Deconstructing 250L Tropical *new Pics 7/2/10*

[dazsmith69]

30-35 harelquins
15 platinum tetras
6 albino corys
12 amano shrimp
2 pearl gouramis
2 neons

java moss and vallis (few plastic plants that im going to remove soon)

more plants to come

thanks for looking

 

[dave_oddballs]

its looking nice that! i do quite like it!
well done, keep it up!
David

 

[bagu]

PHWOARRRRRRRRRRRRRR

looks fantastic! love the java moss on the stick

im gonna do the same but with xmas moss

 

[CLAYMICHAEL]

Looks fantastic

 

[Loops]

I love this tank!! Looks really great

 

[Whitester]

Nice tank!

 

[simonas]

now I love this one it looks fab!!!!

you got me thinking of harlequins as I need to buy a shoaling fish today to go in with my plecs!! nice

 

[simonas]

I just bought 20 harlequins and 2 pearl gouramis!! lol

cheers for the inspiration on that one and fr emptyig my wallet! lol

 

[bagu]

where did you get that wood from ?

 

[Carter]

Looks amazing dude... Simplistic but bustling with activity...

 

[dazsmith69]

Thanks for the comments! ive tried to keep it minimalistic, crystal clear water and lots of swimming space with the exception of the centrpiece wood. I got it at my lfs for £15, wasnt quite sure if it would fit in to begin with! My aim was to have lots of smaller fish with their own little communities and lots of space. Ive fancied java moss on wood for sometime after seeing some of the aquascaping contest entiries, as it looks very effective! The vallis is growing very well with oads of off shoots so will give somewhere for the shrimp and fish to shelter.

going to give it a few months to see how well the java moss grows, and will probably attach it to some more of the rocks below to carpet some of the bottom of the tank
really fancy some dwarf harigrass for the right hand side, but not sure how well it will do with only dosing flourish excel.

thanks again for the comments, will update this again

Darren

 

[matalan]

What lighting do you have, its beautiful! I think i might rescape mine to something simalar

 

[dazsmith69]

What lighting do you have, its beautiful! I think i might rescape mine to something simalar

thanks, im using an Arcadia Freshwater and Arcadia Tropical lamps, the plants seem to be doing well under these lamps

 

[dazsmith69]

few of the harlequins and shrimp

 

[mixmaster jay]

i really like this looks stunning simple bit very effective well done i love it