Time To Start Afresh (Update With Pics 20/10)

[Craig89]

Thanks guys going to have another play around with it this week see what I can come up with

 

[coldcazzie]

What you reckon ? I want to get into the Co2 side of things and have alot more plants but it will have to wait untill I get a bigger tank for my plec as he just destroys everything

I agree that the centerpiece needs to be less central but at this stage it looks fine. I like it cracking job on the cleaning! What you going to do in terms of your fish? Your shoal numbers could use a bit of a bump...

get some weeping moss or a different type of moss... and put it on the coconut... should spread all over it would look good =] but so far it looks amazing that amount of Vallis is £100?... i just chucked a load in my pond afew week's back it was spreading like mad in my tank and i wanted rid of it

No, Minnnt said to add £100 worth of plants, not that he had £100 worth of plants.

 

[Craig89]

I think minnnt was saying the tank needs about £100 worth of plants to look better the vallis do grow like mad I'm having to trim them twice a month. I was thinking of building a state platform that spans the width of the tank and covering it in sand so the rams have a series of caves but I can still plant on top

 

[mike455555]

ohh oops i must of misread it >.> my bad he could get away with less that £100 worth of plants... plants alive and eBay do bunches for like £20 for 100 plants. i got them to start me off... now i but individual ones though

 

[Craig89]

Tbh Caz I'm thinking of re homing all of the neons I want some angels and dwarf gourami and as much as I like to watch the fish shole I don't want them becoming dinner so I'm a little stuck at the min

 

[Craig89]

I've just got to be careful plant wise as I don't have Co2 or dose ferts and my plec just tends to up root everything and I really don't want to get rid of him but i'd love to have Co2 and a fully planted tank

 

[coldcazzie]

You could go for plants on wood to start? Java fern, moss, anubias. He can't dig those up!

What about some bigger fish to make a shoal? Columbian red fins or congo tetras? They won't get munched by angels

 

[Craig89]

Yeah I was looking at the congos I'm going to order some from that chap on eBay as I want the neon blue gourami. Can you recomend a really good fertiliser so I can try my hand at keeping some crypts and java fern

 

[coldcazzie]

The advantage of those plants is that they should grow fine without ferts. But if you want to add fert then I would say a good one to start with is TPN+, has everything in it that you would need and you can very easily increase or decrease the amount you dose according to the amount of plants you have you should be able to find it on ebay.

 

[Craig89]

Tar Caz I also thought about a pair of peacock goby once I create a few move caves/hiding places would these be ok ?

 

[coldcazzie]

No idea!

 

[Craig89]

Just had a quick read n they will be ok id rather have these than angels tbh something abit different

 

[minnnt]

TBH if you're not dosing carbon then there would be no need to buy TPN+, just TPN would be adequate. Also, i would recommend a product called Green Low on ebay. It's £6 delivered and will provide for a 200 litre tank all year.

The plants you mention though will get enough nutrients from the fish waste, so you wouldn't need to dose anything really.

 

[Craig89]

Ok I may try the green low stuff is it a daily dose or weekly thing. I've just orders some java fern and I'm going to get some crypts at the weekend

 

[minnnt]

Either mate. It's a dry fert and you mix with a litre of water when you get it. I dose it daily in my 180.