My 30G Planted Tank

[Aries]

Here are some pics - tell me what you think (good and bad). I recently redid my stocking of fish and went to a Tetra/SA Cichlid combo. Currently it is about 50% filled in to where I want it to be.

SAE


Two SAE


Serpae Tetra


Bolivian Ram


I still can not get a good detailed pic of the whole tank with my camera. :huh:

Whole Tank


Fish
7 Red Serpae Tetra
6 Gold Pristella Tetra
2 SAE
2 Bolivian Rams
1 Common Pleco

Plants
2 Red Rubin Swords
1 Amazon Sword
Clover (Marsilea quadrifolia)
Anacharis (Egeria najas)
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)
Red Jungle Vals
Asian Ambulia (Limnophila sesiliflora)
Cardinal Temple (Alternanthera cardinalis)
Red Tiger Lotus

Aries

 

[msouth468]

Looks good, now that I have my RO filter I plan on doing a planted tank also.

 

[Ghost_knife]

Whats the SAE? I got three of them and I still dont know what they are, they are peaceful though

 

[Aries]

SAE = Siamese Algae Eater (Crossocheilus siamensis). One of the few fish that can and does eat hair algae. That is the main reason I got them 3 years ago. But now they just eat anything they can get to. They are very peaceful - but beware...They are EXCELLENT jumpers and two commited suicide over two differenent summers (needed to prop open lid to promote evaproative cooling of the water temp). The Krib has good information on these great fish.

Aries

 

[Ghost_knife]

their quirky, the place that sold them to me said they were "head standers" prolly because of the nutty way the roam the tanks.