3ft and 4ft low tech

**weary919** · 15th Mar 2011, 12:45

Brief summary of the 2 tanks I have currently:

4ft:
Dim:120x45x45 (LXHXD)
Filter

olphin overhead
Base:River sand
Lights: 2x54W T5 (8 hours daily)
Nutrients:Seahem Potassium,Phosphorus,Trace elements,excel (almost daily)
Plants:Not sure about the name, nana, moss, fern, just to name a few
Inhabitants: 4x albino Koi angel (2 breeding), 01 altum, 01 blue angel, couple of golden algae eater, 4 SAE, some tetras (do not know the breed again)
Age: about 2 years

3ft:
Dim:90x60x45 (LXHXD)
Filter:JEBO external
Base:Project soil
Lights: 4x39W T5 (8 hours daily)
Nutrients:Seahem Potassium,Phosphorus,Trace elements,excel (almost daily)
Plants:Not sure about the name, nana, moss, fern, just to name a few
Inhabitants: 5x altum (bred in captivity, taiwan), 01 blue angel, couple of ottos, 6 SAE, 20 cardinal tetras
Age: about 8 months

**Aquanoob** · 15th Mar 2011, 13:51

Nice wild-looking tanks, must be a good feeling looking at them everyday. I like the 4ft tank more.

**EvolutionZ** · 15th Mar 2011, 14:04

super nice altums! my 422 is waiting for some altums to come in.. too bad their season is around sep - oct..

**weary919** · 15th Mar 2011, 15:51

Thanks Aquanoob for the comments. The 4ft used to look like the attached photo before I went away for a month and care was not rendered. YNWA, me a Liverpool supporter too.
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EvolutionZ, the altums are not wild ones. They are from Taiwanese home breeder. More hardy and keep them like normal angels no special treatment. I had 2 wild altums about 8 years ago (photos as attached) in a 4x2x2 tanks. Grew to a good height before I moved out and somehow they committed suicide by jumping out of the tank.
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Best regards

**Aquanoob** · 15th Mar 2011, 16:25

YNWA. come to the football thread sometimes when you are available.
Is that amazon sword you have in your left side of current 4ft tank?

**EvolutionZ** · 15th Mar 2011, 16:30

cool, but i doubt so easily found in local LFS, those captive bred altums found in LFS few weeks ago have broken bars.. yours don't seem to have broken bars.

**equidorz** · 15th Mar 2011, 20:22

Im a red fan too! YNWA! haha. long live king daglish! Suarez is too zai already. Sorry went of track. Anyway nice nice tank. Especially love the altums too. And the tetras really bring out the greens of your tank!

**Aquanoob** · 15th Mar 2011, 21:25

Another Reds fan in this forum. YNWA! Come and join the football discussion at the Member's Lounge.
sorry for going off track.

**weary919** · 16th Mar 2011, 10:33

Hello Equidorz and Aquanoob, nice to know that.

Auqnoob, those are actually java ferns.

EvolutionZ, yes they are quite rare, got mine from 328. There is also a healthy batch at Gan which has very nice lines and body shape but they are not cheap and I am not sure if there is any more left. Mine do have some crooked middle bar, it is clearer in the close in shots.