bobo Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Hey guys, I'm posting this because it's a tank I'm pretty happy with. I wanted a planted tank which took very little maintenance, so if you want something similar, you could go about it somewhat like this. The details: Tank: 120cm x 60cm x45cm Filter: Some kind of big canister filter and the filter in the hood Lights: 3x39 T5s, 6500K Dosing: Twice a week a few drops of a homebrew fertilizer bought off trademe Once a month (with waterchange), overdose of excel - to kill any BBA (get a small amount as you can see in the logs) Maintenance: Currently one 50% water change a month. I think I will push it out to every two months. Now and then I clip the stem plants. Randomly run the magnet across the glass - a light green dust gradually collects. Fish: Red Tail Shark A few cories 3 Kribs 2 Angelfish 4 Bristlenose ~12 Tigerbarbs I'm not much of an aquascaper - so I just chucked in whatever plants I could get my hands on that would go ok in low light. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 great tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Nice lush looking tank. :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted September 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Cheers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Looking great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 LOVE it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 cool :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 I like how you have positioned the plants. very pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 love it :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 I like how you have positioned the plants. very pretty. Heh. The only real thought I gave to positioning is that I wanted a 'carpet' in the centre, surrounded by crypts - that took a looooong time to grow in; in fact I didn't think that foreground plant was going to. That area still has a way to go, but its getting there. All the swords are there simply because I happened to have a whole bunch lying around, and I needed to fill the tank in - that side is a bit bland for me. Thanks for the positive comments guys. Really the biggest positive for me is being able to keep an interesting, low maintenance tank. I just had a baby, and I think the 50% weekly water changes I was giving the Oscar that was in there would have killed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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