Joe Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Hi all, I know a few of you wanted to see my tank, so be prepared to vomit all over the keyboard of your computer... Tank: Fish: Trigonopoma pauciperforata Hyphessobrycon heliacus: A random pic of my Cryptocoryne cordata: Fish I currently have: 9x Trigonopoma pauciperforata 9x Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi 4x Hyphessobrycon heliacus Pair of Golden Black-eyed Ancistrus I also have a lot of plants, but I won't name them all because it would take forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Good to see you take pride in your tank :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Yeah :lol: It's the best tank in the whole world :roll: :lol: ..... NOT!!!!!!!!!!! It is just a holding setup at the moment. I want to set up a 300 liter breeding tank and mass breed some sort of really expensive fish that people would want to buy so I can afford a bigger tank with all sorts of fancy lighting, CO2, substrate etc. I do however take pride in my fish. I got the Trigonopomas (my favourites at the moment) from Organism and they are one of the coolest little fish I have ever kept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowssj Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 I like it everything minus the pots(to bad they only come in orange aye!) even with the pots it looks good though cause the plants are big an bushy well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Farm tank? I'd do this to grow plants for a smaller display tank. Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Farm tank Yeah I suppose you could put it like that. I just grow plants, and give them away and make people happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Actually the pics don't do it justice. It actually looks very nice, despite the pots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 the plants look healthy and there are some interesting things in there. I like your duvet cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 I know! It has bunnies on it :happy2: I LOVE bunnies!!!!!! :happy1: Can you see Sooty? Specs: Tank: 100x30x50cm - 150 liters The lighting is T8: 1x Hagen AquaGlo - 18,000K 1x Aqua One Tropical - 15,000K 1x Aqua One Sunlight - 6,700K I think... DIY CO2 with 2x 3 liter juice bottles, 3 teaspoons of yeast per bottle. Filtration: Eheim Classic 2213 Aqua One CF 1000 (currently not running. One of the taps is leaky) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 I see Sooty and I want her/him. I :love: silky black cats I see you also painted your room a useful colour that means you don't need a tank background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Sooty = her. She was a stray and adopted us and would not leave! (Despite the fact that mum and dad chucked dirt/water/citrinella oil at her :lol: ) The room was already like that when we bought the house. I hate my room because it is on a lean and so there is more water on the right side of the tank than the left. Oh I forgot to add my thermostat is a Fluval M series 200watt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 which tap is leaking? I may have some spares as I have a couple of the cf filters that are not working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 The outlet tap. The inlet and outlet taps are both exactly the same though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 who said something about the pots? :evil: :lol: They are perfectly acceptable in this case. Plus your crypts are healthy! Where are those swords I sent you Joe? I'm sending Adrienne one and its grown faster than I expected because of my new ferts :lol: so will be ready in the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 I took these yesterday afternoon Getting some afternoon sun... Hyphessobrycon heliacus. Behined is some pearling Crypt. balansae and P44's swordplant My CO2 Setup P44 I'll post a pic of the tank shortly with the swords circled so you know where they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 P44's Swordplants Crypt. cordata. The Crypt on the left of the photo is C. willisii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 25, 2010 Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 Those are tiny. What happened to them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 The photos aren't very good of the swordplants. They look tiny but in reality they are quite large. The one next to the H. polysperma 'Rosanervig' is growing very well at the moment. Some of the leaves on it are a good 15cm. Also remember, I don't have fancy ferts, lighting and cameras like you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 i like the c.willissi crypt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Photos taken today Full-tank shot Cryptocoryne cordata Cryptocoryne affinis Crptocoryne willisii Phoenix44's swordplant - Echinodorus 'Red Rose' x Ozelot Male Golden Black-eyed Ancistrus List of plants I currently have: Bolbitis heudelotii Cryptocoryne affinis Cryptocoryne cordata Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae Cryptocoryne willisii Echinodorus ‘Red Rose’ x Ozelot Heteranthera zosterifolia Hydrocotyle verticillata Hygrophila polysperma ‘Rosanervig’ Limnophila sessiliflora Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ Microsorum pteropus ‘Narrow Leaf’ Microsorum pteropus ‘Windelov’ Riccia fluitans Saggitaria microfolia Saggitaria subdulata Vesicularia montagnei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 awesome! the shape of its leaf has dramatically changed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Yeah I know! I think it's the low lighting and liquid fertilization. I looks WAY coller in your tank though I REALLY want a tank like yours phoenix Although instead of Cardinals I'd have Hemigrammopetersius caudalis (these are one of my most favouite fish. I love the beautiful purple iridescent huge on the males. And they have lovely fins and a nice body shape). Oh and I forgot a plant on my plant list - Ludwigia repens. I just added it to the tank a couple of days ago from the emersed plant I am growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Your "Petchii" is not Petchii It is Affinis. Petchii has a serrated looking leaf very much like beckettii. (it is actually a form of Beckettii) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Thanks Simon. It was sold to me as petchii, but now I know it's not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Jeepers! It's about time I updated this thread Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi - sold. Bristlenoses - died I still have my Trigonopoma pauciperforatus. I lost one Hyphessobrycon heliacus, but still have the other three. I now have four Emperor Tetras, Nematobrycon palmeri, and a trio (one male, two females) of Apistogramma macmasteri which I hope to breed. Also I have some sort of Potomogeton species that I got from a creek, and it is doing really well. I went down to a park yesterday and got some more Willow Moss because I lost mine when I had a black beard alage outbreak. My plants are doing extremely well, and I have a few people wanting Crypts from me so I need to remeber to send those Phoenix44's swordplant (Echinodorus 'Red Rose' x Ozelot) is doing extremely well. I sold the smaller one and a pup that it had, so I just have the one now. And I'm really happy with the growth of my Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov' and Vesicularia montagnei. My florescent tubes are quite old though so I need to buy some new ones shortly. Full-tank shot Cryptocoryne cordata P44's swordplant Male Apistogramma macmasteri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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