Rewarding Myself To New Aquarium

[Ninjouzata]

That looks absolutely beautiful! 

I vote for black~

 

[Lee-nelson]

Hi m8 love the tank gave me some inspiration to redo my tank . Have u got anymore progress updates really interested to see how it's getting on

 

[KirkyArcher]

I have done very little other than I fell out of love with the Pogostemon erectus so recently removed all of that and added some Limnophila hippuridoides, Rotala wallichii, Hygrophila polysperma and Hygrophila lancea.  Done a severe cut back on everything else but mainly the cryps. 
Here's how it looks today

 

Oh, and I've ditched the spraybar and added a 750 L/H powerhead!

 

[Lee-nelson]

Looking good do the fish eat your plants
What made u get rid of the spray bar .

 

[KirkyArcher]

My selection of fish type has to all intense purposes eliminated any plant consumption, sometimes the tiger barbs and corys get a little rough and dislodge the odd plant. I'm trying the regular Fluval 306 outlet instead of the spray bar to see if I can get even more flow to help keep my plants algae free, not decided if things have improved from doing so, think I was getting fewer dead spots with the spray bar but less overall movement.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Would adding a powerhead help you with that flow control rather than removing the spray bar?
 
Just a thought.

 

[KirkyArcher]

I have done very little other than I fell out of love with the Pogostemon erectus so recently removed all of that and added some Limnophila hippuridoides, Rotala wallichii, Hygrophila polysperma and Hygrophila lancea.  Done a severe cut back on everything else but mainly the cryps. 
Here's how it looks today

 

Oh, and I've ditched the spraybar and added a 750 L/H powerhead!

 
 

Would adding a powerhead help you with that flow control rather than removing the spray bar?
 
Just a thought.

   
Ahem!

  
 
What I may end up doing is refit the spray bar but after enlarging the holes

 

[KirkyArcher]

How fast things grow! I've put the reflectors back on at the weekend and lights on period has been extended by an hour now that I have a new Co2 tank after accidently dumping a huge amount of gas to atmosphere, practically emptying the bottle completely and couldn't get full bubble count and now the "reds" are duly colouring up again with basic T8 lights @ just 1.1 wpg  Will be fitting a new "Original UP New Inline CO2 Atomizer Diffuser System" from Co2Art this weekend (thanks again to Diaze for the heads up on this retailer ) the previous one that I had was designed for a smaller hose size and so restricted flow a little too much for my liking. 
 

 

[Ch4rlie]

wow, looks good

 

[daizeUK]

Lovely growth!  Glad to see your reds colouring up again, it's nice to see that you can have colour in a low light tank if you give them what they need!

 

[KirkyArcher]

End on shot of tank after another cut back on the background plants.
 

  
 
And a pic of "Tippy"
 

 

[KirkyArcher]

I forgot to mention I have refitted the spray bar with newly enlarged holes, haven't got a clue what some of these plants are to my shame

but the reflectors are definitely helping Redden up the new growth of my plants

 

[daizeUK]

Very pretty colours on the new growth!  Why did you enlarge the holes on the spray bar, are you trying to reduce flow?

 

[KirkyArcher]

Enlarging the holes actually increased the flow, which is what I wanted to achieve

 

[rms]

Really beautiful tank and the thread is a great read. Thanks for documenting and sharing. What are the two fish in the centre, orange and black stripe, in the picture above?