Hi,
Although I havnt been so active on the forum lately, I'm still running a tank
I decided to take a slightly less intensive/expensive approach to fishkeeping temporarily and have reduced my tank numbers to one.....although it is a slightly bigger one
Natural Jurassic and my marine tank have been stripped down and I now have a hardscape only 120cm (which one day will be planted). I decided to have the tank as a semi room divider set up so scaped it to be viewable from three sides. I wanted ease of maintenance also so the wood is kept very central and rock work to a minimum to facilitate easy substrate siphoning and glass cleaning etc. In my quest for simplicity I chose a single g6 filter and glass lily pipe combo with the external hydor heater to keep visual equipment to a minimum. I still, even without plants, get an oily surface film so I had to utilise the eheim skimmer, and due to some fish choices am now running two g6 filters to keep things clean
Although I miss the greenery I'm enjoying the tank and some fish which I wouldn't necessarily have chosen for a planted tank. The only leaves in here are cattappa.....but one day I'll green it up as I have a few ideas I'd like to try!
Anyway, just to keep my toe in the door I thought I'd shamelessly share a couple of videos, and can just about get away with posting a plantless scape here in the aquascaping section
Cheerio,
Ady.
Although I havnt been so active on the forum lately, I'm still running a tank
I decided to take a slightly less intensive/expensive approach to fishkeeping temporarily and have reduced my tank numbers to one.....although it is a slightly bigger one
Natural Jurassic and my marine tank have been stripped down and I now have a hardscape only 120cm (which one day will be planted). I decided to have the tank as a semi room divider set up so scaped it to be viewable from three sides. I wanted ease of maintenance also so the wood is kept very central and rock work to a minimum to facilitate easy substrate siphoning and glass cleaning etc. In my quest for simplicity I chose a single g6 filter and glass lily pipe combo with the external hydor heater to keep visual equipment to a minimum. I still, even without plants, get an oily surface film so I had to utilise the eheim skimmer, and due to some fish choices am now running two g6 filters to keep things clean
Although I miss the greenery I'm enjoying the tank and some fish which I wouldn't necessarily have chosen for a planted tank. The only leaves in here are cattappa.....but one day I'll green it up as I have a few ideas I'd like to try!
Anyway, just to keep my toe in the door I thought I'd shamelessly share a couple of videos, and can just about get away with posting a plantless scape here in the aquascaping section
Cheerio,
Ady.