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heres my ten gallon so far, its about two months old now
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p229/DrewKline/
let me know what you guys think about the look of it and how I can improve on it.

Thanks
-Drew


Non-conformity:
Are you the Sheep or the Guitar Playing Sheep?

I think it looks really good how it is but If you want more plants maybe you could but some small crypts in the front left. what fish are in it...just raspboras?

-Vincent

You've done a great job with your tank Drew!
i can see rasboras in the tank.. what other fish do you have?

the only thing i can think to improve it would be to somehow hide your heater behind the plant on the other side or to add a plant to hide it.

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Truth doesn't always win friends but it influences them

Nice job with the wisteria. I like your red plant in the front too - what is it? Tank is very nice as it is, but if you are looking for suggestions, here are some choices I might consider for the very font, either:-

1. some some very small rocks covered with ricca or java moss, but keep it low so you don't hide your nice red plant; or

2. maybe some low growing narrow leaf crypts. I don't know all the various crypt names, but there is a quite small type that I have, with narrow bright green leaves, that would contrast nicely in front of the red plant.

For the driftwood, I see you have fern on it already. What about also one of the small varieties of nana anubia?

Anyway, looks very nice like it is.

Cheers
TW

looks very nice i like it. well i havent gotten into planted tanks so i dont know all the names of the plants, but so low lying plants in the foreground, and maybe something mudiumsized in the front left. but im not sure about all that cuz im not sure which plants to actually use

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Very nice Drew! I love how you arranged the wisteria to "creep" around the front!
I agree with TankWatcher, I like the red plant too, but I think that it blends in too much with the color of the driftwood, perhaps a green plant in its place? I am not sure where to move the red plant to...
Keep it up!
~Morgan


~Morgan~

Thanks for all the replies and good advice

I have 7 Harlequin Rasboras (they keep laying eggs and eating them..) I want to get 3-5 more, but i'll have to wait till thanksgiving break..

That red plant is a Red Tiger Louts (matty told me). I just hope it stops growing soon..i finally got it looking not too out of place.

I think adding some low forground plants would be a good idea.
I'm just worried about keeping the low plants low. I'm thinking of upping my lighting to a 36w compact flouescent before i get any new plants. (got two 15w tubes now that are over a year old).

I'm having touble finding these crypts i hear so much about..I'm only finding the ones like I have in the back left of the tank. Any specific names
or a link would be great

Thanks
-Drew



Non-conformity:
Are you the Sheep or the Guitar Playing Sheep?

I had that problem too, trying to keep the low foreground plants in a ten gallon low, but periodic pruning actually goes a long way. it'll be a world of a difference too when you have a nice foreground look. If you ever take a look at award winning aquascaped tanks they all put just as much thought into there foreground as they do with the rest of the tank. Good luck, and it's looking good.

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I'm the classic newb. I went out and bought the smallest tank and a fish at the same time. Now I'm kicking myself wondering how could I have been so stupid. But I'm hooked.

Great tank! I wouldnt change a thing accept cover up the equipment with something. Foreground plants possibly but I prefer to have some gravel showing upfront for the fish to sift through, and a place for me to drop pellets. I never had rasboros though so I dont know if they spend any time on the bottom. I am not into the whole tank being covered with folliage. I suppose you could allways cut it out if you ever bought any bottom feeders though. Anyways it looks wonderful!

"Talk is cheap. Action can be almost as affordable"

the crypts for a small tank that I would aim for are:
Crypt. Wendetti
Crypt. Undulata
Crypt. Parva

the first two are more broad leafed and the last one grows more like a grass.
hope this helps

-Vincent