Trigon Island

[Ian Holdich]

nice pic. They are my fave fish (in most scapes), those and Harliquins (all brands lol). I have kept them when i first set this tank up, they came from my old 60l, i did sell some off a while back, but i kept 6 in my new scape. I have had to get some more though, great fish.

 

[Ian Holdich]

just uploaded a vid, its a bit wobbly and i have also turned the EV right down...maybe to much?? it's my newish camera (not HD).

 

[Mark Evans]

looks ace matey. The vid looks cool!

 

[Ian Holdich]

thanks Mark, gonna have to invest in a HD camera! See what i get for christmas.

 

[Myrtle]

Plants are looking very healthy, not sure about the background personally but I prefer simple ones . Shame you sold off the M. praecox, they're my favourite fish and very brave, they barge the adult angel out the way for food!

 

[Ian Holdich]

cheers, looking back the background was a bad idea, i will take it off at some point in the future (along with the filter). The dwarfs didn't seem to look right in the tank. IMO cardinals are one of the best fish to compliment a planted tank.

 

[Ian Holdich]

A few of in tank shots.

 

[Mark Evans]

looking very nice mate

 

[chrisfraser05]

really coming on buddy 🙂

 

[Nick16]

is that a lanky marselia sp. i see? its very tall, is that what happens when you dont trim it?

 

[Ian Holdich]

thanks everyone!


Which bit Nick? theres Hydrocotle in there...and theres Riccia as the carpet.

 

[Ian Holdich]

just a quick update as i haven't taken any photos of this tank for ages. I was in my LFS today and the JBL rep was in there and he had some awesome bits of mangrove wood with him. I bought a bit at a bargain price...I have placed it where the riccia was that wasn't getting much light. Anyways here goes...


The wood





check the flow!

 

[russchilds]

Looks fantastic 🙂

Whats the name of the plant at the front that has long storks?

 

[LondonDragon]

Looking pretty good 🙂 nice healthy jungle, keep the riccia at the front short to avoid it tearing away from the base. congrats

 

[Ian Holdich]

Whats the name of the plant at the front that has long storks?

cheers! the plant is called hydrocotyle verticillata.

and thanks LD

just a quick vid, i need to sort the settings a bit. lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNFdvkhj ... r_embedded

 

[Bobtastic]

I had that same thing with the hydrocotyle verticillata in my tank (apart from one small bunch...) what makes them grow so tall? I thought they were supposed to be in short compact bunches?

 

[Ian Holdich]

cheers Bob, i really don't know why they are growing so tall, i have one in the tank at the min which is at least 50cm tall!

heres a new addition to Trigon Island, a rescued Anglefish, named Boris by my 3 year old.

 

[Garuf]

Angel fish look magnificent in their natural colours, they're such an iconic and handsome fish I don't see why people see the need to tinker with their colours.

The tank looks great, curved tanks are hard.

 

[Krishs Bettas]

Same here I like the wild coloured angels, however, what out for your cardinals! When your angels may get bigger the may start to eat the,. The tank looks great by the way.

 

[Ian Holdich]

Had a bit of a move around, chopped the crypts out and had a general tidy up. The bog wood wasn't doing anything for me, and my lfs has just had a shipment of Sumatra wood...good times. A couple more pots of hairgrass added around the base of the wood.