Je®vis' A&A Tank (Anubias + Apisto)

[Jervis]

Hi guys

Decided to fill up my Apisto Paludarium to increase the water volume.

Here's the old thread of my paludarium:
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...862#post335862

A picture of the paludarium 5 mins before the filling up process begins



2 things I've learned about waterfall in the past few weeks:

1) Waterfall can be very noisy and distracting in a quiet room/office.

2) The water splashes will stain the dry portion of the tank glass making frequent glass cleaning a must.

I ordered a few pots of Anubias from an online retailer for another project actually... but decided to place all the Anubias into this tank as it suits the layout... the large green leaves will be able to cover those huge rock surface



Here's the new layout with tons of Anubias The use of Anubias is very suitable for this tank as it is totally low tech with low to medium light (11W + 9W PL)





I have the following Anubias in my tank:
Anubias barteri var 'nana'
Anubias barteri var nana 'Petite'
Anubias barteri var barteri 'Broad Leaf'
Anubias barteri var nana 'Yellow Heart'
Anubias barteri var nana 'Eyes'
Anubias afzelii

Planning to add these in the near future:
Anubias barteri var nana 'Gold'
Anubias barteri var 'coffeefolia'
Anubias barteri var 'angustifolia'

[pleco4me]

I love this layout Jervis

Which to choose for ADA? hehe

[lEddyl]

what a nice collection.
no plans for the foreground?

[Jervis]

I love this layout Jervis

Which to choose for ADA? hehe

Stop pulling my legs

what a nice collection.
no plans for the foreground?

Actually I added some moss pebbles to cover the foreground... but will see how the effect turns out

[Panut]

Maybe you could try to hide the roots of the anubias that is right at the bottom

[fireblade]

nice layout.. hehehe
so I can predict what you will do.. :P
fill up the tank..haha

[Jervis]

nice layout.. hehehe
so I can predict what you will do.. :P
fill up the tank..haha

Well it's kinda wasteful to buy a 30L tank and fill up 10L with air

[Jervis]

This is the home I created for this guy

Apistogramma Elizabethae "super red"

[Cpark188]

It looks like you have mastered growing your plants and now keeper of this apisto. Elizabethae. Can really enjoy this hobby with you by browsing thru your threads and pictures, I bet you have a lots of hobbyists reading your updates, keep us busy by following your threads. Thanks.

[fireblade]

cannot read his thread too much...
everytime after reading, hands feel itchy and pocket got holes...

[Fei Miao]

hahaha... seems like you have lots of distraction in the office
...so your Paludarium finally transformed to apisto enclave... when I saw you have the elizabethae in there...see this coming... it's only a matter of time either you remove the pair or fill the tank up.

Nice apisto set-up, perhaps some smaller leaves java ferns might be an improvement.

[jasonc]

A good low tech tank, If in a day has 48hours, I think my home fill with more tanks. Wondering why you are so free & able to maintain so many tanks..... any tricks to share with us?

[Jervis]

A good low tech tank, If in a day has 48hours, I think my home fill with more tanks. Wondering why you are so free & able to maintain so many tanks..... any tricks to share with us?

Tricks? Well... just do your maintenance during office hours

Just kidding... I purposely reach office 1 hour early to look after the tanks and I usually stay in the office during lunch time.

[torque6]

Another nice project, well done.

[André Grassi]

Congratulations Jevis ... His apisto is beautiful and the tank with the anubias is wonderful. More assembling a professional, original and very well made. Once again congratulations!

[Jervis]

Congratulations Jevis ... His apisto is beautiful and the tank with the anubias is wonderful. More assembling a professional, original and very well made. Once again congratulations!

You are way too generous with words

More pix to share...

Female



Added a little clay nest... let's see if the female will make it her lair



My mossie foreground

[Panut]

what moss is that?

[Jervis]

what moss is that?

I believe those are Java Moss... I didn't buy them actually. The Moss came together with the fish

[Panut]

So much moss!

[fireblade]

any updates on this tank?