PlasticGalaxy
Fish Gatherer
All my Christmas wishes came true this year - I got a new tank! It's a 4ft, 230L AquaOne and it's totally gorgeous. 120x60x30cm and a total pain to play around with! At 5'3, I'm no goliath, and as you can see on the far left of the image, that's the step-ladder I'll be using to do literally anything with it. Let's talk about it!
It's planted with anubias, crypts and echinodorus currently, with ceramic caves, bogwood, and some spacious slate caves. Used the sand from my 170L and pleased to say that I had plenty to go around... And plenty of snails that decided they would hitch a ride to their new mansion.
Stocking isn't entirely up to my ideals, but should be up to code soon. Is as follows:
6.5" Sailfin plec
2" Snowball/orinoco angel hybrid plec
3" Red tail shark
Rummynose tetras (x6)
Clown loach (x2)
Bronze corydoras (x3)
Assorted guppies (~6)
1.5" Upside down catfish (x2)
Giant African fan shrimp (x6)
Used to have 12 corys, but over time they died off from various causes. Won't be getting anymore, might pass the survivors onto a relative. As for the guppies, those are leftovers from the 54L which I took down a couple months ago. Pawning those off to my LFS when I get the chance. Also got one surviving otocinclus who's quite happy getting fat on algae wafers.
Hoping to go down to my LFS in the next few days to get some more rummynoses and possibly cardinals. Would like another clown loach but might hold off for now since the red tail shark is showing some teenage aggression.
As for the plants, I'd like some more anubias. If anyone has any plant suggestions please let me know.
It's planted with anubias, crypts and echinodorus currently, with ceramic caves, bogwood, and some spacious slate caves. Used the sand from my 170L and pleased to say that I had plenty to go around... And plenty of snails that decided they would hitch a ride to their new mansion.
Stocking isn't entirely up to my ideals, but should be up to code soon. Is as follows:
6.5" Sailfin plec
2" Snowball/orinoco angel hybrid plec
3" Red tail shark
Rummynose tetras (x6)
Clown loach (x2)
Bronze corydoras (x3)
Assorted guppies (~6)
1.5" Upside down catfish (x2)
Giant African fan shrimp (x6)
Used to have 12 corys, but over time they died off from various causes. Won't be getting anymore, might pass the survivors onto a relative. As for the guppies, those are leftovers from the 54L which I took down a couple months ago. Pawning those off to my LFS when I get the chance. Also got one surviving otocinclus who's quite happy getting fat on algae wafers.
Hoping to go down to my LFS in the next few days to get some more rummynoses and possibly cardinals. Would like another clown loach but might hold off for now since the red tail shark is showing some teenage aggression.
As for the plants, I'd like some more anubias. If anyone has any plant suggestions please let me know.