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-flyfisher- 25-10-2006 10:36 PM

please comment on this newbie's 4 feet tank.
 
Hi everyone! the algae seems to have almost passed! yay!

with the algae problem
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...IMG_0143-1.jpg


and now this is the look:)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...h/IMG_0320.jpg

whatcha guys think? i still havent found a nice bit of drift wood. still hunting high and low. cant find the piece i want. thanks for all the help and comments, both good and bad.

misc stuff

bubble count: i dunno the BPS. its proabably around 6 or more. its uncountable

filters
2x Eheim 2228

fauna
3 oto cat
5 whiptail
2 pleco
1 puffer fish
20sth congo tetras
7-8 apistogramma cacatuoides "orange flash"

fertilisation
i just go by how the plants look like. its probably around 20 ml per week or so.

lighting
4x 55w PL
4x 36W PL


best regards

FF

sgland 25-10-2006 10:49 PM

.....Swee!!!

the_r0ck 26-10-2006 10:47 PM

I like the overall choice of plants and their general placement. My main worry is that the center seems pretty weak because it seems quite sparse. Perhaps you can try to get more of the same plants and plant them more densely. That way your scape matures faster too. The RTL on the left seems to knock the balance off a little bit. If I were you I will remove that and have more vallis on that side.

Overall a nice idea of a scape.

PS: The fishes seems too many (I think its more of the size issue) and make the tank looks a little "cramp". Perhaps you can get smaller or thinner fishes and let them school nicely around the tank. But if you love these fishes then its your choice.

Hope this helps. :)

Mali 26-10-2006 11:28 PM

What else can i say: Nice tank Bro !! :)

superlamon 28-10-2006 12:57 AM

outstanding!!
:)

how old is the tank??

PLee 28-10-2006 01:56 AM

woo, very very nice setup.

cheonge 28-10-2006 02:12 AM

Very nice setup..

cardinal 28-10-2006 03:00 AM

Stick an oyama paper behind?

-flyfisher- 28-10-2006 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_r0ck (Post 4678869)
I like the overall choice of plants and their general placement. My main worry is that the center seems pretty weak because it seems quite sparse. Perhaps you can try to get more of the same plants and plant them more densely. That way your scape matures faster too. The RTL on the left seems to knock the balance off a little bit. If I were you I will remove that and have more vallis on that side.

Overall a nice idea of a scape.

PS: The fishes seems too many (I think its more of the size issue) and make the tank looks a little "cramp". Perhaps you can get smaller or thinner fishes and let them school nicely around the tank. But if you love these fishes then its your choice.

Hope this helps. :)


thanks! yeah it does help.. how would i correct the balance? shifting the lotus slightly to the middle?

keke... wannna buy any congo tetras?? i'm going to rescape soon... so ya... probably get some cardinals or something.

-flyfisher- 28-10-2006 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superlamon (Post 4683078)
outstanding!!
:)

how old is the tank??


i set it up sometime in late may/early june this year. yup.


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