Je55*e

This is my second and largest tank yet (yes, I'm relatively new, see my sig). I'll be moving the guys from the 6g in here once it's ready, along with a few more.
Today I added 2 red ludwigia plants, 2 assorted sword plants (not sure of their real name, feel free to tell me if you know), and 1 green cabomba plant. I also rearranged the decor; turns out I bought too many ornaments and had to take some out to make room for the plants. :P
I'll update as the fish are added.





Sorry the quality's not fabulous; I'm not the best at taking aquarium photos.
What do you think?

Oh, and, is it possible/wise to tape a background to the outside of the tank? I am such a clutter-bug, and the poor fish will have to stare at all my stuff back there without one. :P

agabr123

absolutely on the background, i use plain black backgrounds on all of my tanks and it makes everything look so much nicer! hides all of the cords and filter intakes and heater and everything (they're all black). i'll try to get some new pics of my tanks with the backgrounds, the pics i have up now don't have them but it looks a lot better!!!

Je55*e

Thanks for the tip. =)

agabr123

no problem!

your tank looks great by the way!

mjordan

intresting
i hope your not going for the heavily planted look.
but it does look good now. im not shure bout the decor.
the fake plants dont compliment the real ones. the pink to be specific.
i also like the cave behind wat looks like cambona.
try a mos like christmas moss tide to a piece of driftwood.
if u buy driftwood then i would take the cave out.


overall i give it 4 stars
sorry bout that star thing got a little to caught up with myself....
it looks great

agabr123

oh! i just noticed this but watch out for that decoration, the one with the barrels. read this thread....

Gourami Accident

DPmom26

I love the tank it looks great.... I like the brightly colored deco it gives it a splash of color

Mike19

nice tank

Je55*e

Thanks, everyone. I like lots of color. :P

agabr: I put that cave in there because it was in my older tank, and I wanted to help the new one mature. Also, my otos really love hanging out in there. If I notice any hint of problems with it in the future, I'll remove it. Thanks for the warning.

mjordan: thanks for the input. I didn't want to go too heavily planted, no. Why?
I was thinking about putting real moss over the fake moss on the logs behind the Cabomba. Hope that'll stick.

allwet1

Your tanks look great. I had a question, Where did you get the clear legs for the Coralife light fixture and are they secure? I ordered some black ones for mine and the wobble and move around. Thanks

Je55*e

I got them at bigalsonline.com. I can't seem to find a link for the life of me, though, sorry. XP

They are made for my particular light fixture (coralife) and are only plastic, but they are nice and sturdy. =)

Je55*e

The other day I bought what I think is a really gorgeous background. It really improves the overall look of the tank. I hope you all agree!





Forgive the glare from the window and camera flash.

pinky93

i love it...it would look good with a background
Hey!i have that same barrels LOL

Je55*e

Pinky: neat and thank you!

shellbell4ever

Very Nice Set Up Looks Much Better with the Background

Je55*e

Thank you very much =)
That's a gorgeous betta in your avatar, by the way.

Je55*e

Got new plants delivered today. =D

Dwarf lily (still quite small yet. I have another planted on the opposite end of the tank):



Riccia Fluitans moss tied to the large cave in the center and Purple Cabomba with flowers in the background:



Full picture of the tank:



This is a better picture of the Ludwigia I already had in there (plus one bunch added since):

Je55*e

p.s.: in the last shot, is that plastic air stone good for the plants? It only gives off a small line of bubbles from the top of it. I heard it was good for planted aquariums, to diffuse the O2. Yes, no?