South East Asian Forest Concept

**wong1979** · 17th Aug 2005, 17:27

Hi folks, did some rescape based on my last previous design.

Just a quick brief on the tank parameters:

Tank Dimension: 60 X 40 X 50 cm (LWH)
Lights/Photoperiod: 36 W PL (0900-1900h)
Fertilisation: No fixed regime, LushGro Aqua, some iron tablets
CO2: NIL
Filtration: Atman 301 at 300L/h
Flora/Fauna: Mainly java ferns, anubias. Mainly rasboras harlequin and shrimps
Temp:27-29 C fan cooled

Reflections

Various angled shots

Photography settings: F/3.5 at around 20mm, IS0 100-400, WB: Cloudy, 1/40 secs

Full Frontal without black oyama

Feel free to comment, you may have good suggestions which I may not have think of

For an account of how this tank evolve, please refer to this thread http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=13635

Cheers,

**wynx** · 17th Aug 2005, 19:51

I like the scaping especially the narrow leaf java fern! Way to go!

**hwchoy** · 17th Aug 2005, 23:25

better if you get rid of that internal filter!

**flyinmysoup** · 17th Aug 2005, 23:44

I like it!!!! Very very nice! I like such dark tanks. Really mysterious. Way to go dude! No CO2!

**wong1979** · 18th Aug 2005, 02:32

Originally Posted by flyinmysoup

I like it!!!! Very very nice! I like such dark tanks. Really mysterious. Way to go dude! No CO2!

Thks...but it actually is sort of an illusion. In actual fact is much brighter, camera settings

How's your Singapore biotope tank going? Haven't started?

Buaya: Yah lah! I know you're a perfectionist

Wait till I'm done with the whole thing then I'll take one perfect picture

**hwchoy** · 18th Aug 2005, 02:39

haha Edmund, I was about to comment that it should be much brighter in reality. usually quite hard to achieve this kind of "darkness' effect often seen in photographs.

wong, not perfect picture lah, change to a hang filter lah, at least you will only have an intake pipe under water, easier to hide with plants.

for CO2 I like to use the flipper, it is flat against the glass so also easy to hide.

**Fei Miao** · 18th Aug 2005, 10:00

Originally Posted by hwchoy

haha Edmund, I was about to comment that it should be much brighter in reality. usually quite hard to achieve this kind of "darkness' effect often seen in photographs.

wong, not perfect picture lah, change to a hang filter lah, at least you will only have an intake pipe under water, easier to hide with plants.

for CO2 I like to use the flipper, it is flat against the glass so also easy to hide.

Alternatively you can remove the filter when shooting the tank, I find the hairgrass out of place. How about removing the red tiger lotus and replacing with some crypts, that would be in-line with the SE Asian concept.

**bclee** · 18th Aug 2005, 11:13

My fish ID is not that good, but it seems to me that rasbora looks like T. espei rather than harlequin rasbora...

BC

**Fei Miao** · 18th Aug 2005, 11:15

Originally Posted by bclee

My fish ID is not that good, but it seems to me that rasbora looks like T. espei rather than harlequin rasbora...

BC

Yeah, You're right! They are espei.

**wong1979** · 18th Aug 2005, 12:05

Originally Posted by bclee

My fish ID is not that good, but it seems to me that rasbora looks like T. espei rather than harlequin rasbora...

BC

Yah, it's something called espei. I saw it written on the fishshop tank. But I thought it look like harlequin, doesn't it? hmmm... tot they were the same

So is espei more rare than harlequin? I bought at 0.70 each when the actual price was $1 because I bought the whole tank of about 25. Good catch?

**wong1979** · 18th Aug 2005, 12:11

Originally Posted by Fei Miao

Alternatively you can remove the filter when shooting the tank, I find the hairgrass out of place. How about removing the red tiger lotus and replacing with some crypts, that would be in-line with the SE Asian concept.

I agree with you on that lotus, really look out of place. Initially, it's quite hidden under DW, and when I move it out into light, it "blossomed", and now it's getting bigger

Maybe I'll try to position it elsewhere or maybe I should just take it out altogether.

I think I'll let the hairgrass grow in 1st. I didn't have luck in growing them last time as they were always being invaded by hair algae

and I got fed up and grew them emmersed instead.

**hwchoy** · 19th Aug 2005, 00:21

Originally Posted by wong1979

Yah, it's something called espei. I saw it written on the fishshop tank. But I thought it look like harlequin, doesn't it? hmmm... tot they were the same

So is espei more rare than harlequin? I bought at 0.70 each when the actual price was $1 because I bought the whole tank of about 25. Good catch?

T. espei from Thailand, T. heteromorpha from Sundaland.

**flyinmysoup** · 19th Aug 2005, 01:50

No wonder I thought my own 36W PL in the living room looked much brighter than yours. Haha... I'm a noob when it comes to photography. Your tank's very nice!!! I like it lots! Kudos to you for doing up a tank thats inspired by the region. Our backyard's got a lot of beauty thats been ignored for too long. Maybe it'll become more popular in the future as people start noticing how the Asian Biotope can inspire tank setups like yours.

My Singaporean tank is up liao.... have some local guppies, a few panchax, a couple of Betta pugnax, a catfish and some local shrimps with furry claws in there. Looking forward to some more additions. Not much of a scape though. Hehe... just dumped everything in within 15 minutes. Some local moss, cabomba, crypts (are they local? Found them locally though), one unknown plant and thats about it. Hehe...

**hwchoy** · 19th Aug 2005, 02:41

crypt are native to southeast asia, cambomba is not.

**wong1979** · 19th Aug 2005, 02:44

Originally Posted by flyinmysoup

My Singaporean tank is up liao.... have some local guppies, a few panchax, a couple of Betta pugnax, a catfish and some local shrimps with furry claws in there. Looking forward to some more additions. Not much of a scape though. Hehe... just dumped everything in within 15 minutes. Some local moss, cabomba, crypts (are they local? Found them locally though), one unknown plant and thats about it. Hehe...

Hmmm... FYI...this is not a correct depiction of a Singapore biotope

The mayaca fluviatilis (silver mist fox-tail) and the cabomba are supposedly from America and sort of escaped into the wild here.

**wong1979** · 19th Aug 2005, 02:47

Good morning Buaya! Still haven't sleep huh? I is bobian, working night shift now

Cheers!

**hwchoy** · 19th Aug 2005, 03:29

buaya hunt at night, you dun know meh?

**fazlee** · 19th Aug 2005, 07:56

Nice setup! The lightings just right for me, not too bright. Now,with a pair of wild betta in there.....hhmmmm

**ranmasatome** · 19th Aug 2005, 12:57

Originally Posted by wong1979

Yah, it's something called espei. I saw it written on the fishshop tank. But I thought it look like harlequin, doesn't it? hmmm... tot they were the same

So is espei more rare than harlequin? I bought at 0.70 each when the actual price was $1 because I bought the whole tank of about 25. Good catch?

Body markings are also diffferent..
common name lambchop rasbora... know why? cos the black/dark blue portion looks like lambchop..haha
Harlequin has a "broader" black/dark blue area.

**Justikanz** · 19th Aug 2005, 13:23

Wong's look very nice! But is hairgrass South East Asian?

For Edmund's, I think although strictly speaking, as a biotope tank, the plants may not be right but the plants and animals are right if he is representing an aquatic habitat in Singapore...

I would even add some 'rubbish' in... Keke... What about Hygrophila sp.?

Thread: South East Asian Forest Concept

Thread Tools

South East Asian Forest Concept

My Singaporean tank

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions