OK, I took some pics today - Tank in General

[superstein61]

Ok, well I was playing around and decided to take some pics today of my tank and its inhabitants to eventually update my website with more photos.

I had a bit of trouble with some glare (gotta take the right side of the tank at night) - but here they are.

I have optimized the pics (ie reduced their size via JPEG Optimizer) for easy loading. Since there is a lot - I will post General tank Photo's on this thread - and pics of some of my fish on another thread.

Comments welcome and appreciated.

Whole Tank:

http://www.speakeasy.org/~jfd61/fish/202tank.jpg

Left Side:

http://www.speakeasy.org/~jfd61/fish/202left.jpg

http://www.speakeasy.org/~jfd61/fish/202lefta.jpg

Right side with glare:

http://www.speakeasy.org/~jfd61/fish/202right.jpg

[sillymikey]

nice lookin tank!
how many inhabitants are in there? Im starting to cycle mine. Still havent decided what to put in there, but I definately plan on putting plants
*edit* ahah nevermind, just saw your other thread

[superstein61]

Thanks - I just updated my specs page - I have right now:

Live Plants

2 Large Anubias Nana
1 Anubias Coffeeolia
4 Java Ferns
1 Bolbitis Fern
2 Coconut Shells and 1 pieces of Driftwood covered w/ Java Moss
3 Planted WaterSprites
3 large bunches of hanging / floating Anachris
2 bunches of floating Hornwort
Several floating WaterSprites


LIVESTOCK

2 Pelvicachromis Taeniatus Nigerian green
2 Triple Red Apisto Cacutoides
2 Dicrossus Filamentosus
6 clown loaches
1 Yo-Yo loach
1 Butterfly Hillstream Loach
1 Bristlenose Albino Pl*cos
2 Green Lazer Corys
3 Cory Duplicareous
2 Upside Down Catfish
8 Rummynose Tetras
6 Lemon Tetras
2 Pearl Gouramis
2 Honey Gourmais
2 Days Spike Tail Paradise Fish
2 Siamese Algae Eaters

[O-man21]

nice pics.. theres I fish in there that has the head of a krib, but it's body is like grey...or is that the Pelvicachromis Taeniatus Nigerian green

[superstein61]

Thanks O-Man. Yea, that is the Pelvicachromis Taeniatus Nigerian Green. A really cool fish. I have close ups of them here:

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6556

[NJ Devils Fan]

Good pics again. I can't wait until Tuesday when my LFS gets in low light plants.

[morleyz]

Nice looking tank...and me being the plant newbie...have to ask you what is the plant right in the middle of the tank laying along the bottom starting to go in front of the driftwood?

[cacti]

What kind of background are you using? Its looks like some kind of natural rock or what?:confused:

[superstein61]

Originally posted by morleyz
Nice looking tank...and me being the plant newbie...have to ask you what is the plant right in the middle of the tank laying along the bottom starting to go in front of the driftwood?

Morleyz - LOL, that is one of my artificial plants. I have a few artifical plants I liked mixed in with my live ones because of my low tech, low light (1.5 watts per gallon), non CO2 setup.

All of the grassy type low lieing plants I looked into need more light, etc - so I just used this. It actually looks quite realistic, and mixed in with the live plants is kind of hard to tell it isn't live. Its made by SeaGarden - they make a line of higher quality silk plants

[superstein61]

Originally posted by cacti
What kind of background are you using? Its looks like some kind of natural rock or what?:confused:

Cacti - that is my DIY fake rock wall background. It really does look realistic. I have had people over who always ask my where I found the rocks for my back wall - LOL. You can check the link in my signature for more info on it

[125gJoe]

Very nice... !
Keep updating... :)

[Hootchieman]

Looks great. How do you like the bow front? I have a 72 gallon Oceanic glass bow front. It took me a while to get used to the optical illusion aspect of the tank, but I really like it. I just bought a 135 gallon acrylic tank that I need to set up and move some of the fish. Keep up the good work!

[superstein61]

Hootchieman - thanks - yea, I love the bowfront. You are right that viewing from certain angles, you get an optical illusion. But overall, I am really pleased with it. It makes for a great showtank IMO