My 3 ft tank (12/01/04)

[CT]

This is my 3 ft tank. Around 1 1/2 month old. Feel free to comment.

Is it adviceable to add a moss wall in the background?



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Tank Specification

Tank Size : 3 ft x 1.5 ft x 1.5 ft

Lighting : 4 x 36W PL 10hrs/day

Filtration : Ehiem 2213

Gravel : Lonestar + Sera base fertilizer

Liquid Fertilizer : Nope

Temperature : 28 deg C- 29 deg C

CO2 (type/rate) : Cylinder Tank/ 1 bps

Plants : Echinodorus tenellus, Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov', Microsorum pteropus, Vesicularia dubyana, Vallisneria spiralis, Eleocharis acicularis, Cryptocoryne wendtii 'brown', Blyxa japonica, Anubias barteri var. nana, banana plant

Fishes : 15 x Harlequin Rasbora, 6 Oto, 2 SAE, 5 Platy, 7 Black Neon Tetra

Invertebrates : 4 x Neocaridina denticulata. 10 x Caridina japonica

Others : Water change once a week, 40% each time

[learner]

very nice!


simple and elegant..
that's what many hobbyist dream of...

[Fei Miao]

Looks good!!

[juggler]

Very nice, man. It's different from the conventional slope up from left to right because of the long vals giving an effect of flowing water.

Nice to see beautiful tanks like this. Must sent to ADA competition, OK?

[CT]

Thks! wondering if it is nice to add a chirtmas moss wall at the back?

[Davidd]

lovely sense of space: personally I think adding the mosswall will undermine this: might make the tank seem more enclosed and small. but thats just me.

[CT]

hello David, thks for giving mi your opinion!

[lorba]

I've added your tank into the member's gallery here

Nice spacious tank. But would it be better if there is clump of java fern just behind the fork on the left? It look a little bit weird there to me.

Anyway, what is the plant near the center with broad, curled leave? Or is it part of the wood?

[CT]

hello lorba, the plant in the centre is 'banana plant' bought it because it is cute.

Thks for the comment. will try to adjust the fern to the left

[lorba]

I mean add, not move. The rest seems fine to me.

I notice some stem plants behind the valisneria? May look neater if its not there? The dark background gives a good depth to the tank with vals, but the stem plants seems to chop away the depth on the left.
Just picking bones from egg lah

[CT]

oic! will take out the densa at the back of vallisneria.

Initially planting them to control the nutrient on setup.

And I really appreicate your comment. Thks!