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[Fishnturtleguy933]

This might get merged to my last post but here is an updated photo of my 40g breeder. The plants have gone wild. Going to have to do a big trim soon. Ill probably( not sure yet) be selling some cuttings on here and elsewhere but i need to work out how to ship first. Anyway, here's the tank now, current plant stock is: umbrella hairgrass, ludwigia rubin, bacopa caroliniana(red and regular) bacopa monieri, java fern tiger lotus, java moss, water sprite and dwarf sagitaria. Fish stock is: 2 honey gourami, 11 glowlight tetra 6 false julii cory, 2 otocinclus, 1 green dragon bn pleco and 10( so far) neo shrimp low grade colors. Also the tiger lotus has been producing lily pads again.

 

[JLAquatics]

After the rescape of my 29 gallon yesterday, you may be thinking the tank took a step back in terms of looks. Think again. There are plenty of horticultural things I did to help this tank grow in more lush and full this next time and only then will I have a true jungle. Here is an angled tank as of this morning (didn't want no glare, nope). This tank will be overgrown again fairly quickly, and that cool jungle look will return.



Rule #1 with Jungle/Nature Aquascaping; Use so many different species of plants in your design that you cannot name all the different aquatic plants used within 10 seconds.


I have decided that my Anubias is now one of my favorite plants of all time! Look how good they still look months later!

 

[Rfinner]

Sloppy picture sorry. Been 4 months since rescape and almost time for another lol.

 

[John58ford]

Changed my 10 gallon long term qt around for some multies. It's not my best looking tank but it's the coolest looking 3 month qt I've ever set up.

 

[JLAquatics]

The 10 g has shown some astounding growth recently! I did a small trimming session today and I am thinking I will add fish to this tank in a few weeks!

Before Trim
After Trim

John58ford you always revive this thread somehow!

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

The 10 g has shown some astounding growth recently! I did a small trimming session today and I am thinking I will add fish to this tank in a few weeks!


John58ford you always revive this thread somehow!

What do you think you'll be adding again? Sorry I may have missed it.

 

[JLAquatics]

What do you think you'll be adding again? Sorry I may have missed it.

I am thinking a single Betta of sorts as I really miss having one as a pet. I am going to try to search for one at my local pet shop that is already housed with other critters. The reason for this is that I have a growing RCS colony in the 10 gallon currently and I do not want the Betta to attack them. After that, I might get a nerite or two and 2-3 Amano Shrimp to live in there as well.

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

I am thinking a single Betta of sorts as I really miss having one as a pet. I am going to try to search for one at my local pet shop that is already housed with other critters. The reason for this is that I have a growing RCS colony in the 10 gallon currently and I do not want the Betta to attack them. After that, I might get a nerite or two and 2-3 Amano Shrimp to live in there as well.

Oh, I just realized that this isn't your 10g tank thread lol. Also, where did you get your shrimp?

 

[JLAquatics]

Oh, I just realized that this isn't your 10g tank thread lol. Also, where did you get your shrimp?

I actually got them from Petco of all places back in December. I bought a group of 12 and put them in my 29 gallon aquarium you have seen before. They thrived in there and populated it until they became a nice healthy colony. What I did here is took 6 of the most vibrant females and 3 males and placed them in the 10 gallon after it cycled. So now, the 29 is a cull tank for the less vibrant shrimp and the 10g is for the really nice ones.

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

I actually got them from Petco of all places back in December. I bought a group of 12 and put them in my 29 gallon aquarium you have seen before. They thrived in there and populated it until they became a nice healthy colony. What I did here is took 6 of the most vibrant females and 3 males and placed them in the 10 gallon after it cycled. So now, the 29 is a cull tank for the less vibrant shrimp and the 10g is for the really nice ones.

Smart idea!

 

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[mikki080]

Yea I have a finnex fugeray on my 65g and I love it. I just recently got a 55 gallon don't know the dimensions of it but it looks kind of like yours long alittle tall and not to wide but don't know if a 48 inch would fit it.

Where did you get that driftwood on the bottom?!?! I need to find some thicker ones to provide my pleco a hiding place.

Trying to do THIS EXACT SETUP!!!!!!!! what are the plants?

 

[John58ford]

10g

20l

3D 29

10g (anubias in bloom again)

29

 

[Patman0519]

75 gallon wide Cichlids tank
75 gallon community tank

-Vinny

Lol, that more like the arowanas tank with chiclids in it.

 

[JLAquatics]

Here is a larger update on both of my tanks as well.

29 Gallon

Plants are beginning to thrive again after the massive trim from the last two weeks. The front and back area still needs some more time to fill up, as I converted this tank into a jungle Style Aquascape! Water Wisteria has a ton of side shoots to form dense bushes, which is what I want in this design! I want everything to grow wild in there! To help with this goal, I added a Tiger Lotus bulb 2 weeks ago.


This is how the bulb looked this morning! It is looking great and has plenty of new leaves already within two weeks! I think this will form into a beautiful plant to contrast the Water Wisteria and Pogostemen Octopus which will make up the majority of the background!


The new Pogostemen is doing great in the 29 gallon trimmed from the 10!


The Rasboras are breeding yet again, but they are still eating their eggs as expected. I really want to save the eggs eventually to get some babies and maybe sell some of them to you awesome people on Fishlore! I really love my Lambchops, a ton of color, activity, and peacefulness in a small package.

10 gallon


Plants are on fire in this tank! Growth has been absolutely insane lately! Plus, the Staghorn Algae is finally resolving itself, I got much less now than a few weeks ago!


You can see that the wood is not staghorn infested anymore, yay!


The Pearlweed carpet has never looked better! It has filled in nicely indeed and I will be carpeting the plant in the 29 gallon as well once I get some excess.


Curiously, the Bacopa Caroliniana is turning red in my tank! I have never heard of this plant turning red before, but I think it looks cool though!


To conclude, the shrimp are still alive and kicking in the 10 gallon! The berried shrimp should be having some babies soon as well!

Going to be making a third tank in a few months (a 75 gallon) as well and I am excited about that!

 

[Strider1520]

Here is a larger update on both of my tanks as well.

29 Gallon

Plants are beginning to thrive again after the massive trim from the last two weeks. The front and back area still needs some more time to fill up, as I converted this tank into a jungle Style Aquascape! Water Wisteria has a ton of side shoots to form dense bushes, which is what I want in this design! I want everything to grow wild in there! To help with this goal, I added a Tiger Lotus bulb 2 weeks ago.


This is how the bulb looked this morning! It is looking great and has plenty of new leaves already within two weeks! I think this will form into a beautiful plant to contrast the Water Wisteria and Pogostemen Octopus which will make up the majority of the background!

The new Pogostemen is doing great in the 29 gallon trimmed from the 10!

The Rasboras are breeding yet again, but they are still eating their eggs as expected. I really want to save the eggs eventually to get some babies and maybe sell some of them to you awesome people on Fishlore! I really love my Lambchops, a ton of color, activity, and peacefulness in a small package.

10 gallon


Plants are on fire in this tank! Growth has been absolutely insane lately! Plus, the Staghorn Algae is finally resolving itself, I got much less now than a few weeks ago!


You can see that the wood is not staghorn infested anymore, yay!

The Pearlweed carpet has never looked better! It has filled in nicely indeed and I will be carpeting the plant in the 29 gallon as well once I get some excess.

Curiously, the Bacopa Caroliniana is turning red in my tank! I have never heard of this plant turning red before, but I think it looks cool though!


To conclude, the shrimp are still alive and kicking in the 10 gallon! The berried shrimp should be having some babies soon as well!

Going to be making a third tank in a few months (a 75 gallon) as well and I am excited about that!

Awesome tanks!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sofiafish17]

Got a few new plants and moved some existing ones around a little bit in my 10 gallon today. Not a huge difference but I’m proud of it!

I think the picture gets more clear if you click on it.
The red bin at the top is housing a snail right now. I found him in a store tank with about 40 other dead snails and he was the only one alive. He’s too weak to get to the surface from the bottom on his own, so for now he is in that little thing. It has holes at the bottom for water flow and everything I just didn’t have a proper breeder box.

 

[sairving]

I visited another lfs in the area I've never been too before. Normally I go to the other one, but road construction makes it annoying to get in and out.

I ended up randomly buying some adler cones. After replacing the indian almond leaf in my tank and adding a few cones, this morning I have this. I love it. It's a little darker in person.

 

[StarGirl]

I visited another lfs in the area I've never been too before. Normally I go to the other one, but road construction makes it annoying to get in and out.

I ended up randomly buying some adler cones. After replacing the indian almond leaf in my tank and adding a few cones, this morning I have this. I love it. It's a little darker in person.

Alder cones do get darker than IAL. for sure.

 

[sairving]

Alder cones do get darker than IAL. for sure.

I would actually love to try a backwater tank but my water is too hard. My betta is more relaxed when the water is stained with tannins.

 

[wrs2]

I would actually love to try a backwater tank but my water is too hard. My betta is more relaxed when the water is stained with tannins.

You can use Peat Moss in your filter to lower the pH. Plus you can do a faux blackwater where the parameters don’t have to be the same as a real blackwater system.

 

[StarGirl]

You can use Peat Moss in your filter to lower the pH. Plus you can do a faux blackwater where the parameters don’t have to be the same as a real blackwater system.

There is no softening Great Lakes water besides cutting RO water ......tried everything.

 

[sairving]

You can use Peat Moss in your filter to lower the pH. Plus you can do a faux blackwater where the parameters don’t have to be the same as a real blackwater system.

I use to run a HOB and added peat to it. It dropped my pH from 8.4 to 8.2. Seachem acid buffer works for a day, IAL drops it to 8.2. As Star Girl says, nothing softens Great Lakes water.

I could run with tannin stained water though.

 

[Chloemarie]

Show off your tank

HI all

I'm sure there is a place for this, however I couldn't find it. I would love to see pictures of all of your tanks, looking for ideas to remodel mine and include more real plants! Please share yours below

 

[FrogLegged]

Went to Petco today and got a floating moss ball to make a bit more shade for the 2 new Amano shrimp in here. Been having a little Blackbeard algae and green algae on the walls, but that's it. Really hoping the Blackbeard algae goes down with this Tetra Algae Control I've been using, seems to work on the green algae. Now just a matter of weekly water changes and some algae maintenance

 

[Patman0519]

Suspend a tomato plants roots above the tank,it will stave off that black beard algae quickly.
What's the little glass orb thing in the top left of the tank??? I dont know what it is....but now I need one hahaha.

 

[Fishnturtleguy933]

40breeder update. It's a jungle in there.
Going to do a massive trim soon. 50g tall is doing great as well. Gandalf the angelfish likes to show off for the camera. He's all ready grown about 1/2" to 1" from when i got him. When i trim the tanks I'll probably be selling some on the bstf section. Also thought I'd share something i haven't yet. This is my 55g turtle tank currently housing my north American painted turtle. I know it's not fish but it's in a tank....lol his name is turtle petty in honor of Tom Petty. We got him the day tom petty passed away from a family member who couldn't take care of him anymore.

 

[DreamWolf]

My 15 gallon guppy tank

 

[BatGrl3]

My 15 gallon guppy tank

I LOVE your tank!!!! This is my goal for my next tank.

 

[DreamWolf]

I LOVE your tank!!!! This is my goal for my next tank.

I'm glad you like it!!

 

[Nourhanateout22]

I upgraded my 5 gallon to 15 for my betta! Randall is lovin the plants.

 

[Fishnturtleguy933]

Well, just trimmed the 40 breeder. Can't wait for it to grow in again so i can fill in more space. Might add more shrimp as the current shrimp inhabitants are swimming right passed all the other fish and have not been eaten. Thinking of adding some blue dream shrimp and possibly an amano or bamboo.
Going to have to trim the 50 soon as well. The Italian vals are going nuts, the wisteria i got from vishaquatics is doing great as well as the ludwigia rubin from both tanks. I also have what i suspect is guppy grass growing as well.

 

[Nourhanateout22]

Well, just trimmed the 40 breeder. Can't wait for it to grow in again so i can fill in more space. Might add more shrimp as the current shrimp inhabitants are swimming right passed all the other fish and have not been eaten. Thinking of adding some blue dream shrimp and possibly an amano or bamboo.
Going to have to trim the 50 soon as well. The Italian vals are going nuts, the wisteria i got from vishaquatics is doing great as well as the ludwigia rubin from both tanks. I also have what i suspect is guppy grass growing as well.

That's a beautiful tank setup! What kind of wood is that? I also wanted to create a tree in my tank like that but all those woods are too rough for my betta which sucks

 

[JLAquatics]

I recently trimmed the 10 gallon with a big overhaul the other day. Also got a school of Ember Tetras and some Amano shrimp to add to the ever changing scape. Enjoy.

Scape Before Trim


Scape After Trim





Tried to get a good pic of the new Ember Tetras, but they were extremely hard to capture. You can see some of them in the above image if you look close enough.

 

[Fishnturtleguy933]

That's a beautiful tank setup! What kind of wood is that? I also wanted to create a tree in my tank like that but all those woods are too rough for my betta which sucks

Thank you! I found this spider wood at my lfs, unfortunately it was not cheap but absolutely worth it as gandalf the angel and azog the bn pleco both benefit from it with the many hiding places and the many spots for the pleco to rasp on
You could try manzanita wood? The piece i have in my 40 breeder is fairly smooth. You can also dull down any sharp edges. I also recommend using cholla wood and moss to create trees with. You can find some decent size pieces to create tall or short trees with moss or anubias etc.

 

[raydawg205]

My 20 L when i first set it up. Had to remove grapevine it was pretty much rotting in the tank.

 

[raydawg205]

A more updated photo

 

[Skrabbitskrabbit]

My favorite tank right now is my 10 gallon planted betta tank, housing a female betta& nerite snail
I don’t love my substrate choice from way back but I haven’t gotten around to changing it yet

 

[TwiTch18]

My latest addition ❤️ 15 gal Pea Puffer tank

 

[kanzekatores]

Here are my two 40 gallon's; one is a freshwater planted community, the other is saltwater.

 

[AverageAquarist22]

Here are my two 40 gallon's; one is a freshwater planted community, the other is saltwater.

Love the wood pieces in your freshwater tank!

 

[Cathypaola]

Show off your tank
Excuse the diy fry nursery. I have 2 Amazon swords, 1 Anubis attached to a driftwood, and 2 floating bacopa caroliana. I also have 3 adult molies, 1 juvenile molly, 3 fry and 1 guppy. 10 gal tank.

 

[Magua]

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My 29 gallon. I hate 29 gallon aquariums lol.
No matter what I do with it, I don’t like it!

I think it's gorgeous!!

180L (~47,5g) custom lowtech corner tank
Bit of dirty glass but snails love it

Tell me about that stacked stone background (or is that like your kitchen backsplash?? LOL!). Either way, I love it!!

 

[Fishkeeper25]

55 gallon freshwater semi planted | 20 gallon freshwater tanks

 

[BigManAquatics]

The newest 29(for now, can't keep my hands off of it)

 

[Jokitty]

One of tanks the one with our brand new Betta, "Bluey".

My 63g

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Still stocking it up, and looking forward to the plants growing in more

Love the tardis!!!!!

 

[Fishnturtleguy933]

Haven't posted anything on the forum in quite a bit.
Here's the 40 breeder and 50 hex corner. 50 looks like a jungle, the bolivians unfortunately did not survive but everything else is doing well. 40 has a big shrimp boom but i lost one honey gourami. Going to rescape both soon. Probably going to ask for ideas in a new thread.

 

[LadfromLondon]

Rarely on here nowadays unfortunately. This is my first visit after some weeks.

Here’s a picture of my current project. The tank on the bottom arrived today, a 250L rimless. It will be converted into a sump.

 

[Basil]

Rarely on here nowadays unfortunately. This is my first visit after some weeks.

Here’s a picture of my current project. The tank on the bottom arrived today, a 250L rimless. It will be converted into a sump.

Good to see you back. Good luck on your next project!

 

[LadfromLondon]

Good to see you back. Good luck on you next project!

Thank you buddy. I hope you have been keeping well!