New layout... New Equipment...

Hi All,

Thought I would share my new layout for my tank.

But first my new equipment:

Pressurised Co2
Inline Co2 Reactor
13mm Cade lilly pipes
Odyssea T5 24W dual lighting unit
Co2 Drop checker.

So my tank went from this:


To this: (The water still needs to clear up after all the activity in the tank)


Some of my fish looking on:


This is still a work in progress. So looking forward seeing how the plants get on.


Regards,
Ernst

 

awesome, what size tank is that?

 

60 Litres

 

nice start. need to get more plants. so come and get some! also do you use the original tubes in the light unit. if so swop them out for 6500k and 8000k tubes. will get better growth with them.

 

Hehe no wonder your corys looks so hugh :aetsch:

Btw your tank and fish (especially the corys) look grate.

And as Ryno said more plants


Good luck.

 

I replaced the 15000K blue light with a PowerChrome midday 6000K light. Planning on getting another Odyssea unit...

 

It looka good and you have nice fish but as the others are saying you need more plant mass.

 

Very nice.

Now all your tank needs is some moss.

 

Looks good, I would just move the wood off centre, either to the left or the right. When scaping always think in the same way as with photography - the rule of thirds is the best way to scape a tank to look more natural.

 

Hi All,

Thanks for for all the feedback. Any tips and advice will be greatly appreciated.

I think I might just take you up on that.

I'm not clued up on photography.... I'm a programmer, so I'm all about straight lines and things being horizontally and vertically centered. hehe :laugh:


This is basically a test run for me to see how everything is going. This is my first heavy planted and my first at Co2 (Yes, I'm a newby)... I'll be getting a new tank and some ADA substrate to setup the official scape once everything looks OK and I feel more comfy with the High Tech thing.

Also planning on getting another Odyssea T5 24W dual this weekend.

Regards,
Ernst

 

Good luck with the C02 and don't forget to post pics

 

Hi All,

Got this new piece of wood for my tank. Still need to soak it for a while to get the tannin out. What you guys think?

 

nice brav

 

thats is cool wood. what sort of wood is it

 

To be honest... no idea... saw it next to the road.... some guys dig up the trees and then dry them out and sell.

 

Hi All,

Small update...

My Hemianthus callitrichoides is starting to spread quite nice.... Gonna be a while before it spreads far enough to my taste. I hate this waiting game :laugh:



The (insert name here... for the life of me cant remember the name :embarrest is also getting a nice red color on the top leaves.


Still looking for some more plants to add more "plant mass" to the tank.

 

The corrys looks huge, cause they are...if im right you bought them @Jungle Aquatics?

 

100% correct :laugh:

 

How are you going to soak that piece of wood? It's huge.

 

I will have to go to plastic world or someplace to buy a big enough container :laugh: