My 250L Planted Tank

[Sean J]

Hey guys and gals...

I redid this tank just before Christmas. I just couldn't take it anymore, it was quite gross...

Anyway, this is what I added:

Substrate is a mixture of Seachem Flourite and standard gravel, beneath that is a mesh which covers a fertile substrate of Prodac Humus, Prodac Humus Plus and the Prodac plant substrate.

Lighting is about 200 watts of T5.

Sump filtration and a heater...

Fish:

1x A. pertensis female
1x A. pandurini male
1x unidentified Corydoras
3x Corydoras sterbai
4x Corydoras trilineatus
5x Corydoras schwartzi

Planning to add a nice school of either Rummy Noses or something similar.

Plants:

Cryprocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne lucens
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne "green"
Cryptocoryne "brown"
Ludwigia repens
Ludwigia verticular va cuba
Rotala species
Echinodorus tennelus
Star Grass
Dwarf Saggitarius
Echinodorus sp?
Hemianthus Micranthemoides
Ammania senegalensis

And one or 2 I forget...

And this is the tank at initial setup:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/Slagter/IMG_3950.jpg

And this is it now:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/Slagter/IMG_3959.jpg

I'll update with more pics in a few weeks time.

[speedz]

awesome, would love to see some close ups of the cories

[Sean J]

I'll try when the lights are back on...

In the second pic you can see small white spots on the front of the aquarium... Those are actually Corydoras eggs... No idea which ones spawned, but they started spawning the day after they were put in the tank and there are a few eggs on the glass every other day. I hope some of the little guys make it to adulthood.

[Matt]

BEAUTIFUL TANK MATE!!! WOW!

hehe yes I was shouting that.. Would love to pop in some day and see this beaut

[Gareth]

Really looks good Sean
the plants are really growing fast in the tank looks awesome

[darryn]

Slagter, not much chance of the Corys surviving in a community tank.
The best recipe that I have had success with, is to wait until about 12 hours after the eggs have been laid. Use a razor blade to carefully remove the eggs and place them in an ice cream container that is filled with water from the tank in which they were laid. Float the container in the tank with an airstone placed inside. Add a drop or two of Meth Blue. Do a 50% water change with water from the 'spawning tank' every day. After 2-3 days you will have wrigglers. Start feeding them on brine shrimp/microworms, etc on the 3rd day (they should be free swimming by now).
I normally transfer them to a separate tank at that stage.
Unfortunately Corys are not great parents. LOL
HIH, just my 2c.
I am still a noob, but have had good success with my Bronze Corys.

[speedz]

i like that piece of wood on the left, very odd looking.

[Donny]

awesome looking tank .

[Linxie]

It looks awesome! REally like the colours that are coming out now :)

[Kat]

Very nice :) Beautiful colours! I have two bronze corys and theyre really just the best lil fish!

[slayer]

awesome, well done