My Planted 34 gallon

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George Farmer

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Here's my latest pic. Comments/constructive critisism welcome.
 

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Very nice indeed, think you should dump the cobomba though, I can't stand the stuff!!

Is that freshly planted?

Nice angels aswell.
 
WOW!! :hyper: Your tank is stunning! All of the plants look very healthy and lush. :nod:

The angelfish are gorgeous! :wub:
 
The tank's flora is fine, looking really good. But I'd say the fauna is a bit adrift; 34 gal. is way too small for full grown angels and the cardinal tetras will probably end up being a snack for the angels at some point since small tetra's with that sort of body structure belong to scalare's natural diet ;)
 
It looks awesome as it is but I reckon that I would look really good if you had some carperting plant that covered the gravel such as Glossostigma elatinoides....Takashi Amano uses this plant alot and it gives stunning results. Riccia fluitans is very rare in the uk but is a floating plant that Amano uses as well to carpet he ties it down to mesh with fishing line to keep it in place, this plant looks paticularly good when pearling :wub: Can you tell im an Amano fan?? :p


(just saw gf225's signature....opps, I'll be quiet!)
 
1bennet1 said:
It looks awesome as it is but I reckon that I would look really good if you had some carperting plant that covered the gravel such as Glossostigma elatinoides....Takashi Amano uses this plant alot and it gives stunning results. Riccia fluitans is very rare in the uk but is a floating plant that Amano uses as well to carpet he ties it down to mesh with fishing line to keep it in place, this plant looks paticularly good when pearling :wub: Can you tell im an Amano fan?? :p

Glossostigma requires a lot of light to grow steadily and low. I don't even consider it very pretty. Amano's tanks are pretty unnatural to my eyes anyway, everything is tied down and ultrafinished, really not too natural. But hey, everyone has got their own taste :)

Riccia? It's a damn weed, my bigger tank is full of it! It just keeps growing and growing and looks stupid when it gets stuck with other plants, such as my rotalas. You really don't want it :D
 
Looks really great. Looks like you have thought alot about the plants.

How tall is it? Probably fine for fully grown angels as long as it isnt less than 16 - 18" tall.

Ben :)
 

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