My 29 Gallon Tank

[Dave1]

here are a few pics of my 29 gallon tank than I have in my bedroom, now it is mostly plastic decor but I am planning on switching to real plants and wood and such.

Beginning:

Now:

here is my 2.5 gallon tank that I have a few feeder guppies I am raising for my girlfriend. but I am planning on giving them back to her in a few days.

Also what kind of moss is this? my LFS advertised this as Java Moss and it was in a ball a little bigger than a golf ball.

Also how do I know if my fish are spawning, I have a Male German Blue Ram and 2 Female Bolivian Rams and I believe they are getting quite friendly because he is chasing one of the females around until they get into the heavily planted side of my tank. how will I know when she is pregnant and what should I do from there?

any opinions, concerns, questions, suggestions, and advice about what I should buy as far as plants, wood, and other materials to have a successful and natural looking aquarium would be greatly appreciated.

 

[wei0204]

I like the coconut trees.

 

[Dave1]

haha thanx, i had it in a 10gallon tank but it broke while i was moving my bedroom downstairs. luckily there was no water or fish in it.

 

[chilledtim]

Not a bad idea having 2 different decors in the one tank, Im loving that

 

[Dave1]

haha thanx, i didnt plan it on that, the store i went to only had a few bags of the tan/brown and a few bags of the blue so i bought both and put them in the tank and never really relized it until like last week that both sides r different, but it kinda helps, Plecos hide under the coconut tree tops, and the log, the schooling community fish tend to hide in the plants and my sharks and rams r on the other side, well until my Rams were trying to spawn (i believe thats what was trying to happen)

 

[Dave1]

who knows what kind of moss that is? and I'm planning on changing my whole tank around, I want to have a sand substrate, and a planted aquarium, is it possible to have my existing gravel as the bottom layer so I can build it up higher in some spots, and then a fluorite layer for the plants and then the sand? and would the sand be fine with an air stone at the very bottom or would the sand get moved around a lot?

 

[kribensis12]

The moss is java moss. Also, just becuase the ram is chasing the females into the planted side of the tank doesnt say anything except that he is aggressive.

 

[Dave1]

hmm r u sure its java moss? it looks nothing like pictures i've seen... but ok then.

 

[RadaR]

Looks like what moss balls are made out of, which is Cladophora (an algae)

 

[Dave1]

UPDATE!!!

rescaped the whole tank after a few problems... i have Tahitan moon sand, and generic filter sand, and many plants bought from ebay now, it looks MUCH better than the fake plants in my opinion.

im open to comments, criticism, and questions


heres some othe pics i took earlier...

 

[lilfishie]

liked it before but love it now

 

[fish-r-fancy]

I suggest that you rehome the bala shark because 1. it should be in groups and 2 it will need a much larger tank.

 

[LisaLQ]

A million times better now Dave, much much better, very nice

And yep, the bala shark will need rehoming/returning or a bigger tank (get to 12" and need to be in groups of 5 or more as they're a shoaling fish, and for that many balas, you'd need a 6ft x 2ft x 2ft minimum, some say 3ft wide being preferable as they're extremely skittish).

 

[cleekdaFish]

dam thats an imrpovement

 

[tnhowery]

The moss is java moss. Also, just becuase the ram is chasing the females into the planted side of the tank doesnt say anything except that he is aggressive.

Definately not java moss, java moss is alot stringier, looks like an algae.