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You hit on a good point, the red gravel annoys me too.
I'll be converting this to 2 thirds or maybe 75/25 Black Flourite/Gravel which I'm hoping will really improve the look as well as make the plants happier. Just not sure when this is happening yet. Would make a great winter project.
Good luck in the contest I think you have a good shot





The Amazon Nut...

The landlord is thinking about renovating then selling the house. I really like this apartment too. It's in the perfect spot for me and has room for all the tanks.. It's a good price for rent too. Guaranteed the next place, if it had the same amount of room will be more expensive. Arrrgghhhh !

The Amazon Nut...

That sucks, Dafishman -- why do you have to move?

Sounds good to me Sunflower.

I have a big number of 'projects' happening soon.
The big one is I might have to move, which means I might not have enough room for all my tanks This might mean my 90 gal cichlid tank with my pet oscar, catfish and africans. I get upset thinkin about it.

Also, right now I want to get the flourite and put it in my Hagen 29 then swap everything over from my setup 29.
Why ? The Hagen is in better shape and sturdier, then I'll sell the other one.. I have a 30 gal empty also but saving that for when I can save the cash to do it all up with better lighting then replace the 29's altogether.
Keep me posted on your tank, I like seeing how it's coming along.

The Amazon Nut...

LOL, Thanks Dafishman

I have to do another major trim today, it grows sooooo fast. I'm not very good at looking at a bare tank and planning how it will end up; but, I like how I have been able to aquascape this one as it grows. Seeing what plants do well, and which ones look good. I've really found that the big plants overpower it -- so I will be concentrating on the smaller, finer plants. The big ones I'm removing slowly so no mini-cycle or other issues of imbalance occur.

I'll vote for ya !

The Amazon Nut...

Yes, some of those are simply amazing tanks!

Thanks for the link, wow some really nice tanks there also !

The Amazon Nut...

I think mixing up your gravel with the Black gravel/flourite may look pretty interesting.

Thanks for the well wishes. I'm a long shot, but it will be a good experience. See the previous years' tanks here:

http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2004.cgi





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[span class="edited"][Edited by moondog 2004-08-30 20:57][/span]

29 gallon shrimp tank, currently[/font]

[span class="edited"][Edited by Sunflwrgrl Tsu 2004-08-23 17:26][/span]

Thanks Dafishman. I've entered it in the AGA contest this year. I won't win (I didn't even remove the sponge from the intake tube, or make any other aesthetic adjustments), but I guess the experience will be good. One of the guys in my plant club was trying to get everyone to enter.

Your tank looks fine from what I can see. At home, my connection is too slow to view, and here at work, something is wrong with my computer in that pictures on the internet are very dark. However, looks good from what I can see. The only question I would have is the red substrate. Of course, each to their own. If it is what you like, than that is what you should have!

[span class="edited"][Edited by Sunflwrgrl Tsu 2004-08-30 10:59][/span]

Ok, no Otos then ! Anyways, what I like about your tank is the bushyness of the plants, and the different colors contrasting each other.. Very healthy growth.
Way to go !

Click on my www so you can laugh at my 29 gal planted and my 10 gal fry tank (with some plants)



The Amazon Nut...

Thanks Dafishman. Nope, no fish. It's for shrimp and I like it that way They have entirely different behavior when there are no predators and no potential predators.

Besides, there is not a speck of algae in that tank (knocks on wood). The shrimp are eating maniacs. The only sort of algae is seedlings from algae balls that used to be in there. Shrimp don't consider that algae and they don't eat it. It's easy to remove but I just leave it there.

[span class="edited"][Edited by Sunflwrgrl Tsu 2004-08-28 16:22][/span]

Awesome tank, very beautiful.. Now my 29 looks like garbage to me (sulks)...

How about some otos ? They love a heavily planted tank and only eat green algae, they'll leave your shrimp alone too.. They'd probably even breed in a planted tank that nice !

The Amazon Nut...

Nope -- not in that tank. Shrimp only. No predation allowed.

Very nice

Any fish plans?

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Thanks

Too many shrimp to count now, but they are Crystal Red Bee Shrimp and Cherry Shrimp.

Cool. :88)

How many shrimps and what type?