Comments, Questions, Suggestions on my Planted Tank

[Luke*]

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/lukes- ... 14989.html

Cheers

[peanuts]

very nice, and I bet even more stunning when viewed in life

[Caper]

I like I like

I love how you have the logs placed.

[ljtan55]

Wow that looks awesome. Very nice :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[fishboi]

great job luke looks fantastic. love the Glosso [could never get my to do that :oops: ]

[Devon]

Great tank but perhaps some bigger fish???

I thought it looked abit werid with only little fish,

But All up great tank.

[BK]

wheres the Discus

[evilknieval69]

I can tell you all that it looks much better in real life

Nice luke

[Luke*]

Hehe thanks very much for taking the time to reply and view it peanuts, Mystic, Caper, ltjan55, fishboi, Devon, BK, and evil

Devon there's a couple of 20cm clown loaches in there but they get a bit shy when the camera comes out. I'll be sure to get some cunning snaps though and post them up here after some shrimp pellet lures

BK it's a bit too heavily stocked to add some discus at the moment (I think), but I have mused the thought many times of throwing in a dozen juvenile discus. Just they won't grow so well in there compared with the BB/Planted combination tanks I grow them out in (pics of them to follow soon).

Personally I think it needs a bit more fill around the back, I might get that hygrophilia (think that's what it is) in the back right and plant it out all the way across the back as it grows sort of like a hedge. Then again maybe it looks better just in a bunch :-? Always something you want to change aye lol

[jude]

Thats the TNLQR syndrome (tank never looks quite right). Mine suffers from it too :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think yours is fantastic. Would love to see it in real life.

Cheers

Jude

[Caper]

Jude wrote:

TNLQR syndrome

Never heard that one before Jude, my gosh, MTS sure has many syndromes associated with it :lol:

[Lucid]

The tank is looking awesome luke, love the peice of driftwood in there.

Is it a purchased peice or do you pick it up off a beach or somewhere.

B

[Luke*]

Thanks a lot Ballastic, the driftwood I purchased from Hollywood Fish Farm in Auckland (North Shore) when I was there a few months ago. It works out quite well to create depth perception at the back right, makes a higher level. I've got a nice longer piece that I found at a nearby estuary when I was back in Tauranga a little while back, so I think I'll put it in soon to make a longer shelf. The only thing is it isn't quite flat/straight so I might have to cut it a bit so it doesn't stick up off the gravel and not fit in with the aquascape. Another good thing about it though is it's got some holes so the fish can go inside it, the clowns and plecos would love it. Quite sweet to find a piece like this for free as it would sell at LFS for $20-30 I'm sure. It's quite heavy and sinks straight away too.

Here it is just before being sterilised with boiling water... no bugs were harmed in the making of this sterilisation... (hopefully)

[Luke*]

As promised here's some shots of some of the 13 clowns

Here's my red spot pleco and a smaller bristlenose trying to push each other aside to get more of a shrimp pellet..so much for eating the algae!

A rare shot of a big clown

[dave01]

Awsome tank, awsome photos luke

thanks for sharing

[Luke*]

Thanks mystic and dave, my pleasure

Fish keeping is the best when you just kick back and just enjoy it, makes all the hard work worth it. Very calming yet entertaining. Good conversation piece too, usually insanity comes up lol

[Caper]

Very nice fishies Luke ...I see others were trying to share the lime light with your clowns

[DiverJohn]

love the Glosso [could never get my to do that :oops: ]

Lighting

1x 400w Metal Hallide

Theres your answer fishoi!!!

How long do you have that going per day luke?

[Luke*]

Hehe...good observation diverjohn. It's on for about 12 hours day, auto timer.