think of another design - I'll ditch the ferns and moss idea (too difficult). It would be nicer if my tank was wider too. It is currently 100x30x50cm. I am actually thinking of selling it, and getting another made that measures 90x40x55cm. I wouldn't fill it to the top though - I was thinking of using the extra 5cm to run filter pipes ect. using suction cups into the exact places that I want them, so when I'm looking at my tank I don't see any unsightly filter pipes running along the back of the tank in the water, and that they are above the water, held by the suction cups, and them enter the water imediantly behind a plant or something. I can then use some sort of edging stuff around the top of the tank to hide the waterline, so I don't see the pipes at all. I also want an Eheim Professional 2 2128 Thermofilter, so I don't have a heater in the way that I have to go to the trouble to hide among something. The reason for all this is that I want a nice open tank, with maybe some straight vallis, and Hygrophila polysperma, and then just have lots of short low maintainance plants. The filter pipes would be too noticeable and hard to hide unless I go to this trouble, which doesn't bother me at all. I would love to have a nice, relaxing tank that I'm proud of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 That male flag of yours is nicer than mine x a million That is the female flag your plan sounds nice too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 your plan sounds nice too Thanks. I'm planning to stock it with Red-line Rasboras, some of those Furcata Rainbows, and then my kitty tetras and some Tinwini Danios. I want a pair or two of some sort of Apisto so I have a feature fish. Bottom feeders will probably be Zodiac Loaches and Golden Bristlenoses. I might think about Peckoltia when I have the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 love the product placement of the FNZAS forum displayed on your laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 love the product placement of the FNZAS forum displayed on your laptop hahahahha 8) marketing 101 :lol: but in all seriousness, it just happened to be there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 New Fish Update - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joe Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Wow. Stunning fish Double Red Agassiziis aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Tank is now in the kitchen and I have thus been unable to give it the attention I used to The effects are visible really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Tank is now in the kitchen and I have thus been unable to give it the attention I used to The effects are visible really. Still looks 41.6 times better then anything i've ever done :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I still think that your tank looks great. I've decided to go for a rimless setup with metal halide lighting instead of my other plan. I'll just have lots of ferns, moss, anubias ect. So that also means I'll be needing a lot of bogwood. I don't really care what fish I stock the tank with - I'm just more interested in the plants at the moment. I'll also eventually get pressurised CO2. Having all the bogwood means I don't need to worry about hiding filter pipes, because there will be plenty of places to hide them. Most importantly, I'll need a surface skimmer or an overflow if I'm going to have a rimless tank, so I don't have a build up of dust and scum on the surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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