330L Tank Journal

[Questions?]

wow, that tank is amazing. its so lush.
also how are your tiger barbs and angels doing? im afraid to get some, so they cant nip the angels fins. im debating between 2 more angels or 6 tiger barbs (mix of albino,green and reg)

 

[Zikofski]

Thank you question I would haft to say they nipped at start but not anymore, if you do get tiger barbs get between 6 to 10 as the greater numbers will help how many angels you have as the number of angels will help my angels fight between them selfs so do the tiger barbs no damage caused just pecking order squabbles so they leave each other alone one thing that has surprised me is when I do a water change my corys chase the barbs around the tank and I mean aggressive chasing, there not fast enough so nothing happens but ye maybe with reducing water the barbs are pushed into the corys space and there not happy with it

With what you said I would go with 1 extra angel and 6 to 8 tiger barbs, just remember adding angels into an already established tank is almost impossible I did it and my angles almost died but
Luckily didn't I was very lucky I think

Thnx again always happy to try and help

 

[Questions?]

alright thanks.

 

[greenmumma141]

Love seeing the progression, the plants have filled out and look great. Love the big branch as well!!
 
My barbs do not bother my angels in the slightest bit, maybe out of curiosity in the beginning, but I think for the most part the angels can def. handle their own and made it quite clear any nipping is not tolerated lol.

 

[Zikofski]

i agree green, there was nipping to start with but haha my angels could eat my tiger barbs whole almost when i got them so was kinda funny it soon stopped as they knew there place
 
thank you for the comment glad you like it

 

[Zikofski]

a video of my tank i took yesterday
 
http/s1096.beta.photobucket.com/user/Zikofski/media/DSC_0040_zps73f5b5c1.mp4.html

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Dude I think your CO2 would be better utilized if you cut the surface movement a little. Nice Angels.

 

[Zikofski]

okay i shall lower the powerhead now

 

[Questions?]

looks good.
do you still have any clown loaches or corys? i couldnt see any. i saw up to the point where your whiteish angelfish are turning the corner, on your side view, then the video stoppend

 

[Zikofski]

haha yes i have 5 loaches still, but they hide under the cave, since the new lights i never see them come out, maybe i don't know they don't like the light, they will come out maybe one at a time swim close then get scared and rush back in maybe loaches prefer darker waters?, and the cory's i am 100% certain they prefer more shallow water, as i only ever see them either at night, or when i do a water change, and then they are VERY VERY active, once the water is reduced below 50% they come out and are all over the tank i think i have around 7 or 8 of them hard to count, but they hide under all the greenery on the right and at the back

 

[blackops]

nice tank

 

[Zikofski]

Hey thank you

 
Here are some more updates i completely re-scaped my tank the other night ripped up some of my crypts and separated them out again also bought some more plants for the tank
 
So these plants i bought from AE
 
Alternanthera reineckii lilacina
Alternanthera rosaefolia

Heteranthera zosterifolia - Star Grass

 
so firstly i started taking out some of my older plants and moved things around
 
this is whats left of my DHG its sadly most of it hasn't survived hopefully the new layout will help it better

 
and this is how i positioned the cave and made a more pronounce slant in sand on the left
 

 
i also got 5 new rocks from Maidenhead aquatics three Red and two blue style rock's should look amazing with the Blue LED's
 

 
Sorry for the state of the glass and water moving the sand around made quite a mess

 

[Zikofski]

I also bought some plants from this forum's members and they did look nice too, 
 
Ludwigia Glandulosa Cutting's

 
the user also gave me some free rotala too which looks nice, looks similar to the Star grass

dono if its the same but i shoved it in as it was

 
was waiting on some more stuff 
 
Ludwigia palustris
 
which was delivered today

but i have not had a chance to put it into the tank yet looks good tho

 
okay so obviously i shall need to start putting in my old plants that i cut took out so firstly was my Hygrophila Guanensis and Crypts

 
i also found hiding around the back some vallis that have been growing SLOWLY and i mean slowly

but i put them near the front on the left at the moment so i can see and watch them grow hopefully

 
and OMG my cabomba is ye getting out of control i am gona haft to sell some soon but i have distributed it around the tank i put about 4 strands together and planted them like that instead of singularly like i did last time

 
so this is how i left it with everything in

 
i also then added the DHG back in and added my new Red plants and the Star grass but i sadly did not take any pictures of that
 
i then did a water change to clear it a bit cleaned out my filters again i then waited till the morning to take more pictures as the water would have cleared up then
 

 

[greenmumma141]

Top notch rescape!! Looked great before, but much better now   
 
Love the colored rocks, very cool. 
 
I like the cave centered too.  Looks great!!!

 

[AlbertShipman]

in your last few pictures there the new rocks complement your fish beautifully.