My tank

[Firefly]

So here a pic of my tank after trimming and a big water change. It's dimensions are: 104L X 35W X40H.
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I will be renovating sometime in the next month.
I think I'm am going to take some of the black gravel out. Move the amazons back and reposition the wood and Indian fern. I will spread the vallis out more to cover the back and take some extra's out.

A little question: I have the intake on the left of the tank to my filter and the output to the right. Should I change this?

Regards
Firefly

[MItchell]

Wow, awsome tank.

[Firefly]

Tank Specs are:
104L X 35B X 40H or something like that.
Fluval 204 filter with all baskets filled with bio-media.
Lights are 2X30W. 1 is a flora glo and the other is a cheapie Osram.
DIY CO2.
PFP and Chemicult capped with PFS and some Black gravel.
Tank is 25'C on normal days.
200W heater.
800L/h power head for circulation.

Flora: Vallisneria
3 species of amazons.
Java Moss.
Crypts
Anubia

Fauna:
Neons
Cardinals
Harliquins
2 black Neons
Peppered corys
Bronze Corys
Albino Corys
1 BN
3 Ottos
Some khuli loaches.
LS
8671

RS

8672
Full tank shot.
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Hope you like :bigsmile:

[10i]

looks great! keep up the great work. i wish my tank was as green as yours...

[MItchell]

Wow! nice, your lucky you've still got your Crypts, my BN's got hungry!

[f-fish]

Very cool firefly ... good job!

[zeeman]

Look good firefly! keep it up!

[DesertConvert]

Beautiful!

[WaRn00b]

Absolutely stunning!!

[Firefly]

Hi all.
Saw this pop up a while ago and thought is was another leaf forming, but it turned out to be a spike.
This is the first time one of me Echinodorus sp. has sent out a spike. Unfortunately the light burned off more than half of the buds, but I saved the rest. So after a little read, here the pics!
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0631.jpg
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0634.jpg
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0635.jpg

Hope you enjoy!

[WaRn00b]

Superb!! Really stunning!! :)

[Firefly]

So it's update time again. Yay!

I took out the 7 harlequins out and put in four black neons from another 3ft that I closed down. Harlequins went into my 250L with some Columbia tets.
The corys have laid eggs about 4-5 times with about 5 clutches more or less. Putting the current clutch into my comp tank. Hopefully they will hatch and survive...
I think I lost 1 neon the other day to some sort of stomach problem. I say this because I noticed it stomach just getting bigger and redder and now I can't seem to find it.
Other than that the fish have been fine.

Crypts have gone wild, amazons too. The amazons started sending out shoot, I now have 5 in total and 3 have got little plants with roots starting to form (when can I remove them?)
The amazons have been a bit or a curse too, because I want to close my canopy but I would have to clear the emmersed leaves.
But my favorite news is my anubia put out a flower. So glad about this!

Here are some pics...
Cory eggs:
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0646.jpg

Top of the tank:
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0726.jpg

Size of most amazon leaves:
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0654.jpg

The anubia flower:
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0725.jpg

A few days later:
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/Firefly845/DSCF0736.jpg


Thanks for looking.

[Skye01]

Firefly, what a stunning tank you have, the growth is really awesome. It looks like just now the Amazon is going to need it's own pot in your living room.:bigsmile: I love your Cory eggs, I just wish I knew that I could move them, I would have had plenty by now... Good luck in getting them to hatch in your comp tank, it will be so awesome. Keep us posted!

[Firefly]

Thanks for the reply Skye01
I too hope the eggs are successful but many of the batches haven't, due to me being to lazy to look after them.
I really need to sort out a quarantine tank now that the 3ft is empty.
Also need to give the plants a rather major trim, as in separate some of the crypts that are getting big.

[f-fish]

I would have to clear the emmersed leaves. and this is why I have only 3 tanks with hoods - few things beat the growth above the waterline while the rest of the plant is below - it ties the thing together for me.

Congrats on the flowering... this is so cool.

Later Ferdie