SamH Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Wouldn't you be covering all the sand with glosso anyway? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I suspect the native shrimp would be ok at 20 degrees, as long as there is sufficient oxygen, and if you have CO2 that means the plants start pumping out the oxygen, I think... If you let the tank establish then add the shrimp (which seems to be what you are doing anyway) there should be plenty of food for them. They just eat tiny biofilms on surfaces. If you get the balance right the plants should be outcompeting the algae and the shrimp will keep everything else nice and clean Though I am guessing that is your idea. yeah! that's exactly it! you summed it up in 2 lines and I would have taken up 10 :lol: Wouldn't you be covering all the sand with glosso anyway? :lol: Ill go look at some sand then shall I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Ill go look at some sand then shall I? Up to you Careful, they come in 25kg/litre sizes, don't strain your back :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Ill shove the whole lot in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 That's half the tank size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 or a mighty big hill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 That's bound to cause issues with bacteria, use large rocks under sand to create hills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 how about some little red or orange fish to shoal about in the empty space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 LOL. well I somehow managed to get all 20kg of daltons in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 OK so.. Maybe its not going to be a gumi :lol: maybe it'll just be a tank with a slope and a rock and glosso and shrimp :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 tank looks revolting. i shall tear it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 slopes are gay what you had before was good just make the rocks abit more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 No no no don't tear it down! It looks great (unlike my tank). Just take out the big rock, and replace it with something lower and more round, and put a few little rocks at the base of the big one. Then get some glosso in there, and a large clump of sag. microfolia or mondo grass in the LHS. For fish, Emerald-eye rasboras, Danio tinwini or Danio erythromicron would look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 nah. ripping it down. too much gravel. will be too much of a hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Ok then. But PLEASE promise that you'll set it back up again, witha design just as good or better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 well i have to do something with the glosso... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Barebottom ftw, then just keep the glosso in pots :lol: But seriously, the slope is good, youll just have to cut back on the depth of your substrate layer. With glosso surely you can go as thin as 15mm gravel depth at the flattest point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Would you like me to teach you how to create a slope dude? :lol: Where's that sand eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordayzbro Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Have you got a photo of that big rock? I've seen people smash big rocks up with a chisel to use in Iwagumi's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 It was a logistical error I ran out of buckets.. ok ok.. bucket. the sand had to go in the tank. ill sort it out later. That rock is SI schist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 I am very very unsatisfied with the glosso. I hope it survives. it is spindly, weak and had just been hacked off with no roots at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Erk, I'd keep it in inch deep water dude. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 I ran out of buckets.. ok ok.. bucket. Phoenix, are you SERIOUSLY suggesting that you own one single bucket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 no no i had other buckets. but they were also being used at the time. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Watch out with that filter. In a tank that size you are likely to have small fish and I guarantee, even the smallest sized Eheim pickup will eat fish....lots of them. :-? Great filters otherwise... BTW, I have a single Mosquito rasbora that is looking for a home if anyone wants him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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