Se Asian Biotope

[creg]

looks so natural and beautiful

 

[minnnt]

WooHoo. looking good my dear.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Are we gonna see an 8 month old pic soon?

 

[lljdma06]

Are we gonna see an 8 month old pic soon?

You are the update King aren't you? Hope you're not as disappointed with Caz's update as you will be with mine.

L

 

[coldcazzie]

oh I dunno Liz... he isn't going to be seeing any updates from me. Lol. Mainly because the scape is embarrassingly lost under string algae and behind a screen of gda. The parva going in and killing all the cherry shrimp was what caused it to tip over the edge - even with water changes there was obviously enough ammonia to spur a growth. The severe drop in flow from the filter has also contributed. The fish are all still fine, but will be rehomed as soon as I can find them somewhere. This tank will be broken down like the other and the funds put towards the new tank.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Update king lol, mine ain't been updated for about a month

 

[Biulu]

Update king lol, mine ain't been updated for about a month

That's why...

 

[StandbySetting]

Lovely Caz, great fish selection, have you thought about adding peat or catappa leaves to discolour the water?

 

[coldcazzie]

I've had a change around.

I was going to break this down. However, due to having a couple of fish that I can't rehome, I've had a shuffle round, meaning it's not a strict biotope any more....

Inhabitants are now:
1 ellioti x HRP (Ditch)
1 giant evil killer shrimp (Igor)

The reason I've moved them in here is that I don't trust the shrimp around my new corydoras and Ditch was ripping shreds off every other fish in 240L - the Thomasi and denisoni barbs have ripped fins, and the sev was spending most of it's time hiding out round the back. They've all relaxed loads since Ditch moved out on Saturday. I realise I'll have to do more regular water changes with a growing fish in there, and eventually the top bit of wood will have to come out to make more room.

I'm going to start dosing ferts on this. I'd like to get the crypts a bit bigger. I wont be adding any more moss after losing the old stuff under a blanket of green stringy algae. I am going to try to grow some Bolbitis heteroclita - this was one of my oroginal plans so I'm going to give it a go and see what happens.

I'll try to take some pictures in the next couple of days and post them up

Jack: I can't add peat as there's not really enough room in the filter. Leaves could work though...

 

[coldcazzie]

Plan change again lol

All the crypts from in here are going downstairs into the swamp. Ditch may or may not be staying, and the shrimp may or may not get his own batchelor pad either way, the plants are going downstairs, so bye bye biotope.