55 pix

[Fishiebusiness]

Its been quite a few months since i posted pix of my 55 gallon so here are a few new ones.

Lighting is 110 watts of PC,
CO2 running at 2 bbls a second,
im still waiting for the rotala to fill in.
fish:
2 angels, tetras, various others
Heres an over all:

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/chyu83/55gallonfeb/tankleft.jpg

a view from the right:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/chyu83/55gallonfeb/rightview.jpg

my two angels:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/chyu83/55gallonfeb/angels.jpg
grow glosso grow!
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/chyu83/55gallonfeb/glossostigma.jpg

Hope you've enjoyed,
FB

[Visualeyes2]

You make me sick! Just kidding! I'm really jealous though. I just don't have the talent for doing live plants. I am very impressed at your talent though.

[99RedSi]

Beautiful tank! What's your maintanence routine like with it? I'm considering a very similar setup as yours (I also have 110w PC lighting just sitting around with my empty 55g! lol).

Do you weekly scrape algae off the glass? If so, what type? Green spot? Green spot is absolutely the WORST - it's so tough to remove from the glass.

Thanks

[tyler]

looking good. it will look great when that rotalla fills in.

[125gJoe]

Very, very nice!
I like how the plants are grouped, but it looks natural, and flowing... Very healthy plants too, and Angels... :)

[Orbitorly]

Yes, very nice!, I want to get some plant, no money in the bank, and don't know realy what to get.

[oyashare]

****. That is so nice. Do you get pearling with 110 watts? Also, what is your weekly dosage of ferts like?

Thanks,

Omid

[NJ Devils Fan]

nasty tank :)

[Fishiebusiness]

Thanks for the kind words everyone :)
99 Red Si- My maintenance is weekly(every friday usually). First, I scrub the front of the tank, then I do a 50% water change. I refill and add in some flourish trace and some PMDD. As for the algae on the glass, its usually dust algae which comes off easily, but there are a few patches of PITA green spot. Green spot also gets on my anubias leaves, as you can see in one of the pics, its quite annoying and no one seems to know how to get rid of it.

Oyashure-
I do get noticable pearling on most of my plants by around 3 pm (lights go on 10-9). It gets quite full of bubbles at night which is contributing to the haziness of my photos. I dose about a teaspoon of k2s04, kno3, and a mL of phosphate (fleet enema), plus flourish trace and a bit of flourish iron.

[irishspy]

That's a really beautiful tank. :D How long have the plants been in there?

--Anthony

[Pisces]

Beautiful tank, I'll bet your fish think they're in Heaven!:D
I love the way planted tanks look but I've never had any luck with keeping water plants alive.

[Stephen]

One word. Awesome, beautiful, marvelous... Wait, that was 3. Still doesn't do your tank justice though.

[carpguy]

Beautiful tank!

I wish I could get my plants to behave themselves that well. Mine seem to grow sideways a good bot of the time.

You also handle the narrowness of the 55 well. Nothing looks cramped, everything has a place of its own. Great job!

[NJ Devils Fan]

What kind of filtration do you have?

[djlen]

How did you plant the Glosso? My fingers are too fat and the **** things so tiny. Drives me nuts.
And by the way.....really nice tank.
Len

[Pootspete]

Very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing!

[Fishiebusiness]

Thanks again all :)

irishspy- I have had the tank running for about a year now. Things really picked up only when i added a CO2 system in August.

NJ- I am using a Eheim Pro 2224. I also have an Aquaclear 201 powerhead for some extra circulation.

djlen- i tired to plant glosso with my hands but its pretty impossible, once i get one plant in, i cant plant another near it or the first one floats away. I finally got some tweezers and that made it a lot easier.