55g Planted tank (The Start)

[Bk718]

the hm looks good

lol thanks to you :grinyes:

Looking good and make sure to post when the tank looks good

Sure will, I fixed alot of things up. Tied the anubias to stones so now they have no chance at all of floating and added a nice Crinum Calamistratum to the back of the island.

Nice angels!

wow! Nice angels!

Thanks, the angels are definitely enjoying the extra space. Actually all the fish are swimming around like crazy lol

It's certainly coming together very nicely!

Thanks :thumbsup:

Ooooh, love the angels. I hadn't seen those in a planted tank before. You're giving me new ideas.

really havent seen angels in a planted tank?? theres a few members on here with them. One of them being rich with his awesome black angel.

And as I promised a link to my sale thread.. Plenty of plants and would love for them all to go at once. Money is going to ferts/light bulbs/ and other equipment i might need for this new tank.. Major Rescape Plant Sale

 

[Fishy_Fun]

mg::jaw::nilly::bowing::thud::thud::rofl::y220e::lol2::thm::woot:

WOW TANK LOOKS AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[Squawkbert]

Looking good - I'm sorry I didn't see this until this AM.

If you want some aquascaping advice, check out Steven Chong's articles & threads that talk about it on APC search Steven Chong, Aquascaping 101 and Phi - you will quickly come to see some ways to improve the 'scape (not that it's bad, I like the island look, but there are things you can do to make it look larger, more focused - incorporate the entire tank into a unified image by reducing the number of - and carefully placing the focal points).

 

[Redneck Woman]

Looking good! :thm: Can't wait to see a full tank shot. I bet your angels are happy with all the room.
Have you decided what other fish you want in there?

 

[jameshilljr]

Great progress-looks good

...The d_mn wood didnt water log. Some pieces tried to go up, but i did what i can and placed some more stones on them to weigh them down...

I understand about the wood not waterlogging. The piece I have in my 55g still floats after soaking it for about a month.

 

[Bk718]

Thanks fishy

Squawk ill have a look at it later for sure. Thanks for the info

Kygirl, rest of the stock will be pretty much similar to what i have now. Only thing that will happen is the schools will be increased. I noticed that the tetras and rasboras really love the extra 18" of swimming space compared to the 30" they had in 29g.

James thanks and yes it did suck that the wood didnt water log but the great thing is that it didnt rise fully to the top, just slightly shifted. In a month im sure it all be well and then maybe ill fix up the wood placement.
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Well here are some random shots of the tank. I do not have any plant scape yet since im trying to get rid of plenty of plants (please check out my thread in classified) Once the extra plants (ones floating) are gone then i can start worrying about making it look "balanced".. so thats just a warning lol

Enjoy

Though the scape isnt done, i did manage to finish the placement of all the equipment (okay most forgot to hide the co2 line). Got the Eheim running on the left side and the fluval on the right. Both give the tank nice flow so theres no dead spots. Also got to love the stealth heater, truly is stealthy

 

[NeonFlux]

Killar tank yuri nice!

 

[WaywardSon]

Wow BK - what a fantastic job! I've got two words for you - show tank! Can't wait to see more pics!

 

[derekp]

very nice. your starting to give me a run for my money

 

[derekp]

btw, whats the stocklist on the tank?