My 4ft planted tetra community

This is my Tetra community tank it has been runnig for two years. i rescaped it the past weekend so it still has some growing to do.

fauna:
rummy nose tetras
glowlight tetras
lemon tetras
bleeding heart tetras
neon tetras
emperor tetras
one SAE
a pair of bolivian rams
pleco (only temporary)

flora:
microsorum pteropus
bolbitis heudelotii
singapore moss
hydrocotyle leucocephala
aponogeton undulatus
bacopa monnieri
echinodorus ozelot
echinodorus sp.
c. wendtii brown
c. beckettii
c. crispatula var. balansae

pics:

 

Really nice, I'm sure the bolivians love it.

Tell us more about the hardscape and how you decided on your layout please.

 

Dude, one word: AWESOME!

(except for the pots - just my opinion!)

 

very nice!

 

@jedigenie, they do hopefully they'll breed, my hardscape consists of about five pieces of driftwood that i cabletied together. Trying to stick to the rule of thirds
@tracyp thanks, the pots are a real eye sore for me too they're there for breeding purposes and i tried my best to incorporate them into my scape.

 

very,very nice,can i ask which if any of those tetras spends the most time in the top layer?i notice mine stick to middle and bottom and then move to the top when the lights are off.

 

Yeah, I guessed that was their purpose! Good luck with that!

 

as you can see in the first pic, my lemon tetras are mostly around the top but they also tend to join the rest of the guys swimming around the middle of the tank.

 

thanks

 

Absolutely love the contrast the black gravel gives off against the green plants! @jedigenie

 

@poro - nice one Izak! Funny... I know where quite a few of the fishies and plants come from...lol

 

@azurekoi, you do don't you lol. petstop and the little shop of horrors:cheesy:

 

Liked that trip we did to "Little Shop of Horrors" - that guys face when we told him - Dont worry,we know plants... we'll get them ourselves....lol @Newby's stuff he got that day also doing awesomely btw.

 

Nothing you have require caves to spawn. Take out dem pots

Yeah yeah, its well known that I dont like black substrate (looks like asphalt to me) but I if it works for some people then more power to them. Not my flavor.

Overall I really like the composition of the tank and Bolivian Rams that are well looked after always increases rep with me

 

lol, I have a young pair of kribs that i forgot to mention on my list. they haven't spawned yet but given their reputation and the females colouring they'll be doing the nasty soon.

 

Aight, that case keep them