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August 14th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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My two 29 gallon tanks
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August 14th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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The rocks in the first one look like a larger version of the little pebbles I have keeping the slope in the substrate in my 7.5gal! Very pretty. No live plants?
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August 14th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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The rocks in the first tank are called mexican pebbles. They are really pretty. I've tried live plants but they all died on me  |
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August 14th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Great vids - the tanks look great!  |
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August 14th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Nice tanks! I like your rock formations  |
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August 14th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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nice one cant wait 2 see some fish in the 2nd tank
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August 15th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Nice starts, like the Rocks !!!
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August 15th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dj83
The rocks in the first tank are called mexican pebbles. They are really pretty. I've tried live plants but they all died on me |
The trick is get aquatic plants (A lot of places sell houseplants as aquatic plants! My LFS claims it is because they look nicer and can be used to add a splash of colour to the silver dollar tank before it's eaten) that will stand low light. These include crypts, Hornwort, Anacharis, Anubias, Java fern, Java moss, Hygro and Water sprite. You also have to take them out of their bunches/pots.
I got my pebbles at the beach! Great for aquascaping and free.  Just soak them for a while, boil them and scrub them off. |
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August 15th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Hornwort won't die on you! get it! In my 29g tank the hornwort started off the height of the tank and 1.5 weeks late I went in for a trim and the hornwort was TWICE the size! it was AWESOME! so i just spread the love to the other tanks. I have some of it weighted down an some just floating, about 11ish hours a day of light
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August 15th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Suave
Hornwort won't die on you! get it! In my 29g tank the hornwort started off the height of the tank and 1.5 weeks late I went in for a trim and the hornwort was TWICE the size! it was AWESOME! so i just spread the love to the other tanks. I have some of it weighted down an some just floating, about 11ish hours a day of light
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I once made the mistake of adding it to my high tech tank. It doubled in size in a matter of days! |
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August 15th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Beautiful tanks. I can't wait to see what you put in the second tank. We also have hornwort in our betta tank and the biggest problem I have with it is getting it to stay down, but Neptune loves it and I like the way it looks also. Like everyone else has said very easy to grow.  |
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August 16th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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HatchetHaven: you are so lucky to be able to go to a beach and get some of these pretty pebbles. I got mines really cheap at a landscaping place 70lbs for $10.00.
Suave: The only store by me that sells plants is Petsmart and they don't even know what kind of plants they have. I asked a few workers there what kind of plants do they sell and they couldn't even tell me. How tall does Hornworts get? and how do they look (got a link)?
Thanks every one else for the nice compliments. I redid the the first tank and took some of the rocks out. It's now more swimming space in the middle of the tank. Oh and my second tank has finished cycling and i'll be adding the 4 danios from the other tank. I seeded this tank and it took a week and a day to cycle. I'll be adding more vids soon  |
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August 16th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dj83
HatchetHaven: you are so lucky to be able to go to a beach and get some of these pretty pebbles. I got mines really cheap at a landscaping place 70lbs for $10.00.
Suave: The only store by me that sells plants is Petsmart and they don't even know what kind of plants they have. I asked a few workers there what kind of plants do they sell and they couldn't even tell me. How tall does Hornworts get? and how do they look (got a link)?
Thanks every one else for the nice compliments. I redid the the first tank and took some of the rocks out. It's now more swimming space in the middle of the tank. Oh and my second tank has finished cycling and i'll be adding the 4 danios from the other tank. I seeded this tank and it took a week and a day to cycle. I'll be adding more vids soon |
I go to a certain campsite every year - and they have a beach several miles long, which is just covered in pebbles just like those! I get a lot of my aquascaping materials from nature: twigs, autumn leaf litter, stones, anything I can find that is aquarium safe I pick up usually!
Hornwort looks like this: http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=51
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=50 |
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August 16th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Very Nice Tanks |
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August 16th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Last edited by dj83; August 16th, 2008 at 09:08 AM.
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August 16th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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HatchetHaven, You gave me a good idea. i'm going to look around the beach near by and see if I find anything interesting. How can i tell if a rock is safe for my tank or not? I'll also check at Petsmart today to see if they have any Hornwort. Thanks for the link |
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August 18th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Aesthetically pleasing, the set up so far has really brought out the fish, and their color. Well done!
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