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March 7th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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New 29 gal tank
Here is my new 29 gal tank. I plan on re-arrange the rocks some and just got my plants and drift wood in the mail today. Should be a fun Friday night. 
Current Stock
4 guppies
1 rubber lipped pleco
2 albino cories
4 ghost shrimp
The stack of rocks have some nice hiding places for the shrimp and pleco. Should I be concerned about other fish getting caught in the tight places? |
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March 8th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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very nice looking. I was looking at a 28 gallon bow front tank the other day I almost bought.
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March 8th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Lookin Good! Do you plan on putting a background on the tank? It would really help set the scene and make your tank look complete. Just so you know, cories are meant to be kept in schools of four or more, so you should plan on getting 2 more cories. As far as the tight places, I don't think you need to worry about the other fish. Your shrimp will love the hiding places though. Is your tank cycled?
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March 8th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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I added the plants and driftwood last night. Driftwood isn't completly water logged yet. I soaked it for a week and boiled it for a few hours, still needs a rock to keep it down.
I am still debating putting a background on it. I think it looks good now, but I notice when I take photos it would look better with a background. Tank has been cycled for about 2 weeks, I am slowly adding fish now.
If I add more cory's, will they still school together if they are different colors? With the natural colored gravel, the albinos don't stand out very well.
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March 9th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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that looks great. I like how you've built the rock into the gravel at the one side. the plants are nice too with the bogwood. very well done.
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March 9th, 2008
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Great job on your tank set up!  I also love the cave of rocks you made for your Pleco, he must love it. 
 ~ kate |
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March 9th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Cories usually school together the best if they are the same kind, but I have a group of peppered cories with an odd albino one thrown in the mix and they are all nice to him, so it should be fine. What kind were you thinking of getting? Oh yeah, your driftwood and plants look great!
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March 10th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Looks good. 
I would arrange the rocks so they don't have any gaps too small to fit your thumb into but so that they're secure and won't shift. |
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March 27th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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A few more changes...added the background (thanks for the advice). Plants are starting to grow in, especially the dwarf hair grass. Originaly I just took them out of the pot an planted with the rockwool, but didn't see any progress. So I spent an evening pulling of the rockwool and planting in bunches of 10-15 stems and it started sending out runners in 2-3 days. Alot of work but worth it.
I don't know what the next project is going to be. Any ideas? Unfortunatly my place is too small for another tank. My significant other would kill me I brought home another tank.  |
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March 29th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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its really looking good now. I love the grass. is it hard to clean the tank with it in there?
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March 30th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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 It's really getting green and looking even better! |
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March 30th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Awesome aquarium!!!! Real nice guppies.  |
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March 30th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Thanks for the comments. The grass isn't very hard to maintain. The corys love to play in it and scavange extra food that falls in it. I run the gravel vac over the top of it and seems to pick up a lot of the large particles.
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March 31st, 2008
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Fish Bum
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this is such a cool tank! i am getting a new 33 gallon tank (more long than tall) this weekend and i wasnt sure what i wanted to do with it and after looking at your tank i really like the cave u made and the slate rock looks really cool also. i think i might steal your idea and make a little cave for my fishies lol (if you dont mind that is lol well anyway very very cool tank! ( o and the back round really makes everything else stick out, good job!)
-swany |
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March 31st, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Ahhh...you would not be stealing my ideas. It is a compliation of browsing many different forums and looking at others tanks. I am a newbie. If you get a rubber pleco, they will love the cave. When the lights are on he spends 90% of the time upside down under the center rock. At first he wouldn't let any other fish in, but now that he is comfortable, there is usually two fish and a shrimp hanging out in there. And during the night the pleco does a **** of a job cleaning the glass.
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March 31st, 2008
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Fish Bum
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hey just curious about your grass down in the right corner, did u buy it like that or was it longer grass and did u cut it? whats it called? i really like the gras look so thats why im asking
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March 31st, 2008
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Fish Bum
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WOW!!! Awesome tank! I like all the green.
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March 31st, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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It is "dwarf hair grass". It came potted and I removed the pot and the rock wool it was planted in. It is somewhat hard to remove the rockwool with out damaging the roots. I planted in clumps of 10-15 stems and used tweezers to insert it in the gravel. Its only been in my tank about a month, the lighter colored stems is the new growth since I planted it.
I read on other sites that it should be trimmed to promote growth. I cut off brown stems and about 1/2". On the far right of my tank it is full grown, about 3 to 3.5 inches. One thing I would recommend, if you are using regular gravel, you should add root tabs. In the places I have the tabs, it is getting the most new growth. If I had to do it again, I would spend the extra money and get "eco complete" substrate, but every thing seems to be growing well and I don't want to disrupt my fishes lives so soon again.
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