Cheekys 60L

Lighting 2*14w phillips cool daylight cfls diy in hood.
Substrate is PFS
Dosing Seachem Comp 1ml a week.
no carbon doseing.
In hood trickle filter with ceramic rings and filter floss.
15w filter claims to be 1000L an hour but no way.. prob more like 400-500L.
100w heater(never goes on in summer)

This was the plan of action for the scape




and this is how it turned out.

 

very cool!

 

and herere are some of the inhabitants!!

 

Nice looking tank you have .. like the scape and planing.

Goof Job !!!

 

Nice looking tank I cant wait to see it fill in some more

 

Awesome tank man. You really kept to your planned scape hey. Well done. Like your fish choice aswell.

 

Really cool man. love the photos of the fish. What camera do you use?

 

PICTURE UPDATE!!!
Above neon tetra with a birth defect.. gill growing out from the side of gill plate. sign of inbreeding i think.. but not sure.
My pygmy corydoras such active little buggers

 

Can I say I hate you?

Just because I am green with envy about those crypts. I still cant get mine to grow. I even took revenge on my brother's success with them by trimming his tank

@cheekychops - the tank looks great! That tree especially!

 

Looking really nice!!! Filled out well!

 

top tip... put rusty nails right under the crypt, their roots grip onto the nail they love them so much!!

 

Really cool tank, well done!

 

I have actually tried that - no luck for some reason crypts have decided to be the one plant to fight with me

 

Every time i buy green crypts they end up transforming into browne crypts.:suspicious:
You are really lucky to have green ones.:bigsmile:

 

Nice Scape! I love how the moss is growing!

Have you considered adding root tablets or DIY CO2?

I can see that moss taking over that tank soon enough!

 

Thanks for the positive comments all.
no co2 needed on this tank all the plants are low maintenance. i pump some flourish every now and again but this tank is running on processed fish poop and lights and nails under the substrate. and the moss has been trimmed quite a bit lately as i swapped it for other livestock and plants.
I had a bba problem for some reason but a SAE sorted that in no time.

 

looking good love the corys.

 

Niceeeeee!!! Funny your tanks look like mine hahahha. Colour of the sand, plants (Cryptocryne wendtii) fish woehahahha. Having some problems to keep the habrosus alive. Yesterday emptied their tank, changed the sand, got the cpd's and shrimp out and put only the habrosus back in. Getting 10 new ones the coming months (home bred). They are called Salt and Pepper Corys in english by the way. Pygmy is the C. hastatus.

 

Stunning! Love the "tree"

 

@DoubleDutch Why is that? Are they difficult to keep?