5x32"x20" Tank Journal
#1
Posted 08 April 2011 - 01:14 PM
i will use a black gravel substrate, with hopefully some black slate or bassalt rock to make the EY's stand out along with the rest of the fish. its got 3 fluro tubes in the hood, along with a filter in the hood which has ceramic rings and sponges for filteration. i will post some pics very soon of the progress
#2
Posted 08 April 2011 - 01:32 PM
the tank pretty dirty though
the 3 globes in the hood
and the black gravel, pretty hard to see but soon it will be in so i will post more pics soon
#3
Posted 10 April 2011 - 05:47 PM
that midnight gravel??
#4
Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:46 AM
ill post some pics up tonight, looks good i think
#5
Posted 18 April 2011 - 09:03 PM
#6
Posted 25 April 2011 - 02:32 PM
heres a pic of the whole tank today
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and again
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left side
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right side
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im not to sure if this is going to work or not, but i bought some plastic fencing/meshing from bunnings and attached some java and xmas moss to it, hoping that it will grow all the way along the back wall so that i have a living back wall. any thoughts or help on this idea would be great cus i would like to know if im wasting my time or not
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just one of the gold gouramis
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hope you like it
thanks ben
#7
Posted 25 April 2011 - 03:39 PM
You need to sandwich the moss in mesh spread across the whole wall, it will not grow down as the upper moss will block the light as such you should start at the bottom.
With those lights I wouldn't expect coverage in less than 8-12 months.
Juls
#8
Posted 25 April 2011 - 03:51 PM
#9
Posted 25 April 2011 - 04:05 PM
Watch the fishies don't get caught behind your moss wall netting. Why don't you stick with one type of moss for the wall? Oh and you might want to separate the moss out a bit more.
I (officially) like tall tanks I'm sure you will get ideas on how to make things work.
Keep us updated.
#10
Posted 26 April 2011 - 12:32 AM
#11
Posted 26 April 2011 - 07:59 AM
You need to sandwich the moss in mesh spread across the whole wall, it will not grow down as the upper moss will block the light as such you should start at the bottom.
With those lights I wouldn't expect coverage in less than 8-12 months.
Juls
its got 3x 54W t8 tubes in the hood. thats 162W. from what ive read this should suffice?correct me if im wrong.
and i will move the moss to the bottom if thats what you suggest.
and ive taken the xmas moss of the back wall and tied it up to the piece of driftwood i got last night.
#12
Posted 26 April 2011 - 09:23 AM
Metal halides or led are more capable of penetrating deep water than t5ho.
I ran 8x54w over my 5x2x2.5 and struggled to grow anything other than moss below 2ft.
You should be ok as long as you don't expect massive growth and don't try any difficult plants, particularily surface plants like glosso or hc.
You will find stem plants will grow much taller than they normally would in this setup, which will give a false sense of rapid growth.
Juls
#13
Posted 26 April 2011 - 10:07 AM
also what colours makes the plants grow?is it reds and blues?
#14
Posted 16 June 2011 - 12:03 PM
back to the tank. ive added 6 angels and some more serpae tetras. the bn bred about 4 times and something ate the eggs every time:(. the guppies had babies the other day so thats the little breeder net at the top in the picture. i went to aquotix last week and bought 200 bucks worth of plants that seem to be doing great. i wasnt going to buy any more plants than i originally had but they were growing really fast and ive pruned and re-planted some ambulia, and hygro costata 4 times now. the water fern i think it is has all of a sudden shot up and is taking up a heap of room. i alsopurchased a large piece of driftwood that i really like. i took the backround with moss down becuase it wasnt really working, the moss was growing rapidly but was growing away from the mesh so now the moss is just hiding behind the peice of wood just filtering alot of dirt out of the water and onto itself.
the plants from aquotix i purchased include :willowleaf hygro, ambulia, red ludwigia, 2 xl anubias, red milfoil, aponogeton crispus, hornwort and some other one im not to sure what it was.
the plants are growing really well, especially considering that there is not co2 i am just regularly feeing them fertiliser and seems to be doing wonders.
let me know that you think
thanks ben
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