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Hi,

I'm setting up a new 2ft tank (24"x12"x12" ) to host mostly cories (and hopefully breed them). This is also my first planted tank, so please excuse my ignorance with some of the plants I've chosen. This is what it looks like now after a weekend of plant shopping binge:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/witje/Fish/2ft_planted.jpg

What do you think? Do you think there are too many plants - i.e. too busy - especially in the background? I had a bit of trouble placing the driftwood with anubias (I bought this one first the week before) since the anubias' leaves are a bit big already. I'm going to set up a bigger tank in the near future so I can move some of the plants to the new tank if necessary.

Any thoughts or ideas to make it look better would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!



Last edited by upikabu at 04-Jul-2005 05:27

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Well that's a very beautiful tank, but i am no expert in Plants.
That Anubia is quite big, but really beautiful.
I don't see any problems with Corydoras, they are going to have lots of fun in that tank.


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Thats a nice tank. Well, its much better than mine...just cant compare.

Btw, can I tax your image and put it on my site?? hehe, dont worry will give credits.

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Thanks for the compliments. I just hope the plants will be ok a month from now, as I have no experience with aquatic plants whatsoever (and never had much luck with regular plants either) - wish me luck! I love the anubias too; when I saw it at the LFS I knew just had to get it!

Mango: I seriously doubt it's better than yours - I've seen the pics on your mangoplants site and they're awesome! I don't think mine is worthy of being there, but you can use it. PM me if you need more info.

I think the foreground is a bit sparse though - any ideas on what else to put there (that would be ok on 1mm gravel)?

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if you got more midground plants it would look better.If you get more gravel you could try dwarf chain swords these spread very quickly and stay fairly low to the ground .

Did you find that piece of drift wood at ae aquariums if so thats the piece i wanted]:| ?

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The lighting looks a lil bit weird, or is it just the pic? What kind of lighting do you have?

Just out of curiosity, What cories do you want to breed & how many do you plan on having in the tank at a time?

Did you find that piece of drift wood at ae aquariums if so thats the piece i wanted ?

Nope, I got that from Pet City in Brisbane.
I'll hunt around for dwarf chain swords, thanks!

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The lighting looks a lil bit weird, or is it just the pic? What kind of lighting do you have?

I'm using an 18 watt gro-lux bulb inside a Dalbarb single housing. Is it weird because only the back half of the tank is lighted? That's where I put the housing.

Just out of curiosity, What cories do you want to breed & how many do you plan on having in the tank at a time?

Cory Habrosus - probably about 8 of them initially. But after hearing how fragile they are (see my thread in the Bottom Feeders section), I'll probably start out with a couple of male Endlers to mature the tank first (it's just finished fishless cycling today).

Cheers!

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Hi,
Personally, I'd do two things.
First, I'd get rid of that light. Go to a nearby hardware
store, and purchase a any flourscent tube that is labeled
DAYLIGHT or SUNLIGHT, and install it. You will be
amazed at the difference in the appearance of the tank.
When growing plants in an aquarium there is no reason to
endure that "look."

Second, I like the beginning of the tank. I say beginning
because the plants have to mature within the settings that
you planted them, and the tank has to mature. Give the tank
about 3-4 months, take another picture, and compaire them.
Then, decide after months of pruning, or not, what you might
want to change, if anything. Hold off for a while and then
publish another link and ask again.

Frank


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