iwishweallcouldwin's 3ft tank

**iwishweallcouldwin** · 14th Mar 2009, 01:58

Hi guys,

After suffering from fishy withdrawal and itchy hands symptoms during my midterms period, I finally did a rescape of my L134 tank after being tempted by so many pleco keepers flaunting their new setups and spawning reports! As you can see, this actually isn't a strictly pleco only tank. Its more like an overcrowded tank. Tried something new with whatever leftover hardscape/plants I had, did up everything without any prior plans and this is the end result. I'm also confused as to what type of tank this is. Realised in the end that this concept looks a little like bro genes' tank, but of course in terms of quality still a far cry from his. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy!

Firstly, full tank shot.

Ember tetras

Some of my Leopard frogs; they're now around 2.5 inches

Some of my zebra otos

Whiptail from bro Samuel

Corydoras pulchers

And lastly a Zebra oto, corydoras pulcher, and one of the few F1 apistogramma bitaeniata carerio females getting together for reunion dinner

Sorry for the pics flooding... Hope you guys enjoy and thanks!

**planted86** · 15th Mar 2009, 00:28

all pictures cannot see...

**celticfish** · 15th Mar 2009, 22:42

iwishweallcouldwin,
I've fix the image links in the first post and deleted the last post.

**mickthefish** · 15th Mar 2009, 22:46

beautiful tank design and fish mate.
the pulcher is a rarity over here, have only seen them at fish shows.

mick

**iwishweallcouldwin** · 16th Mar 2009, 22:11

Thanks celticfish for helping. Did I attach the images wrongly?

Hey mick, thanks for the encouragement! Pulchers are not common here too, just seasonal. I had 10 of them but 1 passed on.

**blue33** · 16th Mar 2009, 22:41

Nice and well stock of fish you have there.

**celticfish** · 16th Mar 2009, 23:51

You copied the right link.
However, after the recent upgrade you need to delete the portion in blue "<filename>_thumb<.jpg>" (towards the end of the link).

**iwishweallcouldwin** · 14th May 2009, 00:15

Did a minor rescape after my exams. Still overcrowded as usual. Enjoy!

FTS:

Red lizard whiptail

Fat fat corydoras pulcher

F1 Apistogramma bitaeniata 'carerio' female

Helicopter whiptail

A couple of L134s

**gcce** · 9th Jun 2009, 17:31

Very nice variety of fish. Looks like a low maint tank? Care to share your tank parameters & maintenance regime?
Also, with such a variety of fish, what do you feed them to ensure their dietry requirements are met?
Thanks.

**genes** · 9th Jun 2009, 22:51

Excellent tank mates! And those woods sure look wicked!

But those nanas are going to be "BBA-fied" man if your flowrate in the tank is high.. Thats why i have removed all slow growing plants in my 3ft setup. BBA magnet....

**johannes** · 10th Jun 2009, 14:12

nice tank bro!!

and nice fishes too!

**Enda** · 10th Jun 2009, 14:33

Nice mix of fishes, all looking good! I should do my 2 ft like that. What filtration are you using? There's also an airstone, I suppose to increase aeration for the plecos?

**iwishweallcouldwin** · 11th Jun 2009, 14:10

Originally Posted by gcce

Very nice variety of fish. Looks like a low maint tank? Care to share your tank parameters & maintenance regime?
Also, with such a variety of fish, what do you feed them to ensure their dietry requirements are met?
Thanks.

Thanks! Its a normal 3 by 1.5 by 1.5 ft tank, water change about 40 percent weekly. For feeding, I just feed a wide varitey of NLS, Tetra, and Hikari products. For slower bottom dwellers I feed sinking tablets early in the morning and at night after lights off. I do feed frozen and live food too.

Originally Posted by genes

Excellent tank mates! And those woods sure look wicked!

But those nanas are going to be "BBA-fied" man if your flowrate in the tank is high.. Thats why i have removed all slow growing plants in my 3ft setup. BBA magnet....

Thanks Eugene, yeah some stalks are already under attack. Do you have any recommendations as replacement?

Originally Posted by johannes

nice tank bro!!

and nice fishes too!

Thanks! Not as nice as your plecos leh.

Originally Posted by Enda

Nice mix of fishes, all looking good! I should do my 2 ft like that. What filtration are you using? There's also an airstone, I suppose to increase aeration for the plecos?

Thanks Enda, I'm using 2 cannister filters of 1000L/HR each and an airstone to provide aeration for basically everyone. I guess the plecos do appreciate it. But its not exactly very strong aeration and current in the tank either.