jack--sos

After alot of debates about having this tank i have finally set it up.

I have Transfered some gravel, one Melon Sword, one unknown plant, and one piece of Morpani Wood from my 19 gallon to help with the cycle.



There are no lights on because all of the power sockets are being used by the 19 gallon.

Anyone have stocking ideas? I have buenos aires tetras, Rosy tetras, Dwarf Neon Rainbows, Guppies, Pearl Gouramis and a Common Pleco. I was thinking of getting a red tail shark and a couple of Bolivian Rams

[edit] no picture here because i deleted it from my album (scroll down for pictures)

platy ben

What a beautiful tank, even though it is pretty much empty it looks great

jack--sos

thanks Ben, i cant wait untill i can add the rest of my plants and fish in

platy ben

How about a shoal of harlequins they look great in large tanks and when they have perfectl iving conditions they are beautiful! .

If you wanted you could always get rid of the pleco because that will take up alot of the bio load.
I would take it to the LFS and get about 2-4 smaller plecos, maybe bristlenose

jack--sos

i was thinking about that but i couldnt stand giving my pleco away, he is my favourite fish

harlequins look interesting but most of my fish have the same body shape as they do and would like same more varietly

Thanks for the help

fishlover78

nice tank, it'll look better when you get the lights up and running.

jack--sos

update:

Added the rest of the gravel from my 19 gallon, still need to get the rest from the bucket thats holding up our Christmas tree

Transfered the rest of the morpani wood


The fish have been added, the stocking is currently:
5 Buenos aires Tetra
4 Rosy tetra
3 Dwarf neon rainbow
2 Guppies
2 Pearl Gourami
1 Common Pleco

jack--sos

Update 01/01/2009!!!!

My 2 guppies had a bad start to the new year, i woke up to find one being carried arround, by his tail, by my huge buenos aires Tetra. So i scared the tetra off of him and ran down stairs to get a container big enough to but them both in untill they get their strength back and i find a fish shop that will take him in. i put the container, half full with water into my tank and caught the guppies and put them in with an air pump, gave them some food and went off to My LFS.

I asked someone if they will take my tetra in and they said yes, he will put him with the bigger fish to sort him out . while i was there i bought 2 pieces of mopani wood, which is soaking as we speak. i also purchased a rainbow shark and female bolivian ram (Tweedledee) and a male Bolivian (Tweedledum). Also i brought 2 Java Ferns and a large anacharis

Will post pics as soon as they all settle down

jack--sos

Tweedledum


Tweedledee


Chad the Pleco

jack--sos

Been a while since an update so here goes, just done a 20%water change and moved some plants around. java ferns and anacharis have started to root

angelfish220

Looks nice!

Can't wait to see it when all the plants have grown in.

R.E.

Looks awesome! Going to look amazing with all plants grown! btw, what's in the plastic container? You didn't take the guppies out? :P

jack--sos

Thanks R.E. and Angelfish220

no hes still in there untill i get him some friends. i took him out yesterday and he swam straight to the back corner where no other fish were. so i might get 4-5 more guppies tomorrow and maybe get some more decor and a background

Biscato33

very nice tank! the palnts will look great once they've grown in!! Tweedledee and Tweedledum are adorable!!

~ Ali

jack--sos

taken the Buenos Aires back today as they were harrassing my new guppies and eating the plants, swaped them for an angel

i think he/she is a silver angel but not sure.

its only around 2 inches big so it will have a long time to get used to my guppies before it gets big enough to eat them, so hopefully it wont. (if that makes sence )

I will try to get a pictue of his/her other side as the markings are different.

jack--sos

Been a while since any change has happned so here goes. My mum bought me some mount board that i will paint a blue colour this saturday and use as a background . also on saturday/sunday i will change the substrate to sand because i think it looks nicer and is easier to clean. At the same time i will give the tank a (total) rescape . Stay tuned for pics of the new layout

jack--sos

Taped the Background on today, will be changing the Substrate tomorrow

Would love some more comments from the Fishloreans

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NUMB3RS

I dont think you should change your substrate because your tank looks awesome! I love your Angel he's so cool i have a couple of angels but none like yours. Good Trade between tetras and angel!

Amanda

Sand is harder to clean than gravel. And wouldn't changing substrate uproot some of your plants?

agabr123

your tank looks great!!!

if you switch to sand, make sure to get a nylon stocking and put the old gravel in it to put in the tank for a while. removing it all at the same time could send you into a mini-cycle.

jack--sos

i changed to sand today i think it looks better, and the fish seem ALOT happier. have left a stocking full of gravel in the tank (thanks agabr123). I will go out to my LFS next weekend (hopefully) to get some smaller plants to go in the foreground and driftwood that i can stand on end so the tank dosent look so empty at the top.

i will post pics as soon as the water clears up, it may be tonight as it is going very quickly. I will also do a water change and gravel (now sand )vac tomorrow.

Thanks for your kind comments everyone, i hope you think the sand looks better too

jack--sos

just wondering how long i need to leave the stockings with the old gravel in the tank for so it wont go into a mini cycle?

Thanks
Jack

agabr123

my best guess would be anywhere from 3 weeks to a little over a month? maybe on the longer side just to be safe

jack--sos

that long?!? wow i thought it would be around 3 -7 days

here goes, first pictures of he new sandy tank (i took the gravel stockings out for this) , will do another vacume tomorrow to get rid of the remaining poop

As always, comments are greatly appreciated




the first half decent picture with my shark


had to add this one because of my Ram above the driftwood

Butterfly

that is really cool! I love my sand tank and so do the fish but it does show up every little thing.
carol

jack--sos

Just dropping by to post a picture of Chad

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Regal

Your tank looks really nice. don't worry about the top looking empty, it won't look empty once the plants grow in more.

jack--sos

Hi again everyone

went to the LFS today and bought some Anubias nana for the foreground.
was faced with a tough descision, Another Angel or a Gold Nugget pleco

i chose the angel and here he is


he's quite small, only about 1.5 inches (2" including tail) the only worries so far are the chasing by the Angel that was already in there, he is about 2" body size. there has been no fin niping though so i guess he is just saying "im the boss"

Heres the Anubias nana


Bigger Angel


Full tank shot



Does anybody know of a low light plant that has a red/brown colour?
Thanks

Butterfly

Cryptocoryne wendtii comes in red,rose,brown and bronze
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=80
Beautiful angels by the way
Carol

jack--sos

Just found pics of my Guppies when i was acclimating them