Easy to care for 60 Gallon cube working tank

[Plantbrain]

This tank has gone through a few different changes, but has settled in. I'd originally wanted some finer foreground leaf shapes, but the plecos would have none of that, this plant does not uproot and and allows a nice understory place for the plecos to grub around and the RCS to pick and clean anything missed by the plecos. I have 15 caves made into this piece of wood for the plecos(Leopard frog). the brass tetras are about 2 years old, this is as big as they get, very pretty and excellent schooling, lively fish. Maybe 100 RCS in here. Simple display, but low light + easy care, makes it a nice tank.

Good current, flourite sand, wet/dry filter, 1.7 w/gal and about 30 micromols along the bottom.

Recently send a basket ball sized piece of bolbitus off for sale, and about 50 dwarf hygros. 30 RCS are culled about once every month or two from the filter.

Now if I can get some Leopard frog fry or have some tetras' spawn, I'm in good shape.





And the leopard frogs:


Regards,
Tom Barr

[blue33]

Thanks for sharing. Notice the foreground plant, roots are growing in the water column, is that common for that plant? I see some are melting or am i wrong?

Any chance of seeing your overflow system and the wet/dry filter? Is it because of the wet/dry filter system you using diffuser?

[soltari007]

Very nice setup! But I think the caves are too big for L134 pleco to spawn....

[Fei Miao]

HI Tom,
Beautiful tank!
Simple and easy maintainability set-up.

[Ulmer]

Very nice. Trees on cliff top... Nice piece of wood.

[Plantbrain]

Bald Cypress is the type of wood, native to Florida and the SEA USA.
Larger tress can live for 2000-3000 years.

Oldest swamp trees in the world.

Regards,
Tom Barr

[praxis5624]

You are great at aquascaping......

[Plantbrain]

I'll be taking this tank down and replacing it with an ADA tank, a 90cm or 120 cm, not sure yet.

[limz_777]

are the leopard frogs still inside the set-up ?

[Plantbrain]

Yes, only a few left, they killed one another.
Even though there are over 15 large caves in this wood.......

Mean little suckers.