DeeSeven's 55 Gal Heavily Planted

[DeeSeven]

Welp time to make a new thread since the old thread was of my 55 gal BEFORE I got into plants..SO without further ado heres the fine print...

Fishy -

1 Lyretail Swordtail
4-5 of I completely forgot the name of these guys
40 & up babies from someone in that group lol

Plants -

yea um some java moss, some swords, some crypts, some other plants I cant think of them off the top of my head but theres plenty there lol

Side Notes

Dosed daily/weekly/every 2 weeks with Excel, Iron, Potassium, Trace
Weekly 50% water change
I plan on adding more fish once the babies grow up cause I'm not going to destroy my tank for some 40+ babies that I'll never be able to get all of.

and now the pictures

[gbett65]

very nice tank

[Bk718]

looking good
love the swordtail

[DeeSeven]

thank you gbett

[Mgamer20o0]

great 55 gal tank

[DeeSeven]

thanks bk828 & Mgamer20o0 (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/member.php?u=2785)

[StereoKills]

Nicely done.

[Lupin]

Nice tank!

[bethkira2000]

Its really beautiful , love the swordtail too.

[rich311k]

Lovely tank and fish.

[DeeSeven]

thank you guys

[pinkertd]

Great tank! Love the dark pics showing off the tiny red babies, cool!

[Squawkbert]

Nice tank!
Looks like a nice batch of sword fry growing in there, excellent color on the Alternanthera. I'm jealous of the Anubias flower.

[FtwayneFish]

VERY VERY VERY nicely planted tank.

[DeeSeven]

I completely LOVE the Alternanthera one of my favorites by far. I have no clue what it is..maybe its me but I always get Anubias flowers maybe its me lol

[OhNo123]

Wow NICE tank! I'm surprised the fry don't get eaten!

Your tank looks like one of those tanks that are used as aquarium wall paper. So many plants!

[DeeSeven]

Me2 OhNo123! The minute I saw the fry I said "oh they'll be gone in no time" WELL 3 weeks later they are still here..nobodys eaten them..I thought swords were cannibals? It stinks tho because I'd like to add more fish but really cant with 30+ fry swimming around. And just curious here but how do we know its swordtail fry? he's the only swordtail in the tank and the other fish aren't swordtails at all! do livebears breed regardless of what species they are?

[jm1212]

it looks great!!

[grannylvsfish]

Your tank is amazing!!! I lvoe it. and oh what I would give to have those sweet swords!!! there beautiful!!! whats the lighting, do you co2? Have you thought of selling the fry ?? hummmmm ?? :lol: I want some!! they would go good in my guppy and platty tank.

[TerenceBoyle]

Really nice setup. I ended up abandoning my planted tank after about 4 months so I have an extra appreciation of these really beautiful tanks.

[Bnoble]

Great looking tank! very nice

[Coler]

great work !

[FISHSHROD]

Wonderful setup , love it :grinyes: Only thing I'm not a big fan of is using the top of the tank as a shelf for supplies :eek: Hide that stuff :)

[H3D]

Great shots.

[FtwayneFish]

Dont hide it lol. thats a seachem plug!

[Dwarf Puffers]

Very nice tank. 3rd to last pic looks like a cory to me, perhaps bronze?

[DeeSeven]

granny - those swords are HUGE if I ever get rid of one I'll ship it over to you...The lighting in those pics was 2 48" 32W lights so only a meer 1.16 wpg but FINALLY my lights came in an now I have a quad 48" power compacts pumping out a solid 4.72 wpg. Ever since then the alage I had completely disappeared. Co2 is the hagen ladder rest is diy soon to be switched I'm waiting on some parts then i'll have updated pictures. as for the baby fry which aren't exactly babies anymore lol I have no problem sending you some I'm just trying to let them grow some more before I ship them so I can tell you exactly what they are cause I know they arent swordtail fry unless the male got it on with the platys?

Rod - don't worry I fixed it lol with the new light theres nothing ontop of the tank
Ftwayne - SEACHEM!!!! :headbang2:for as much crap as seachem gets I've never had a problem with them! :) they aren't exactly my favorite company but hey the plants grow everything looks beautiful who am I to complain?

and thank you everyone for the comments I have some big plans for this tank which is scary since um there's not much else I can really do lol

[DeeSeven]

so 5 months later here is some updates

[jm1212]

amazing job!

[WaywardSon]

Very nice!

[Rbishop]

Terrific!

[DeeSeven]

thanks guys....I'm loving my Tiger Lotus that planth as leaves bigger then my hand

[msjinkzd]

Looking good Dee!

[rich311k]

Tank looks great!

[DeeSeven]

thank you thank you...I tend to like the tank the way it's laid out now I mean before with the amazon look it was cool and all but such a P.I.T.A! I was pruning weekly and just yea way too much stuff going on..

[Squawkbert]

Looking good!

[Bk718]

Woot woot looking good. Very nice layout of anubias.

[jbradt]

Keep up the good work! Tank looks great!