You Plant Gurus and Goddesses Have Made Me Envious

Nolapete

Monster Tank Builder
May 29, 2007
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I see all of your little (and big) awesomely gorgeous aquacaped tanks and it makes me envious to no end. So, I got to thinking that there's something I can do about it.

I plan to start with my row of 7 10 gallon tanks that have the short side facing the front. Like so:

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Over the top of tanks 3, 4, 5 will be 4 48" 40 watt daylight lights
They will also be over half of 2 and 6
1 and 7 will only get indirect light

Since they are all filtered by air-driven sponge filters, I won't be able to do CO2.

The plan is to plant the front 2/3 of each tank in such a way that the sponge filter and heater in the back of the tank are hidden from sight.

I want each tank to be part of one complete aquascape. I'm going to velcro a black cloth frame to hide everything but the glass on each tank. When you look at it from the front, it will look like a picture sliced into 7 pieces.

What do you guys think?
 
Sounds like a great idea! Have you thought about what kind of plants/fish you'll put in the tanks? When will you get started?
 
why 10 gallons lol i so hate small tanks lol never any room lol

It's part of the fish room beautification project. I already have them. You could send me the $350 I need to replace them with a 125 though and I'll just do one big tank.

I have some unused Eco-complete, so I will likely start by adding that to the tanks this weekend and mount the lights.
 
Go low light slow growing plants or you will spend all your time trimming. Great way to make some loot on the side though!
 
Here's what the mess looks like right now. I'm obviously going to have to replace a couple of the tanks with other 10s I have. One in particular has a really crappy reseal job.

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OOooooh. I think it'll look really cool. I'd put a gorgeous betta in each one, maybe some pygmy cories and/or ember tetras as tank mates... Keep us updated!
 
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