03.08.2016
Hi All,
Well the tank is coming along nicely. I'm treating it as a long term project rather than an overnight Aquascape.
As you may have noticed at the end of the last post, I have added a Coal Grunter to the tank. I was a bit worried about it because they can be relentlessly aggressive b@$t@rd$. Sometimes though they can be perfectly accepting of their tank mates. Which is the case on this occasion
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I have been unfaithful to the biotope with some of the plants I have in the tank. I have done this for a few reasons.
1. The plants I chose, I believe will better suit my purposes.... and I like them and that's pretty much all that matters.
2. Leichardti is doing a Biotope with some very similar fish (My fault... He had his first).
3. I want to have some fun with this tank and have the freedom to be a bit flexible with what goes in it.
There are some random live bearers in the tank at the moment just to help the juvie natives chill out a bit.
The substrate is river sand.
I added some locally collected Bacopa monnieri to the tank just to get it ticking along... It's done the job and most of it has been removed the rest will be removed as I get the other plants I want.
There is also some locally collected Vallisneria and a Lily in there... The rocks are... Actually, I'm not sure what the rocks are.
Last but not least there are a few tufts of Lilaeopsis brasilienis spreading around the "hilly bit".
The hilly bit doesn't really follow the rules of Aquascaping... Its a bit short and not ideally located as a focal point. The reason for this is I need to maintain quite a bit of swimming space as all my fish are going to get quite big and eventually outgrow this tank.
On the subject of fishy inhabitants... I plan to get half a dozen nice rainbows to add to the tank in the next couple of weeks... Aquotix had just what I was after but work has taken over (When it rains it pours) and I haven't been able to get them and sort them out.
The Lily. I like it... Need to bury it a bit deeper
The other guys just laying around.
Apologies for the average photos... Just did a water change and I'm using my poor old phone to take the photos.
Edited by malawiman85, 03 August 2016 - 07:44 PM.