Steve Smith
Member
I think I've got the bug again! I had a 90cm crappy tank which has been a holding tank for some micro rasbora and some other fish since I moved house last year. It's been neglected and over run by hair algae etc. Pretty nasty to look at (as John can probably confirm!)
I wanted to get it sorted out. I'd been planning to set up a hi-tech setup with a 60cm tank. That never really happened, even though I managed to fix my 150w MH luminaire last year. Life got in the way and I took a break from the hobby for a while.
So, onwards The tank is an AquaOne horizon 60 I think. It's had some of the trim removed and looks quite nice, though I'm not a fan of the curved corners. I'm running an EX1200 via some CalAqua lily pipes and an external heater. Lighting is a Superfish 18w. We'll see how that copes.
Hardscape is some pre-used redmoor wood, dragon stone and Zambezi gravel (I really should start using something else!)
So far, it's planted with a few crypts, anubias nana (and possibly petite), bolbitis difformis, Java fern and a tiny amount of staurogyne. The planting is a little light at the moment, but I have more crypts to go in and I plan to fill the hole at the back with something like Hygrophila Difformis. The intention is to keep it quite low tech and low light, though I'm considering CO2 when I have another FE available.
Anyhow, a quick crap photo. This is late last night after spending an hour catching fish and shrimp with a Dennerle shrimp net! (No small feat I might add )
More work to do!
I wanted to get it sorted out. I'd been planning to set up a hi-tech setup with a 60cm tank. That never really happened, even though I managed to fix my 150w MH luminaire last year. Life got in the way and I took a break from the hobby for a while.
So, onwards The tank is an AquaOne horizon 60 I think. It's had some of the trim removed and looks quite nice, though I'm not a fan of the curved corners. I'm running an EX1200 via some CalAqua lily pipes and an external heater. Lighting is a Superfish 18w. We'll see how that copes.
Hardscape is some pre-used redmoor wood, dragon stone and Zambezi gravel (I really should start using something else!)
So far, it's planted with a few crypts, anubias nana (and possibly petite), bolbitis difformis, Java fern and a tiny amount of staurogyne. The planting is a little light at the moment, but I have more crypts to go in and I plan to fill the hole at the back with something like Hygrophila Difformis. The intention is to keep it quite low tech and low light, though I'm considering CO2 when I have another FE available.
Anyhow, a quick crap photo. This is late last night after spending an hour catching fish and shrimp with a Dennerle shrimp net! (No small feat I might add )
More work to do!