Ices tanks (new pics)

[IceH2O]

75 gallon (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im000964.jpg) its still a bit cloudy as I just put in new plants. (old pic)

55 gallon (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im000963.jpg) ( old pic)


The swords in the 75 gallon were sold as misc. swords. I think they're melon swords, anyone know?


update: Early March

75 gallon left side (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im000973.jpg)

75 gallon right side (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im000974.jpg)

[fishinAZ]

VERY nice! What fish have you chosen?

[IceH2O]

VERY nice! What fish have you chosen?

They are on my members page. Take a peek sometime.

[beatle]

Your 75g looks great. Nice choice of sand!

[Ghost_knife]

Wicked cool 75G! mine are still a mess from moving

[Roan Art]

Very nice, Ice :)

Roan

[naps]

:) Nice!!

[ashlyjames]

Hi Ice......very nice. :thm:
the 75G slate arrangment is almost Coliseum like.....
okay were are the gladiators ;)

[Slappy*McFish]

:cool:

[IceH2O]

I updated the pics on the 1st post of this thread, or you can just click the link in my sig. to get there.

[Rosemary]

Beautiful!

What are those little grassy looking plants at the front of your 75 gal?

[IceH2O]

Microswords..

They say they are a high light plant so I'm not expecting them to do well ( I have 1.75 wpg medium low), but thought it can't hurt to try.

[rpc212]

I believe those are Echindorus Cordifolius. Beautiful plants that can get really large and nice.

rpc212

[tha cichlid man]

nice looking tank ice I like the sand I think im going to go with that type of sand. :cool:

[IceH2O]

Some of these pics might look dark, sometimes it comes out great sometimes not.

Entire tank


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001066.jpg


Left side

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001070.jpg


Middle

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001072.jpg


Right side

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001074.jpg

[joephys]

....
The swords in the 75 gallon were sold as misc. swords. I think they're melon swords, anyone know?

....

That is one of my biggest pet peeves at fish stores, espically when they mix fish together and say assorted tetra's, cichlids, or what ever else.

Tanks look great btw.

[rosita]

Absolutely beautiful, Ice. Love the arrangements--you're an artist!!! :clap:

[wesleydnunder]

I don't know the species offhand, Ice but the leaves on the big swords show they were grown emersed, like bog plants. When the new leaves come in the oval ones will die back. They can get gimongus, too.

Mark

[Jlui83]

woa nice!

[ashdavid]

Ahh crap and I was expecting a toilet!!! LOL Very nice tanks!

[IceH2O]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001179.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001174.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001175.jpg

[Roan Art]

Looking good, dude!

Roan

[rosita]

Deeaaannng, ICE, rock out dude!! Austomtabulous!

[tha cichlid man]

Wow, That's a nice looking tank you have there ice. I know the fish love it :thm:

[Bunny13]

What kind of set up are you running? CO2? Ferts? Lighting?


Looks really, really good btw!!!!

[IceH2O]

What kind of set up are you running? CO2? Ferts? Lighting?


Looks really, really good btw!!!!

1.75 wpg compact flourescents
No CO2- Just 10 ml of Excel daily
Dry ferts from Greg Watson ( if you want I'll add the amounts )
Flourish 3 times a week ( 5 ml each time )
phosphates ( fleet ) 2 times a week ( 1 ml each time )

And thanks everyone..I'm almost afraid to inject CO2 I'd be trimming daily!

I did just order CaSO4 to replace the CaCL2, should come this week.

[atc_ben]

That's a sick setup dude. I'm jealous.

[IceH2O]

I think I'm going to pull the microsword. Its holding its own but not really growing, not enough light.I'll let the dwarf sag take the entire front of the tank.

I pulled my ludwiga,need to make room for some new plants.

Waiting on some Baby Tears that should be here Saturday and Daveedka is supposed to be sending me
African Bolbitus
Creeping Jenny
Wendtii
lutea
Spiralis

I'll also be moving my mattogrosse to the right side of the tank. I'll do more pics when I get the plants in and they take root.

[misopeenut]

ive never seen a planted tank with polypterus.....do you feed them live food?
i dont htink id be able to keep up with all the mess they make...
good job, i wish they had a polypterus that only grows to like 3 inches.

[Red Tailed Wonder]

why is there a gf with tropicals?

[IceH2O]

Newest pics...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001284.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001282.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001285.jpg

[blkwdw13]

Great looking tank, nice and healthy.

[dorris]

That's looking really awesome now with the plants going off. I was a bit iffy from the very first pics of this tank but now it is looking nice. Do you have any Rainbowfish in there? If not then u should definately put some in, I believe they would look awesome in there. Brilliant job. As soon as I get a digital camera I will take shots of my tank for you guys to see. Yes I know Im living in the past, who doesnt have a digital camera. Just me. Soon though. Its on my list.

[IceH2O]

LOL Yeah I was pretty clueless.. I had enough light but wasn't dosing ferts.

It helped being able to read these forums ask questions and research.

These are the fish in the tank.

2 Senegal Birchirs both 6-7 inches..they won't let me measure them.

2 Clown Loaches one is about 5 inches the other about 4 inches

2 Climbing Spotted Perch one is 4 inches the other 3 inches

6 Australian Rainbows. They were labled Western but I believe they are Eastern from looking at pics.

A number of ram, pond and MTS.

[dorris]

Here is a website of an Austrlian rainbow breeder:

http://ausyfish.com/rainbows%20main%20page.htm

Pretty crap website but shows some diff aus rainbows. There are also some links on there Im pretty sure for the angfa site which has some mad photos of some aus fish.

I didn't think aus rainbows were that nice until my dad said he breeds them in queensland and sent me to these sites. There would be some much better sites Im sure though with much nicer fish even.

[IceH2O]

I probably have hybrids as they came from a PetsMart but heres some pics. My wife and I looked at the site but couldn't agree on which they were.



http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001294.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001292.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001289.jpg

They were chasing one another so it was hard to get good shots. I'm hoping I got a couple of different fish and not the same ones. But as you can see one has more red in the tail and the other more yellow.

[starrystarstarr]

Drools over IceH20's tank.. i hope mine will one day look as good as some of the beautiful ones ive seen on here:)

[dorris]

They're gorgeous fish Ice. They do look a little like crosses. In Australia it is very frowned apon to cross Rainbowfish. They try and conserve them and keep the right fishes in the right areas. So if you want to stock your dam with them you have to get the closest local wild fish. Your fish look sweet as though. Did you see the new strain on that site they are breeding now. The colours are just rediculous. I think they compete with any tropical fish. I just wish I had another tank I could dedicate to them but I have already dedicated my space to Amazons. Did I mention your tank looks sweet Ice? I'm sure I did. Do you breed any fish or have any other tanks?

[IceH2O]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001305.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001308.jpg


here is the 55 gallon

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001306.jpg

[dorris]

Oh nice! Man that goldfish is pretty big. The new scape looks really good. How have you planted and grown that ferny plant so well? I can't remember the name of it, the dark green plant near the middle rightish. I have one of those attached to a rock but it doesn't seem to be doing as well as I would like. What is your PH and hardness just out of curiosity? Maybe it's the light you have. What sort of light is it and how much wattage all up? The red plants look really cool. But they all do actually. I noticed though that you have a little bit of algae. If this happens I find that increasing the co2 should get rid of it. Also reducing the amount of plant ferts at the same time will help reverse the problem.

[IceH2O]

The ferny plant is African fern aka Bolbitis heudelotti.

I have it in both tanks. The one in the 75 gallon is attached to driftwood, the one in the 55 is in a pot covered with some gravel, just enough to hold it down not buried.

The 75 gallon has 130 watts od CF lighting, the 55 has 96 watts of CF.

My pH sits under 6 in the 75 and around 6.8 in the 55. The water in both tanks is soft.

I don't inject CO2 so I can't increase it.

I just started doubling my PO4 to see if that helps. I may double my Excel dosage also.

[IceH2O]

Figured I answered a post on sand and plants that I should update my pics.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Im001367.jpg


I lost all of my pics due to OS upgrade. This was just a quick pic, I don't like the angle so I'll get some new ones soon.

[rbishop]

Looking good, Ice!

[Mgamer20o0]

very nice tank.

[IceH2O]

Here is the 55. I'll be pulling the sword on the right and adding 4 Crypt spirilis

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001392.jpg


The 75 gallon

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001391.jpg

[rbishop]

Absolutely great!

[jojo22]

Nice tanks!!

[Germanman]

nice updates!

[H3D]

:eek: Awesome pics!

[IceH2O]

Sometime last month I noticed this

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001402.jpg


Then a week or so ago I noticed this

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001406.jpg

Looking today during my PWC I seen another bloom on another anabuis.

Keep close because I'm going to change my scape some. The African Ferns and Anabuis do so well in the 55 I'm moving the ones in my 75 to the 55 and moving some crypts from the 55 to the 75.

[tottenchris]

Looks very nice!

[IceH2O]

Think its where I want it and won't be touching it for a while unless I find a moss wall lol.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001408.jpg

The 75 is under remodeling construction.

[KoiMan]

Wow! nice tank! I am looking for some plants to put in my 55 gallon, are you interested in selling me some? :)

[Slappy*McFish]

Nice, healthy looking plants.

[galen]

thats one big ole goldfish! love it mate!

[HYLA WALDRON]

Holy H*ll that is a big gold fish! Nice looking tank!

[IceH2O]

Ok here is the 75 with the wood in it. The Mopani wasn't as big as i thought it would be but has a nice cave/hollow area in the middle and sits on the right hand side of the tank,just left of the Red Temple. The Rainbows are conveniently blocking it. The big piece on the left is Malaysian.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001417-crop.jpg

What can I do IYO to sweeten the deal. I was thinking maybe a moss lawn on top of the driftwood. There are crypts all around the big piece and under it as it sits about 4 inches off the substrate. Should I just let the crypts overgrow it instead?

[jm1212]

very, very nice. your tank looks great!

[rich311k]

Nice looking tank.

[rbishop]

Very sharp, Ice!

[Fungi]

I'm green with envy, those are some stunning tanks

[Coler]

looking fantastic

[mee-mee]

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all of your tanks are just great....great shots also...:headbang2:

[Temo]

nice tanks

[mudskippers]

looks really great! :)

[charlie_stubbs]

Sweet, those are some nice tanks. The arrangement of the plants is stellar, very natural looking. You have worked hard on these tanks and it shows. Jolly good show man here!! here!! have you heard of www.ratemyfishtank.com (http://www.ratemyfishtank.com)? if not go there and register you tank pics i'm sure they will do well.

[IceH2O]

I really need to update the 75 gallons pic. I added flame moss to the driftwood on the left side and the Red Temple on the right has been trimmed and replanted so its much thicker looking over there. I'm not excatly happy with behind the big piece of wood, have some crypts back there but I don't think they will grow high enough to really show.

Maybe I'll get some pics tonight when the room darkens.

[IceH2O]

As promised

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001432cropped.jpg

[jm1212]

nice bichir

[Slappy*McFish]

That looks fantastic, Ice...:grinyes:

[rbishop]

Awesome!

[Temo]

awsome

[Lukee]

thats...thats a birchir..sweet!
around here they're like heaps:O

[IceH2O]

Thanks guys, there is a second birchir in there but he didn't want his pic took, actually there are 6 fish that didn't show up for picture day.

[jpappy789]

very nice ice!

[mee-mee]

Awesome Ice...

[plantling]

WOW! Beautiful planted tank. Good Job!

[rich311k]

Great looking tank!!

[IceH2O]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001461.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001458.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/IM001460.jpg

[Coler]

beautiful - great job ice

I gave you a 10 on each btw :D

edit : I tried to but it won't let me vote - will try again later.

[IceH2O]

The 75 gallon should let you but the 55 I just added and is pending. I'll see if I can from another computer for the 75 gallon.

Also thanks.

[MustLoveAngels]

yeah they look like melon swords to me!!!!

[pinkertd]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:Wow on the tanks!!! Great job.

[IceH2O]

Thought I'd show an updated pic of the 75 gallon

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408001.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408006.jpg

Decided on a flame moss lawn and a slate wall behind it. Added some anabuis to the right corner and some java fern. Replaced the flame moss on the driftwood with narrow leaf java fern.

[rbishop]

Great looking, Ice!

[Bk828]

very nice, i want more closeups!!!

[Reddog80p]

Very Nice.

[IceH2O]

very nice, i want more closeups!!!

Get them tomorrow when the lights are back on. I had answered a post and told the guy I'd update pics of the 75 so I just took a couple of quick shots.

[rich311k]

Excellent!

[plantling]

Wow, pretty! Great job, Ice!

[IceH2O]

Here are some closeups

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408016.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408008.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408009.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408010.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408011.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408012.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408013.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/IceH2Oinmyveins/Tankshots408014.jpg


ignore the glass,we're out of cleaner. Most of the fish are shy but I got a shot of 1 of the Birchirs and if you look closely you can see one of the Bushfish under the wood.

[Bk828]

very nice, thats alot of flame moss there

[IceH2O]

very nice, thats alot of flame moss there

48 inches long and 3 inches wide mat of it.

[Lady G]

Ooooh Ice, I love your tanks they are beautiful!!!!!

[justahannah]

What kind of mat do you grow your moss on? It looks amazing :)