My First Tank

[rowdyates]

Only had my tank a few weeks and old got around to filling with water last week, currently doing a fishless cycle, so no fish yet, but it's got plants...just need them to grow a bit

 

[rowdyates]

Ooops, sorry about this the size is a bit big, need to look at this again!

Keith

 

[k3vin2k3]

looks nice, add a big piece of driftwood and it will look great, maybe a couple more rocks actually.

 

[Mo_loves_fish]

some taller plants to would look nice kinda empty at the top

 

[Rodders]

I like that. Im def going for the rock/plant decor on my next tank. Prob change my current tank too.

 

[Angel Lady]

I think it looks great.

 

[rowdyates]

Thanks for the comments, it does look a bit empty at the top I admit, but I'm hoping some of the plants in there will grow up and fill the space, maybe I could put some floating plants in till they grow?

As this is my first attempt, wasn't sure how mad to go with the rocks so I've just put a few in initially, infact on the left hand side, I've built the green rock into a cave, but it's a bit obscured by the plant, I also toyed with the idea of driftwood, but my wife doesn't like tanks with brown water which can happen with the wood ( sounds daft but it took me a lot of work just to get her to agree to have the tank in the first place!), I believe that a carbon filter would take this out and clear the water, but it would also take other nutrients out, so I'm just not sure at the moment.

Cheers,

Keith

 

[GSD]

its looking great!i agree more plants and mabe some more rocks.But its up to you

 

[Andyplec]

I would add some nice tall bogwood, with a few more plants around them

 

[Synirr]

Looks great so far! It'll look even better when the plants start growing and filling in . I think a nice interesting piece of bogwood would look wonderful in there.
Constructive criticms though, if I may? I think spreading the plants out *just a tidge* would give it a more natural look... you know, keeping them in clumps but moving them far enough apart so that it doesn't look like their stems all meet at the bottom

 

[rowdyates]

Thanks for the comments, looks like the bogwood needs to be investigated, if I have time this weekend I'll have a look, I'd want to get it in the tank before any fish.
Thanks for the comments about the plants, I literally did just stick them in the tank, they all still have the lead and foam round the bottom, which I was planning to remove when the tank has cycled and I do a big water change, hopefully they will have some reasonable roots and I can also spread them out a bit at the same time.

Cheers,

Keith

 

[rowdyates]

Latest piccy of tank, added a few more plants and the ones from the earlier piccy have grown a bit. Still no bogwood though, just can't make my mind up.

Cheers,

Keith

 

[ncstater1919]

Wow i tihkn that the first tank looked good but this tank looks even better! congradulations as this is your first tank and it looks a heck of a lot better than my first tank!

 

[Synirr]

It's looking great!! The plants growing in really is a drastic improvement

 

[KageBunshin]

I have the exact same tank as yours!! What area do you live in, maybe we bought it at the same area. Is it about 60 gallons?