Hey everyone
For the last few months, the 15 gallon (24x12x12") I used to have tiger barbs in was empty. A few days ago, I decided to make an Asian biotope for kuhli loaches, just because they seem quite awesome. So I spent a few days collecting rocks looking for my old equipment. I started setting it up yesterday afternoon and finished in the evening. 2/3 of the filter media is from my running 120 gallon, and 1/3 is new. There's an old female paradise fish in there and a school of black neons (both temporary), to maintain the beneficiall bacteria while I look for fish for the next week or so.
Here's the tank (I know, dirty):
Equipment coming out of retirement (15 watt bulb):
Decor:
The tank with the substrate (has a bunch of root tabs in there for crypts) and a failed hardscape:
Planting (3 Cryptocoryne wendtii):
Filled:
It looks kind of empty (plant-wise). Should I get more crypts? Or maybe Java Fern? Eventually, I want 6-10 kuhli loaches in there, and either some small anabantoids or a school of nano fish (hard to get though). What do you think?
For the last few months, the 15 gallon (24x12x12") I used to have tiger barbs in was empty. A few days ago, I decided to make an Asian biotope for kuhli loaches, just because they seem quite awesome. So I spent a few days collecting rocks looking for my old equipment. I started setting it up yesterday afternoon and finished in the evening. 2/3 of the filter media is from my running 120 gallon, and 1/3 is new. There's an old female paradise fish in there and a school of black neons (both temporary), to maintain the beneficiall bacteria while I look for fish for the next week or so.
Here's the tank (I know, dirty):
Equipment coming out of retirement (15 watt bulb):
Decor:
The tank with the substrate (has a bunch of root tabs in there for crypts) and a failed hardscape:
Planting (3 Cryptocoryne wendtii):
Filled:
It looks kind of empty (plant-wise). Should I get more crypts? Or maybe Java Fern? Eventually, I want 6-10 kuhli loaches in there, and either some small anabantoids or a school of nano fish (hard to get though). What do you think?
