250l Tropical Planted Tank

[Carter]

double post i know, however, i have an update..


The co2 system is in and working. I have it set currently at about 5 - 6 bubbles a min (aka, one every 10 sec) just to see how things react to it...

I also decided to get a few new plants with the tank and cut a lot of the low lying stuff back to increase the amount of light. I think you will notice a large difference between my last shoot and this one...

In addition to the new plants, i got some guppies. 2 male and 4 female...


hope you enjoy the photo\\\'s.

The new looking tank.


tetra\\\'s

one of the plants.. pennywong

My beautiful platties

right hand side of the tank

pearl Gourami and a tetra

platties again

my big fat, (shy) boy

feeding time

sun set gourami... isn\\\'t he beautiful?

Male guppy

female guppies, male guppies, angles, fire gourami and a pearl

and again

male and female guppies

angle fish

angle\\\'s and plattie

electronic defuser

and that is my new set up.. hope you like, and yes, i know, i left the backing on, i will take it off when i find a store that does not sell only this crappy fake, pictures and some of the black.

 

[Carter]

Hey guys.

Sorry about the delay in pics, work has been absolutely painful at the moment, so i had to kind of deal with that first.

Right tank... well, i think you will agree that a lot has changed since my last posting... And i must say, i think it has changed for the better. I upgraded my lighting to 4 T5 reflectors that have made a world of difference i must say... and the Co2 system is in full swing. I have finally got the hang of the system and managing co2 levels. pain in the ass that was, but oh well.

I decided to modify my Co2 reactor a little bit seeing that it wasn't doing a good enough job... well at least i thought that, but now i am almost getting 85 - 90% absorption rate, so thats good.

Now i do apologise for the lack in pic quality, however, i was in a rush and it's kind of late here and i have work tomorrow

i hope you enjoy the new updates

Hmm... guppies... pregnant much

I hope you liked... i will be adding a few more things soon... a new bead of something and a few new crustaceans that i think you will like

 

[aaronnorth]

nice tank. i would never be without my pressurised CO2 now i have seen the difference in my tank!

 

[Carter]

deff. now i'm looking for a low lying plant, something that will grow into a bead of carpet to cover a lot of my tank... any suggestions?

 

[aaronnorth]

deff. now i'm looking for a low lying plant, something that will grow into a bead of carpet to cover a lot of my tank... any suggestions?

eleocharis acularis or parvula
hemianthus callitrichoides
glossostigma elatinoides

the last 2 are slightly harder to grow.

 

[Littlemonkey]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so Envious, Love the set up, I'm saving up for a larger tank, just got to convince the other half we dont need the armchair.

 

[Carter]

a bigger tank means more opportunities and such... i highly recommend it and thanks for the great comments everyone

 

[Carter]

got my blue discus today... BOOYA!!! and guess what, i'm all ready in love

pics up soon... i cant take my eyes off him... literally been staring at him for hours now... oh well off to bed

 

[Carter]

ok. so here we go...

first off, a pic of the tank... have not had a chance to cut it back this week, or re landscape it... the plants are just growing out of control!

anyway... the tank

And the new Discus... isn't he hansom?

I also got 3 Darwin algae eating shrimp, however i seem to have lost them in the dense shrubbery that i have going...

hope you like because i know i do...

 

[nosoup4you]

I love it! The new Discus is really nice. Are you considering getting him some friends? I have some of that "pennywong" myself. lol

 

[Carter]

I am indeed... i was thinking beteween the fire dragon discus and the gold tiger disucs... SO MANY CHOICES!!!

what would you people suggest?

 

[Tu13es]

Wow, I found this thread in the planted tank forum and I must say, I absolutely love your tank. Makes me want to upgrade mine and get more plants and a CO2 system etc etc.!

 

[Tu13es]

BTW, what size tank is this?

 

[azzaknight]

to be honest. the fire dragon discus are absolutely stunning!!!
and your blue one is amazing!!!
i think your blue one and a fire dragon one would stand out sooo much in your tank!!!
by the way your tank and fish look great!!
i envy your tank
i wish i could have a bigger tank. i would love to get some discus. theyre just beautiful.

 

[Carter]

BTW, what size tank is this?

Thank you and my tank size is the standard 3ft tank... i am hoping to go to 5 ft soon... maybe or step into the realm of the reef aquarium

to be honest. the fire dragon discus are absolutely stunning!!!
and your blue one is amazing!!!
i think your blue one and a fire dragon one would stand out sooo much in your tank!!!
by the way your tank and fish look great!!
i envy your tank
i wish i could have a bigger tank. i would love to get some discus. theyre just beautiful.

thank you... I have new additions in the regards to fish and such, but i shall have to post them to you tomorrow.

Thanks for all of the comments people