A Few Of My Tanks.

[minnnt]

There is one bag in my 180 and one bag in my malawi tank. Obviously it is deeper in the 180 so yeah, 25kg would be ideal as a planted tank.

On the other hand, if you're still going with the JBL stuff then one bag should be adequate.

 

[Spurry]

The trouble is I can never make my mind up lol

Gravel is to big
Argos play sand is getting on my tits
Once I've spent 30/50 on plants I want them to live
That's why I thought about the jbl stuff

Think I just need help, with the plants as well lol...

 

[minnnt]

Maybe we were seperated at birth? lol. You sound very much like me!

I always got by with dosing ferts and picking mostly the right plants. I usually take a few attempts to get it right (as people will tell you on here) but eventually i do get it looking something like with a bit (alot) of help from people on here and via email etc. Never had a planted substrate as they're pretty expensive imo, but no doubt that they're worth it. Maybe you could consider the cat litter trick? 10kg and 12.5kg of sand would be plenty.

 

[Spurry]

I think I look to hard and mess, then I go back to how I first had it lol

25kg of jbl sub is about £32 in maidenhead same as 2 bags of unipac as they don't have the 25kg bags in,

With out hijacking your thread I was told today my bba on my plants was also to do with all my plants are slow growing and I needed some fast growing plants to feed on what's in the water, I get more confused the more I read and look

Lol cheers

 

[minnnt]

Yeah my thread was going well... lol.

BBA is a PITA!!!! Low co2, fluctuating co2, slow growing plants, low nutrients, too much light blah blah blah, i never know what it is that causes it. My tanks never used to suffer with it, but then all of a sudden i would have an out break of it. I just cut the affected leaves off, did a nice big water change and dose more ferts and it worked. I normally knock the lights off a bit earlier too after an out break. Plants have kind of taken a back seat for now for me, i still have them as you will see when the Puffer tank pics get uploaded (well, actually taken!!) but they're just basic bog standard things now rather than anything ellaborate. I am a very big fan of crypts as alot of people will know, so they play a big part of the foreground for me.

 

[simonas]

The sand i have in my Malawi and Apisto tanks is Unipac Limpopo. I want to use Senegal in one of them soon though.

£20 for 25kg at my LFS.

thats what i need to get then, my firemouths look faded and owuld look lovely with darker substrate I shall do a search for some now

 

[Spurry]

ok lol, My rio's scape as it is now i found so hard to plant i wanted at first minimal plants as ive always found it hard to keep them but IMO the low scape i have is not working for me
and i seem to be heading for fish that like a lot of plants to hide in (so it said on the label at maidenhead) PMSL i like there right, thats why i like your malawi tank its a pile of rocks and this is a complement but you have placed them just righ and it has massive wow factor...

I can see what i want in my head but can not seem to get it to go in the water lol, before i joined here i was hoping for no plants like This but as i said all the label on the fish i like said heavy planted tanks, i always found plants dirty and hard to keep clean not to mention keeping them alive...

 

[KkAaNnEe]

They all look great mate!

Im a fan of that malawi setup too, like the darkness with the grey rock and obviously colourful fish, i like that holding tank too, how big is it, got a feeling its smaller than it looks

How many tanks you got on the go then?

 

[Dieses Madchen]

You last two tanks are stunning, minnnt. (not saying your shrimp and holding tank arent pretty). Can you come hardscape for me?

 

[minnnt]

Thanks simon. Mattlee has the limpopo in his tank so that would be better for you to guage it on a bigger scale which would be more appropriate for your situation.

Spurry, lmao@the label. will pm you and try and help with plants etc.

Kane, cheers mate, means alot. The holding tank is 70 litres. 2ft x 1ft. I found it on the rubbish tip at work so its a great little tank. As for the malawi tank, the rocks were free so it was a no brainer really. My original plan was to have black cobbles from b&q, but at £15 a bag I soon changed my mind. Lol. The background needs removing and painting with black emulsion, but that's an on going thing. down to 5 tanks now atm.

Jourdan, thanks alot. They're coming along nicely now. Can hopefully sit back and start to enjoy them a little more now after a few hectic weeks swapping and changing.

Was considering adding a trio of yellow honey gourami's to the 180, what do you reckon?

 

[ian]

<3 that Cichlid tank, it's easy the best i have seen. The rock placement is very natural, a very hard thing to do in these tanks and it's where a lot of Malawei keepers fall down. Winner!


as for the Gouramis, i have had them a few times and they are very boring fish. Get some Chocs from MA in notts. They are now keeping tap water bread Chocs!

 

[minnnt]

Bread Chocs?

That is actually a very good idea... I may pay them a visit. But it is something yellow that i was looking for.

 

[ian]

oops, its cos its sooo early! lol

there are some nice Kili's in there at the moment too.

 

[minnnt]

never really been into Killi's... maybe now is the time?!

 

[Dieses Madchen]

Thanks simon. Mattlee has the limpopo in his tank so that would be better for you to guage it on a bigger scale which would be more appropriate for your situation.

Spurry, lmao@the label. will pm you and try and help with plants etc.

Kane, cheers mate, means alot. The holding tank is 70 litres. 2ft x 1ft. I found it on the rubbish tip at work so its a great little tank. As for the malawi tank, the rocks were free so it was a no brainer really. My original plan was to have black cobbles from b&q, but at £15 a bag I soon changed my mind. Lol. The background needs removing and painting with black emulsion, but that's an on going thing. down to 5 tanks now atm.

Jourdan, thanks alot. They're coming along nicely now. Can hopefully sit back and start to enjoy them a little more now after a few hectic weeks swapping and changing.

Was considering adding a trio of yellow honey gourami's to the 180, what do you reckon?

I think honey gourami's are lovely, although I dont know much about them.