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Yea i know i need to get a background on there, I have yet to figure out a secure way of attaching it unless i paint. How do you do yours??

A background would make such a huge difference to your tank. With my older tanks, I simply taped the aquarium black background onto the back of the tank (with black electrical tape), which worked well. With a small betta tank, I tried a method I read here, where you rub baby oil on the back of the tank & this keeps the background in place. I found this only works for a while. The oil drys out & the background peels off.

My new tanks are all painted black on the outer rear wall. Yes, it means I can't change colours anytime I feel like it, like Ingo can with his dramatic red background, but I like black, so I'm happy.

Good job with the sketches - I find that so hard to do.

Cheers
TW

nice work im excited to see it all grown in

So I completed the makeover of the tank from the drawings. the river looks pretty well and the plats all look good in the tank with the rock formations. I had some problems with the onion plants so we will see how they go. I will try and get photos soon.

Thanks for your input as always, Shane
http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ]
http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html

So there were some big, BIG changes in my tank this week, as i said earlier I have redone the tank. So first of all here is the old tank



Here is the New Look Tank


As you can see I have tried to stay with my drawing the best I could. The only change I made was adding the rock to the left.

Left Side

Middle

Right Side



Does anyone know what this plant is by any chance????
Its a Stem plant that has largish leaves that plantlets grow off the main stem. It has a thickish stem and has lost very little lower leaves.


BTW, how do you keep the Onions from floating away? Have you added weight to them so that the roots can grow in?? Even when i plant them deep into the substrate they still seem to be able to float back up. Any ideas??


Thanks for your input as always, Shane
http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ]
http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html

Here are some pics of the inhabitants. First of all my Julis




Thanks for your input as always, Shane
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http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html

My Siamensis loves hanging out with the julis.



Thanks for your input as always, Shane
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Peek A Boo I see you


Thanks for your input as always, Shane
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You cant see me right??


Thanks for your input as always, Shane
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I guess you can photograph me while im chillin



Thanks for your input as always, Shane
http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ]
http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html

This was taken right after the redo, you can see all the hardwater spots on the glass



Thanks for your input as always, Shane
http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ]
http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html

Giant hygro from what I saw in the picture is my guess, also referred to as Green Temple (Hygrophila corymbosa) if memory serves me right. How long do you think will your 'river' look tidy?

Thanks for the nice pics of the inhabitants, expecially of the bolivian rams. In the full tank shot it appears to be almost empty, how deceiving.

Claudia

Its cos they all hide for some reason. Probably because all the children are over making noise and it scares them.

Thanks for looking



Thanks for your input as always, Shane
http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ]
http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html

nice change Shane. All is looking good. Nice fish pics too

Cheers
TW

Love the new setup... I'd really like to see everything grow in, it seems like it could be a very nice design.

BTW, you have trilineatus, not julii. Trilineatus are often sold as julii.

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not to be mean but i kinda loved the old setup better but i kinda like the new one maybe when the growth starts coming in my opinion will change

Thanks for the replies guys,

TW & Shinigami Im hoping it will grow in well now. right now im not adding ferts. I want to see how the plants grow. Not only that after I started adding ferts before i got major algae outbreak.

So I will see how it does with just the light, but any tips on preventing the algae would be awesome.

Bratyboy, thanks for your opinon, what did you like about the previous setup?

Thanks for your input as always, Shane
http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ]
http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html