blondfish Posted December 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I've added some more rocks and created a bit of a cave. Pics.................. "Is this cave for me?" I made a little DIY betta hammock, which Zeus loves! FTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondfish Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Gave Zeus some mosquito larvae yesterday, he absolutely love them! Would recommend anyone with a betta to try them out, they're so fun to watch! Anyone have any comments on the aquascape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Place the heater vertically on the Left side so next to the filter intake. That'll look heaps better and less cluttered, you want to avoid it looking like a load of big stuff in a small tank if you know what I mean. Try to find angular stones rather than using the smooth river stones Then have a play around. Google iwagumi and you'll see the sort of shapes that look good either spread out or piled up. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondfish Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Place the heater vertically on the Left side so next to the filter intake. That'll look heaps better and less cluttered, you want to avoid it looking like a load of big stuff in a small tank if you know what I mean. Try to find angular stones rather than using the smooth river stones Then have a play around. Google iwagumi and you'll see the sort of shapes that look good either spread out or piled up. Hope this helps Thank you! Going to try this now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thank you! Going to try this now Cool. Also you can try sloping your substrate, a squeegy makes this easy. Start with 1cm or so at very front and go from there. You can either go front to back or slope up towards the right corner. Helps give some perception of depth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondfish Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thank you Will try this next waterchange and update with pics after that. T Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondfish Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Sorry I never updated again. I tried moving the heater, unfortunately this didn't work as the inlet pipe is too close to the glass to allow enough room for the heater I've moved the heater further up to the top, and I am hoping to purchase some plants from Carine or Trademe soon to have them grow and cover up the heater. Any suggestions to what plants would do this job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Sorry I never updated again. I tried moving the heater, unfortunately this didn't work as the inlet pipe is too close to the glass to allow enough room for the heater I've moved the heater further up to the top, and I am hoping to purchase some plants from Carine or Trademe soon to have them grow and cover up the heater. Any suggestions to what plants would do this job? Get some Indian fern. just one 'lot' will do. It will grow at a nice moderate pace under your lighting and has a nice spread. then make a few cuttings and plant those, and before you know it youll have some dense coverage and having to prune it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondfish Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated this in such a long time! Unfortunately, there won't be any more updates as Zeus sadly passed away earlier this week, presumably from old age. :tears: I'm now in the process of setting the tank up for a dwarf puffer, which is what the tank was originally for before I fell in love with Zeus. I just need to buy some more plants and set up the snail tank and then I'll be able to get my puffer I'll probably set up another journal for people to follow my progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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