One Of My Tanks And Its Inhabitants

[iownupkr66]

nice looking tank well done !

 

[NathanPrince]

Thanks guys, sorry for the late replies but i'll try my best to answer all your questions!

The plants I have in here are:

Background left to right - Hygrophila Difformis, Sagittaria Subulata (mines really tall for some reason, definitely Sag though!), Then theres a mix of Bacopa Monieri, Ludiwigia repens, and Rotala Rotundiflora

Middle left to right - Heteranthera Zosterifolia (stargrass), a mix of Cryptocoryne Wendtii Green and Brown, 2 other types of Crypt I got from Minnt but cant remember what they were!, on the wood is Broad Leaf Anubias of some kind (according to Last Trading Post on eBay)

Foreground is more Ludwigia repens that I chucked in to propagate for another tank while I set it up.

I bought the 40 plant pack from Last Trading Post on eBay and that got most of the planting done, the only extra plants I've bought are the Crypts and Stargrass, everything else is from the plant pack and has been trimmed and replanted to create a Jungle


Substrate... no idea what this is! Came with the tank but is a really fine mix of different shades of black gravel, almost a sand but not quite. Sorry I cant help on that one!


Fish stocking has changed too now, my Harlequins all died from a faulty heater nearly boiling them All the other fish survived including my Apisto fry but the Harlequins were replaced by 16 White Cloud Minnows... No idea why I bought them but they just really took my eye, popped them in the tank and now the colour on them is fantastic! Really active fish too!

Also as a side note, my bronze corys laid nearly 300eggs and I have just roughly counted around 100 free swimmers in my breeding trap


Pretty much brings this tank up to date really!

 

[NathanPrince]

Had a bit of a reshuffle today so thought I'd share.

FTS:

Female (I think) Apisto Cacatouides

Rams

Oto just chilling on a leaf

Apisto Macmasteri blowing kisses

 

[balajake]

Can i ask how your apistos get on with your rams ?

 

[NathanPrince]

Everyone gets on fine, I made sure I had plenty of hidey holes and caves etc for them all and I've not had a problem so far. There's the occasional chase out of each others terratory but no real aggression.

Hope that helps

 

[balajake]

Everyone gets on fine, I made sure I had plenty of hidey holes and caves etc for them all and I've not had a problem so far. There's the occasional chase out of each others terratory but no real aggression.

Hope that helps

i'm thinking of getting some to go in with my rams.

 

[NathanPrince]

If you have the room I would, they are great additions. Very very colourful and really active, inquisitive little fish.

Just make sure you give them their own seperate terratory