Take a journey through my fishroom

[Captain_Jack]

Hello all,

A little over a year or so ago I had the privilege of converting our spare bedroom into a fish room after MTS hit me hard and needed space

Currently I have (5x) tanks running and (2x) 4ft tanks are waiting to be setup as soon as the funds allow me

(1) 3 ft community tank (Low light)

Tank Size:
- 900mm x 350mm x 350mm

Subtrate:
-Prodibio AquaGrowth at the back and playsand in front

Light:
- Cheap 6Watt LED light

Plant List:
- Anubias (varies)
- Amazon swords (varies),
- Crypt (No idea which one)
- Vallisneria &
- Bacopa monnieri
- Java Fern (added recently)

Filters:
-Sobo HOB filter & small Sobo Internal filter for circulation.

Hardscape:
-River rocks & pebbles with mopani drift wood.

Livesock:
- Mix of Silver tip, glow light and serpea tetras.
- 3 x Tiger barbs.

(2) 3 ft high tech planted tank (only planted 3 weeks ago but tank has been running for 5 weeks)

Tank Size:
- 900mm x 350mm x 350mm

Subtrate:
- Prodibio AquaGrowth

Light:
- Zetlight Lancia 2 ZP4000 Plant

Plant List:
- Rotala Colorata
- Rotala Rotundifolia*
- Hygropgila Corymbosa
- Alternanthera Reneckii Roseafolia
- Alternanthera Reneckii mini*
- Ludwigia SP Rubin*
- Bacopa Monnieri*
- Hydrocotyle Tripartita
- Lilaeolopsis Brasiliensis
- Monte Carlo

*(Plants are still transitioning from submerged to immersed form)

Fertilizer:
- Easy-Life Profito (1.5ml daily)

Filter:
- Aqua-One Aquis 1000 Canister Filter

Hardscape:
- Manten Stone

Extras:
- Pressurised CO2 with Saga regulator
- Inline Ista CO2 reactor
- Sobo Surface skimmer.

Livestock:
- 7 Black neon Tetras
- 5 Otocinclus

(3) 3 ft African Rift lake setup (Temporary)

Tank Size:
- 900mm x 350mm x 350mm

Substrate:
- Playsand

Light:
- Cheap 4Watt light with white and blue LED's

Filter:
- Tetra EX600 Canister Filter

Nothing much else to say except these 4 Malawi Cichlids will go to a 250 liter setup hopefully happening in next few months.

(4) 3 ft 'kind of quarantine' tank as I'm keeping some tetras in there with driftwood for future scapes.

(5) Bichir Setup (Temporary)

Tank size: 800mm x 450mm x 450mm

Subtrate:
-Prodibio AquaGrowth and playsand

Light:
- LED light supplied with aquarium

Plant List
- Vallisneria
- Hair grass
- Nymphaea Micrantha
- Aponogeton Criptus

Filters:
- 50 liter sump

Hardscape
-Mopani drift wood.

Livesock:
- 1 x Polypterus Senegalus

All this will eventually be moved to a 250 liter West-African Biotope setup.

 

[Naughts]

Beautiful tanks/ aquascapes/ fish! ??

 

[Captain_Jack]

Beautiful tanks/ aquascapes/ fish! ??

Thanks, not much but I'm proud of it

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Awesome fish tank room! I love the bichir.

 

[Captain_Jack]

Awesome fish tank room! I love the bichir.

Yeah she's adorable, I found her a dodgy pet store and had to get her away from there !! She was living among about 50 goldfish in a 5 ft open top tank.

 

[PlasticGalaxy]

Looks gorgeous!

 

[Captain_Jack]

Looks gorgeous!

Thank you, still work in progress and a long way from completion

 

[jams]

Impressive Setup.

 

[hansgruber7]

Beautiful tanks. My wife says the lockdowns of the last year have worsened my MTS in a bad way. I can't say she's wrong.

 

[Captain_Jack]

Beautiful tanks. My wife says the lockdowns of the last year have worsened my MTS in a bad way. I can't say she's wrong.

Uhg, tell me about lockdown !!! My partner enjoys her reptiles and has 7 snakes and a leopard gecko so we kind of on the same page when it comes to our hobbies.

 

[hansgruber7]

I have four aquariums and two dart frog vivariums in our small apartment. I promised my wife I can stop anytime.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

I have four aquariums and two dart frog vivariums in our small apartment. I promised my wife I can stop anytime.

I have 4 aquariums and I want 4 more!

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There is this awesome poison dart frog terrarium setup at my LFS. It’s super hard to spot the little guys:

 

[Captain_Jack]

I have 4 aquariums and I want 4 more!

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There is this awesome poison dart frog terrarium setup at my LFS. It’s super hard to spot the little guys:
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These little frogs are very interesting and actually I see they available in South Africa. Would love to try something like this in the future !!! I've got the space

 

[hansgruber7]

These little frogs are very interesting and actually I see they available in South Africa. Would love to try something like this in the future !!! I've got the space

Do it! In many ways it's easier than aquariums and it's super fun. If you want to research it, go to dendroboard.com