Pic's are from Right to Left of my fishroom.
To the right of this photo, is my 10 gallon grow-out Red Ramshorn Snailtank. On the left is the planted 190g tank.
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Full view of 190g high light tank. I started a photo album of this tank here.
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On the right is the 190g tank. In the Center is a 6g Eclipse tank, which houses brown ramshorn snails. To the left is a 85g tank.
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Here is a full view of the 85g tank. This tank has medium lighting. I have mostly swords and anubias in this tank. Those are the water-bridges on both sides of it. Above the tank, you can see a few shelves of fish/plant supplies.
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Here you can see the 95g low light tank in the center and the 90g river tank on the left. The 95g tank has lots of floating plants. Several Tiger Lotus' and a Large Crinium Onion Plant. The floating plants do amazingly well with just a 55w cp light fixture above the tank. Thats only about .6 watts per gallon. More than half of my clown loaches use this tank as there sleeping quarters. There are alot of slate rocks set-up around the gravel to house the loaches.
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Another view of the the tanks on the left.
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Here's an old pic of my river tank. The clown loaches like to sit infront of a powerhead and lounge in this tank. Many of them sleep here also. Lots of driftwood and slate in this tank.
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Lastly, is my 15g breeder red ramshorn snail tank, which is under the 90g river tank. I also now have some cherry shrimp in this tank.
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Here's a pic of one the water-bridges without the hoods covering it up-
This is a larger water-bridge, just after I cemented it together.
How do I fill the water-bridge?- Here's a video clip of how I do it-
http://media.putfile.com/waterbridge
It may take awhile for the video to load.
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I use 9 canister filters for this 4 tank system. 2 canisters have the inlets and outlets placed in different tanks so that water flows through the water-bridges. Total volume is 470g of tank, actual volume is 385g of water. The total footprint is 38 sq feet.
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I have found that Fish behavior is much different in a set-up like this.
Hierarchy bouts are very rare. Fish that don't get along, usually just move to a different tank. In other words, I have no boss clown(s). My schooling fish though, the tetras, never leave the 190g tank. They stay with their school. All my other fish use the bridges in some capacitiy, the clown loaches especially. I could write all day about them, but I'll leave it at this, but I'd be happy to answer any questions.
To the right of this photo, is my 10 gallon grow-out Red Ramshorn Snailtank. On the left is the planted 190g tank.
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Full view of 190g high light tank. I started a photo album of this tank here.
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On the right is the 190g tank. In the Center is a 6g Eclipse tank, which houses brown ramshorn snails. To the left is a 85g tank.
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Here is a full view of the 85g tank. This tank has medium lighting. I have mostly swords and anubias in this tank. Those are the water-bridges on both sides of it. Above the tank, you can see a few shelves of fish/plant supplies.
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Here you can see the 95g low light tank in the center and the 90g river tank on the left. The 95g tank has lots of floating plants. Several Tiger Lotus' and a Large Crinium Onion Plant. The floating plants do amazingly well with just a 55w cp light fixture above the tank. Thats only about .6 watts per gallon. More than half of my clown loaches use this tank as there sleeping quarters. There are alot of slate rocks set-up around the gravel to house the loaches.
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Another view of the the tanks on the left.
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Here's an old pic of my river tank. The clown loaches like to sit infront of a powerhead and lounge in this tank. Many of them sleep here also. Lots of driftwood and slate in this tank.
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Lastly, is my 15g breeder red ramshorn snail tank, which is under the 90g river tank. I also now have some cherry shrimp in this tank.
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Here's a pic of one the water-bridges without the hoods covering it up-
This is a larger water-bridge, just after I cemented it together.
How do I fill the water-bridge?- Here's a video clip of how I do it-
http://media.putfile.com/waterbridge
It may take awhile for the video to load.
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I use 9 canister filters for this 4 tank system. 2 canisters have the inlets and outlets placed in different tanks so that water flows through the water-bridges. Total volume is 470g of tank, actual volume is 385g of water. The total footprint is 38 sq feet.
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I have found that Fish behavior is much different in a set-up like this.
Hierarchy bouts are very rare. Fish that don't get along, usually just move to a different tank. In other words, I have no boss clown(s). My schooling fish though, the tetras, never leave the 190g tank. They stay with their school. All my other fish use the bridges in some capacitiy, the clown loaches especially. I could write all day about them, but I'll leave it at this, but I'd be happy to answer any questions.
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