Aquageek's 20G Planted

[Neatfish]

Looks good.

 

[SuperFishTanker]

Nice that looks awesome. I am hoping to start a planted tank for my angelfish soon.

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[aquageek]

Some new pictures... I really need to get a better camera lol. In the 3rd picture you can see the outline of a few of my cories hiding under the driftwood!

SuperFish - you should do it! Planted takes are so much fun. It really allows you to create a nice ecosystem that you can watch evolve. I had a co-worker that had a 30G that was full of fake plants and decorations, I showed him a few pictures of my planted tank and he couldn't wait to put plants in lol.

I have also started a 29G Marine (Coral) tank that I will be starting a thread for in the appropriate section.

 

[aquageek]

Changes imminent!

Ok, so here is my plan. I am going to add the following livestock:

2 Blue Rams
6 Cherry Shrimp

Plants (undecided) (as a reminder for light, I have a 10K T5 daylight lamp running about 8 hours a day)

What I am looking for - something great for foreground, would also like to add some color, my java fern does a great job with the darker green, but maybe some reds? Also thinking about adding another piece of driftwood, good sized... I just need to waterlog it (any tips for quickly getting driftwood to stay sunken? I've heard something about boiling water?) If I have to, I will remove one of my Amazons, these suckers get huge, take up a lot of real estate, and just keep growing lol.

Will get a picture of my other piece of driftwood I have laying around so you guys can get an idea of what size it is.

 

[Rbishop]

Sharp!

 

[aquageek]

Thanks, Bob! I have been working on this take for a while.

Here are some pictures of that piece of driftwood I was talking about. Bottle cap in picture for size reference (didn't have a quarter lol).

 

[ROYWS3]

I would definately stand it up "stump-like" as in the middle photo with your big sword behind it. That is a very nice peice if wood!

 

[aquageek]

Thanks, Roy! I have it on my stove boiling now!

 

[BoCoMo]

I like option 2 as well but for some reason I really dig the sweep of the wood in the 3rd pic. Looks good.

 

[PattyCakes81]

I say middle photo too! Great piece of driftwood.

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