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Bender81
01-15-2007, 7:48 PM
Here's my tank which was redone several months ago (thumbnail):

http://xs511.xs.to/xs511/07032/tank2.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs511.xs.to/xs511/07032/tank2.jpg)

Habitants are a crown tail betta, 1 panda cory and 1 pygmy cory. There were more cories, but a busted heater killed several and they're what's left. :( Also had guppies instead of the betta, but they died during the same incident and I since moved my betta from a dinky little container to the tank.

Plants are anubias nana, ambulia, dwarf hairgrass, crypt wendtii 'tropica', and some type of hygro in the back centre. The hygro has actually grown in a convenient way. It sent runners right across the back of the tank with plants growing out in a straight line. I haven't fertalized as much lately though, so they haven't grown so tall.

Here's a more zoomed out pic to see my lighting setup. Kinda ghetto, but it works. :p

http://xs511.xs.to/xs511/07032/tank1.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs511.xs.to/xs511/07032/tank1.jpg)

I'm thinking of taking out some of that ambulia which has grown like crazy in the back right and left side of the tank. Any suggestions on a plant I could try out?

Mgamer20o0
01-15-2007, 10:19 PM
looks greener. very good work.

KingOfTheDeep
01-16-2007, 9:51 AM
wow, that has to be the best looking 5g i've ever seen!

Ghost_knife
01-16-2007, 12:02 PM
Very cool, I like how you have this one planted, keep up good work :)

webcricket
01-16-2007, 10:01 PM
Oh, nice! Is the hairgrass the "parvula" variety?

chatters
01-16-2007, 10:39 PM
Man I need to learn about planting.

Don't know the first thing about It >.< afraid the plants will steal all the oxygen at night in my 5g.

fish_freak
01-17-2007, 8:52 AM
Looks nice