New Setup

[Lion007]

Wooo finally got my new aquarium setup & stocked

Heres when i first got it all running

Let it run for 2 days with the old filter media - i couldnt find any ammonia so used fish food - the levels dropped within 12 hours
So on with the stocking - bought some black subtrate to mis with the white (looked a bit too bright with just white)
And got some live plants & a large piece of Mopani root
Then added my stock of leapord & zebra danios, My bristlenosed plec & added 6 White cloud minnows

Heres how its looking

I'll let this run for a few weeks, keeping a close eye on all levels, whilst choosing a couple more to add to the stock.
Let me know what ya all think

 

[kewskills]

like the look of it, much better with the mix of black white substrate, i would have gone for all black myself.

 

[Lion007]

like the look of it, much better with the mix of black white substrate, i would have gone for all black myself.

Thanks - i wanted all black originally - but at the time, all the shop had was white, or ghastly colours. Took me ages to find this one 30kg bag of black. Even then i had to drive out to the sticks to get it lol

 

[clinton ><>]

the tank looks great the black and white realy goes well
btw what else are you thinking of putting in there

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Looks awesome. What size tank is it?

 

[Lion007]

Thanks for the comments! Its only a 180 UK litre - but my first "big tank"
Im unsure of what else to put in, i wanted some neon tetras, but the supplier i use had taken them off sale, as he wants to make sure they are ok, as they are new stock , so instead he sold me these at a discount

White cloud mountain minnows - id never heard of them lol

I may still get some neon tetras in a couple of months. I'll just have a look around at some other peoples setups and find something i like.
Wouldnt mind some bottom feeders too - just got to find some that dont grow very big.

 

[HODDY]

white clouds are wicked fish,I had one a goup of them and the one always posed in front of the tank.They look realy cool whent here fins are fully erected.

 

[paul_219]

Very nice setup. Nice looking skeleton. HEHEHE scary.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Pretty cool! Corydora Aeneus are good bottom feeders they will stay pretty small. Try this http/www.fishforums.net/30-Plecos-Under-...es-t132656.html for some Plecos that stay smaller.

 

[Lion007]

Pretty cool! Corydora Aeneus are good bottom feeders they will stay pretty small. Try this http/www.fishforums.net/30-Plecos-Under-...es-t132656.html for some Plecos that stay smaller.

I'll have to look out for them - really like this colour if i can find some

I did read the plecs under 8 topic - but i feel it needs pics - as i couldnt be arsed to search google for every one lol - maybe when i get bored i'll have a proper look.

 

[Moreece]

Hey,
I reckon you should get cherry barbs they are absoulutley ausome . They're really cool. They only grow to about 4 cm i think .
[acronym="Lough Out Load"]lol[/acronym]

 

[linda1503]

Tanks looking great!! love the substrate. I think that neons prefer a more mature tank set-up so its probably better if you wait a while like you said before you get some. The little minnows are gorgeous though, Good work!!

 

[Lion007]

Cheers for the comments yeah i'm waiting for it to mature abit before adding anything else, i dont want to over do it in the first few months. Wouldnt mind some guppies at some point in time - but ive always had problems keeping them, so will probably wait a year untill adding them.

I wasnt too sure if the substrate would work well or not, but it has grown on me.
I am very pleased with the minnows, might get some more of these too - they are just like a neon in the right light & the red details are immense, can't wait for them to grow a bit lol

 

[Seza]

cherry barbs are awsome little things- ive got some and there active butnot bullying
MB Cardinals instead of neons? bit tougher i think and even more colourful!

nice tank btw!

 

[Lion007]

Thought id update - just over a week in now & all going well
Also fitted my moonlight kit today (went against the idea of making my own lol)