120 Litre Planted

[Xraymark]

Blast from the past.

 

[FungusTrooper]

We will never excuse the cucumber and spoon.
 
Nice though, it's cool to come back and update these old topics. Glad it worked out for you.

 

[Flubberlump]

I know xraymark seems like ages ago now!

Thanks fungus they did enjoy the cucumber though.

I lost my female apisto a few months ago been trying to find another one since then but very few places stock them. My local maidenhead aquatics had some a few weeks ago but they were ill so they never went on sale. They were all male too. They know I'm after one though but said it'll be a few weeks before they get anymore.

 

[RCA]

Hi, just scan read this, I love the Juwel tanks and have considered a Lido myself. How are things with it now, any updated pics? You will see mine from the link below in my sig.

 

[Flubberlump]

Looking back at the last photo now I think it looks like the water has been stained by the wood and it's due a water change! It wasn't looking it's best there. I replaced the t5s last week and changed one of them to a strip better for the plants. I now have one 'daylight' and one 'colour' and I really like it!

The lido was a perfect size for the living room in our last house. We have since moved and it is now in a much larger room and it looks a bit lost! Once we've decorated, I'll be getting a bigger tank so I'm looking forward to that! I've never had 2 tanks before, and whatever I decide to do it won't be a community tank. I also have the option to move everything from the Lido into the bigger tank and expand on that, mainly increasing the numbers of the shoaling fish I already have. Then I could do something else with the lido. Decisions decisions! I agree about the Juwel tanks, this is the only one I've had but I think it's great compared to the others I've had growing up.

I'll get an updated photo later. I had a big prune a couple of weeks ago and added some more colourful plants. The layout hasn't changed though. Over the past few weeks I've been trying to plan a different way to arrange it. The thing is, every cave in there is used by the fish, so I can't take any out to replace with new things. The clown plec has dug himself a new cave between the mopani and a rock on the left hand side so I won't move that. It's well established there and he's quick to chase away any intruders! The other caves can probably be moved around a bit though. I uprooted all of the plants when I did the big prune as the vallis had gone nuts and I dug out the runners to get rid of a load. I suppose that would have been an ideal time to have a bit of a rescape. Missed a trick there didn't I!