My Planted Tank

[Nadeem]

Hello All, i would like to share my tank with you guys and hopefully get some feedback.
tank size is 900 x 450 x 450, it is an acrylic tank
filtration : one HOB filter, one submersible pump for circulation and a fluval cannister filter
substrate : misture of black and white silica sand
CO2 : None, hopefully will get a system in the near future
Heating : 1 x 300watt heater
lighting : 2 x 24watt t5 TUBES and one 39watt PL Tube
plants : various,only know a few names though, vallisneria / corkscrew vallisneria / anubias / indian java fern / if anyone can help with id the other plants, please do.
fish : 5 x coral red danios/ 4 x neons / pair of apisto(dutch gold) / 1 x discus / 2 x otto / 2 x starlight ancistrus / 8 x cory...albino and sterbai

do any of you think there is too much fish in this tank? or is this ok? i have another smaller tank which is standing empty and can set it up if this tank is overcrowded.
i would apprecite any feedback, advice for my tank.
Thank You
N

[Donny]

Tank looks awesome, i dont think you will have a overcrowding problem now, but when the discuss gets bigger you will have to get a bigger tank again.

[shihr]

seems like you may have too much light in that tank.. if u start having problems, i'd switch off the pl tube..
but on a different note, VERY NICE! :) i like the clean look..

[oscar freak]

very nice growth how long has it been running?

[Nadeem]

hey guys thank you for the replies, shihr, you reckon it may be too much light hey, maybe i should switch off the pl tube and se how it goes just with the t5's.
shot donny
thanx oscar, it has been running about 6 months, but gopt overgrowna few times, i actually tore the whole thing down twice snince i started, i just love rescaping, i know its not too good though, dont give plants time to settle, and i have suffered my losses because of that.

[shihr]

yep, with the current plant list u have in there, even 2 t5's would be more than enough.. but look, if u not getting algae problems, leave it!:) if u do, i'd suggest switching to only 2 t5's..

trial and error my friend.. every ones tanks different :)

[Donny]

Let it grow and share the plants :) :)

[oscar freak]

thats not bad for all the upheavel,i love the anubia what size did you get it and whats it growth rate like i just got one and i'm curious

[shihr]

whats it growth rate like i just got one and i'm curious


sloooowww.. even with co2 and bright light... but very rewarding when it matures :)

[Donny]

Awesome little plant mine use to grow slowly till my brother put it in his tank, brighter light an on a peace of wood, roots above the sand.
This realy increased the growth rate.

[oscar freak]

ay i got a bad habit for getting these methuselahs

[shihr]

methuselahs

what the heck is a methuselahs? :P

[oscar freak]

Methuselah (tree)

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For the 750 year-old Methuselah's Oak tree, see Hampton Court Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Court_Park).
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The Methuselah Grove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_(nature)) of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Bristlecone_Pine_Forest), in the White Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(California)), Inyo County, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inyo_County,_California).


Methuselah is a 4,844 year old Great Basin Bristlecone Pine - Pinus longaeva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin_Bristlecone_Pine) tree growing high in the White Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(California)) of Inyo County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inyo_County,_California) in eastern California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-fs.usda-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-fs.usda.2Cnh-1)
Contents

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1 Geography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#Geography)
2 The Oldest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#The_Oldest)

2.1 Other ancients (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#Other_ancients)

2.1.1 Bristlecones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#Bristlecones)
2.1.2 Clonal organisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#Clonal_organisms)


3 See also (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#See_also)
4 References (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#References)
5 External links (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#External_links)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methuselah_(tree)&action=edit&section=1)] Geography

The ancient tree is named after Methuselah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah), a Biblical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible) figure reputed to have lived 969 years. It is growing at 2,900–3,000 m (9,500–9,800 ft) above sea level in the "Methuselah Grove" in the "Forest of Ancients" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Bristlecone_Pine_Forest) in the Inyo National Forest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inyo_National_Forest). Methuselah's exact location is undisclosed as a protection against vandalism.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-fs.usda.2Cnh-1)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-2)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methuselah_(tree)&action=edit&section=2)] The Oldest

"Methuselah" was 4,789 years old when sampled in 1957 by Edmund Schulman and Tom Harlan, with estimated germination 2832 BC. Methuselah is the oldest known living tree and non-clonal organism in the world—4,842 years old as of 2011.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-3)[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-4)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methuselah_(tree)&action=edit&section=3)] Other ancients

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methuselah_(tree)&action=edit&section=4)] Bristlecones

An older bristlecone specimen, WPN-114 and nicknamed Prometheus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(tree)), was more than 4,844 years old when cut down in 1964, with an estimated germination date of 2880 BC. Another bristlecone tree, approximately 4,600 years old, is still living. A dendrochronology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrochronology), based on these trees and other bristlecone pine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristlecone_pine) samples, extends back to about 9000 BC, albeit with a single gap of about 500 years.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-5)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-fs.usda.2Cnh-1)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methuselah_(tree)&action=edit&section=5)] Clonal organisms

Other longer-lived discoveries are clonal colony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonal_colony) organisms: such as the 11,700 year old Creosote bush - Larrea tridentata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrea_tridentata) clonal colony, named "King Clone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Clone)", in the Mojave Desert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Desert) near the Lucerne Valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerne_Valley,_California) in California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California); and the 9,500 year old Norway spruce - Picea abies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_abies) clonal colony named "Old Tjikko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko)" in Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden).[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-6)[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-7)[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)#cite_note-8)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methuselah_(tree)&action=edit&section=6)] See also

[azurekoi]

Read your Bible(if you do...) Methusalah is the dude credited to have got to age 900+....Also the largest bottle of wine you can buy is a Methusalah...enough wine to get the whole Pretoria Aquarium Fanatics trashed...lol

[fiberoptic]

Looking good Nadeem

[Nadeem]

thanx fiberoptic.
Donny, dude i am always willing to share plants, im in goodwood, just let me know when you would like some then you can come over and get.

[boebie]

Looks great Nadeem. Now you just need some foreground plants.
pm me if interested.

[zaqwsx15]

Dude it looks great, I remember when I came over to yours, you had just got the tank, has it really been 6 months already? Has gone quick!

[Nadeem]

Howzit man, thanks dude, yes remember that, i had like two little plants in there and one blue light, lol, i remember you telling me that i must seriously upgrade my lighting,lol.
you must come over again sometime, maybe there are some my plants that you like then i can give you some.
yeah its about 6 months, went by quick hey.

[Nadeem]

yo boebie, thank you will, will definitely pm you.