The Forgotten Valley - 60l

[aaronnorth]

Looking good, Aaron. My tanks are such a mess, it's embarrassing. I hang my head in shame. Such is the life of a diva! No time to take care of her tanks!

it is the first time i have done a water change on this tank in 1 month (and almost 5weeks on my other) now, i havent had much time latley either

 

[VictorMeldrew]

The tank is looking great Aaron, Do you have any plans on for a background, a black background would finish it off nicely imo, if we had a tank of the month comp like alot of people want, i would have voted for this tank

 

[aaronnorth]

I do have a black background but i took it off as a lot of water got behind it it will go back on though

if we had a tank of the month comp like alot of people want, i would have voted for this tank

Thanks

 

[aaronnorth]

few more pics:

 

[S6TGP]

tnak looking rele good aaron, ive got exactly the same tank as you lol and uyou got something that im goin for a planted tank lol ad thet say great minds think alike lol anyway tank lookni good mate

 

[aaronnorth]

tnak looking rele good aaron, ive got exactly the same tank as you lol and uyou got something that im goin for a planted tank lol ad thet say great minds think alike lol anyway tank lookni good mate

lol, thanks & good luck

 

[aaronnorth]

Another update:

Again i havent cleaned the tank for 3 weeks, and this time i started to get a small amount of algae, and i also noticed that i have got a lot of organic matter under my HC - probably the cause of Algae

The HC has needed a good trim for a few weeks now. It is the most growth i have had from all my plants for some reason, so today i literally hacked away at the hemanthius micranthemoides, making quite a mess of it but i couldnt really help it.

I also planted some more stems to the right, which i will be graduallly sloping down towards the side. I also started to trim my HC but the underneath had already strated to turn yellow, so i decided to rip the whole carpet up. I also thinned out my P.Helferi. This will be creating a ammonia spike, so i did a 80% w/c and i will do more 50% w/c for the next couple od days to make sure i dont get any algae. I will also replace the HC tommorrow (it is sitting in a bucket at the moment)

 

[Declan]

Looking great!

Have you consider a colony of shrimp in there? I think they would look wonderful!

D.

 

[aaronnorth]

Thanks, i have some RCS in there.

Here are the updated pics, I am making a few improvements on it, I havent made many yet but i have my plans.

Thanks

 

[Bigpig]

Love the Black Neons

 

[aaronnorth]

I have just cleaned my DC for the first time in bleach and i have never seen it shine so much, and the colours are so much easier to read and vivid

Diffuser, just cause i like the pic:

 

[aaronnorth]

The first picture was taken on my old camera, the second is on my new one, which you can see is loads better, i have also learned why photoraphers bang a load of lighting over their tank, it took me ages to find the correct setting lol.

Depth of filed is also much better, not as 2D as before

I have also ordered some Borneowild driftwood (5 XS pieces) which i will position them coming out from the back left corner (the rocks are going), and also some Cryptocoryne wendtti 'green' to plant around the base of the wood, the vallis nana has grown some new shoots :mrgreen: but they are staying at the front until they grw a bit larger, they will then go back to their original position in the back left corner. So hopefully i will have a nice triangular scape

Thanks.

 

[flyhawk]

hey i saw your tank on rate my fish tank.com
i said to myself,hey that looks like aaronnorths tank!
sure enough when i clicked on it it said AARONNORTH
congrats on the 4th place tank
it really is a tank masterpiece(to me at least)

 

[nosoup4you]

I can't wait to see the changes you make. As always your tank is beautiful. Does anyone know where I can find Pogostemon helferi in the US?

 

[Truck]

is that what that plant is in the foreground on the rocks on the left? i cant remeber its name but as nosoup said Pogostemon helferi rings a bell?