New 6ft Tank

**Phillipians** · 13th Sep 2005, 00:22

get one really huge DW as focal point, you want simple get nanas and ferns, all types an variety,and crypts heh but then it will be super duper ex

**danny** · 13th Sep 2005, 09:26

Pic with one of the dw in from my other tank. Due to the type of fishes that I will be keeping, I do not want a too big piece of DW.

**danny** · 14th Sep 2005, 13:01

New plants added.

**Justikanz** · 18th Sep 2005, 00:45

Hope the BIG plant come in handy for the scaping. Must show us ah...

**danny** · 19th Sep 2005, 09:15

Thanks Thomas for the BIG plant, however wife doesn't like it in the new tank so it can only reside my old 4ft in my mum's place.

Latest pic, all plants are in. Now waiting for them to mature a bit.

**danny** · 20th Sep 2005, 09:51

Have shifted part of my cory collection into the tank; so far 95 at the moment. May not use Co2 for this tank, waiting too see how the plants grow, but the stem plants seems to be doing well; almost covering the centre inlet pipe.

Tank specs :
Size
180cmx60cmx60cm
Substrate
Fine white sand
Aquarium Granpour
Lights
3 sets of Magmun II 2x55 watts = 330watts
Filters
1x Jebo 858
1x Ehiem 2226
1x Ehiem 2215
1x Ehiem 2224
1x 11 watts UV, on with the lights.

**Nicky** · 20th Sep 2005, 13:22

The setup is neat and pleasing to the eyes.

However if I were you I will plant much more denser for the start so avoid all the algae-related-pain that commonly associated with new setup with little plant mass.
Once settled in you can slowly remove all the excess plants that you do not like to keep.

**ching4ever** · 21st Sep 2005, 16:28

ur equipment is damn good. hope i can get this big tank with such good equipment in the future time.

anyway, the plant grow very healty. i'm quite interested in ur cory. any closer pic of them?

**danny** · 23rd Sep 2005, 09:51

Latest pic. The stem plants are growing nicely.

Also some pic of the fauna; mostly corydoras.

**ching4ever** · 24th Sep 2005, 02:10

i like the cory la!!! that is my most favourite cory. thinking to buy around 5-10 spot cory put inside my guppy tank, full with java moss mountain and carpet, is it possible?

**danny** · 26th Sep 2005, 23:36

Pic showing good plant growth. Still not using any supplement co2.

**Justikanz** · 27th Sep 2005, 02:34

Nice!! Made me wanna do discus again...

What happened to the corys?

**XnSdVd** · 27th Sep 2005, 09:12

Probably hiding from the giant discus =)

**danny** · 27th Sep 2005, 10:34

No food no cory. They only come out when there is food for them. That's why my wife do not like them. Will take another pic with the cory next time.

**ahkarboy** · 3rd Oct 2005, 11:37

wow very nice tank!!! how come ur background is blue?

**Thirteen** · 3rd Oct 2005, 19:14

cory is cute la~ ^^ btw is the water slightly cloudy or is the effect of the glare from the substrate?? are you intend to plant some foreground plants??

**danny** · 4th Oct 2005, 10:38

Originally Posted by Thirteen

cory is cute la~ ^^ btw is the water slightly cloudy or is the effect of the glare from the substrate?? are you intend to plant some foreground plants??

It is the glare from the white sand. I am keeping lots of cory, so how to have foreground plants ?

By the way, the tank background is white oyama paper, fits in with my living room.