View Full Version : 10 gallon planted tank?
isaac newton
03-26-2003, 9:03 PM
U guys know of any nice planted 10 gallon tanks?
Check out this web site.
http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/
kveeti
03-26-2003, 9:14 PM
I like mine, but I don't have very high standards... I've seen much better, but here it is anyway:
http://members.shaw.ca/kveeti/q10_tank.jpg
NJ Devils Fan
03-26-2003, 10:23 PM
very nice tank kveeti. :)
Sting
03-26-2003, 11:55 PM
I'm very fond of my tank, whether others are or not, here is the link lol :-D
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=1497958&uid=835410&members=1
(if you can't access it tell me and I'll fix it immediately
RENEGADE
03-27-2003, 2:19 AM
kveeti thats cool, i like the stone step thingy how did you do that?
kveeti
03-27-2003, 8:22 AM
NJ Devils Fan - thank you.
Sting - I remember looking at your pics before. Very nice. I like the mass of plants coming out from behind the driftwood. The blurry neons are actually nice - reminds me of those pictures with car headlight streaks.
Renegade - I collected a mass of flat stones from the lakeshore, sorted them into large, medium, small and started putting together my jigsaw puzzle wall. I glued them with silicone, I could only do a layer or 2 maximum at a time or the wet silicone would make it all wobbly. Then I let it dry a long, long time.
The raw, and then close-up (from diff. tank) of the finished product:
http://members.shaw.ca/kveeti/stones.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/kveeti/q_aqwall.jpg
wetmanNY
03-27-2003, 10:55 AM
What I like best about kveeti's tank is that she didn't lose sight of making a place. It's not just a mass of beautifully grown, algae-free plants. It's a place, where the eye can rove around like a fish...
kveeti
03-27-2003, 4:09 PM
wetmanNY - Wow, thank you. I don't know if I actually had any "sight" though. I never really had a plan, things just evolved and once in a while I come up with a new Idea.
You know what's really amazing about kveeti's tank. To me, when looking at it you'd never guess that it's a 10gal. It could be a 20 or even larger. I think it has a lot of scale to it. Also a lot of depth. It's an art to be able to accomplish that. I'll probably never be able to come close to that, but it gives me the inspiration to keep trying.
Thank you kveeti.
Len
kveeti
03-28-2003, 8:36 AM
djlen - Thank you. Maybe it's just from years and years of perennial gardening outdoors.
nvision
04-01-2003, 3:45 PM
kveeti, that's a very sweet layout. very creative with those stones!
i'm a late-comer, but here are some pix of my 10g tank (http://www.jaudesign.com/aquaria/10g.htm) as well.
RENEGADE
04-01-2003, 11:06 PM
hey nvision what is that zig-zag thing in you tank?
(i'm new ok):cool:
nvision
04-02-2003, 12:51 AM
you mean that last photo? that's just me moving my camera to keep up with those pesky rainbowfish (darn tough to shoot those guys, they always move so eratically), and i ended up blurring the entire shot. the effect looks neat, and i've decided to keep it as a surrealistic novelty. :)
125gJoe
04-02-2003, 5:12 PM
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kveeti, your tank looks great!!
I like the variety of plants and the non-symmetry(sp?)...
The stone 'wall formation' adds to the uniqueness! :)
Originally posted by djlen
You know what's really amazing about kveeti's tank. To me, when looking at it you'd never guess that it's a 10gal. It could be a 20 or even larger. I think it has a lot of scale to it. Also a lot of depth. It's an art to be able to accomplish that. I'll probably never be able to come close to that, but it gives me the inspiration to keep trying.
Thank you kveeti.
Len
I'm beggining to see that the better laid out small tanks all have that quality. Check Amano's smaller tanks in his Aquarium Nature World series.
RENEGADE
04-03-2003, 12:08 AM
you mean that last photo? that's just me moving my camera to keep up with those pesky rainbowfish
no i mean the 1st 2nd and 3rd pics on the left
nvision
04-03-2003, 1:51 PM
i'm assuming you are referring to that clear gadget on the tank? that's a passive diffuser from the Nutrifin co2 system. i yanked out the yeast module and replaced it with a pressurized cannister, doing 30bps. it's pretty neat to see about 20 bubbles rolling consistently up that thing.
RENEGADE
04-04-2003, 3:29 AM
oh (i like zig-zag things;) )