loupgarou's 5 ft tank

[loupgarou]

http://www.tdsuo.com/gallery/list.ph...c&lang=eng

[hwchoy]

Chris, what's that light set you're using? Is this replacement for the 4ft with the MH?

[loupgarou]

yeah. arcadia series 3

[hwchoy]

so what happened to your MH?

[loupgarou]

sold to someone

..but the arcadia series 3 is a 2x 150W MH + 2 x 36W PL (I think)

[loupgarou]

oh yeah. the bare foreground is to faciliate algae removal as well as cory feeding grounds...

I'll probably decor it up with flat stone pieces..

Would be nice to have some large "fluorite" pieces..

I found some of those in some bags of fluorite (ie: uncrushed)...

dont' suppose anyone knows where to get smooth stone pavements (the kind you see in mayan temples..hahah)

would be more aesthetic I think..

I could also do with some tips.. is the wood in the best placement possible? or should I shift it.

[vinz]

Smooth stone pavements? How big are the stones? Pebbles? You can try Nature Company at Joan Rd, behind Far East Nursery at Thomson. They have flat grey pebbles up to about 10cm diameter. By "flat", they range from 2 to 5 cm thick. Not sure if you can get large rocks from them

[juggler]

Chris: I saw your tank that day. I think it looks much better than in this pic.

[loupgarou]

my white balance and saturation abit out..

will try to leave it as shot.

[loupgarou]

Tank Pic taken with My New Sigma 12-24mm

taken hand held, no flash. just to try it out. I can be like 1.5 ft away (or is it 1ft away) if I shoot at 12mm (ie: effective 19.2 mm at 1.6 FOV crop)

[lorba]

what are the specs and parameters?

[loupgarou]

of the tank or of the shot?

the shot above was taken

Shooting Mode
Manual
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/60
Av( Aperture Value )
5.6
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
ISO Speed
800
Lens
12.0 - 24.0mm
Focal Length
20.0mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
Parameters
Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Color saturation Normal
Color tone Normal
Color Space
Adobe RGB
File Size
7402KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
Owner's Name
Camera Body No.
0430100167


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tank parameters:
ph: 7.5...(CO2 run out, currently sent for refill.)

[fishie.com]

cool tank, cool lens. *envy*

[lorba]

opps, i mean the tank parameters

[elmike]

loupgarou

Great setup!

From time to time, I see angelfish sharing the same tank w cardinal or neon tetras. I must say it makes for a beautiful spectacle and I would have loved to do the same. Hwr, as you may know, conventional advice is abstain for reason that angelfish are no angels when put togeher w tetras. I wonder if you closely watch your tetras headcount? Has there been any reduction in headcounts since day 1? Have you seen the angels eating the tetras before?

I gather that cardinals/ neons are also proned to dying from diseases. It’s no fun having to fish out dead fish every now and then esp from a big tank. Btw, what’s your total fish count, including altums, tetras and other fishes? I'm interested to know your long-terms (9 mths, 1 yr, etc) results. I would still like to give the combination a try someday.


I do get a bit disoriented looking at your backdrop. All that I’ve seen so far has got their patterns running vertically. Is this another of your "out-of the-box" aquascaping?

[loupgarou]

Update!!
I'm so pissed with algae on my crypts that (survived one week of copper treatment at 0.5+ppm), that I gave it all a major trim!!! nearly a kg of crypt leaves removed...

[loupgarou]

altums: I have not seen them eating any tetras. I suspect the bigger size tetras are too big for the altums. besides I keep them well fed on tetra bits. *which I assume are made from powdered tetras...

total fish count:
Corydoras in the the 80+ region
Botias in the 20+ region
6 altums
cardinals in the 60+ region *however I can count only 30+ on the photo..so maybe 30+ got eaten..lol*

3 farlowella
1 ancistrus
10+ otocinclus
various other danios and nanostomus beckfordi and white cloud mountain minnows.

[loupgarou]

update..
added some rocks from my dismantled office tank.
shifted the logs.
moved the banana plant.

whiteness caused by anti algae.
tank right now has
coppersafe 1.0 ppm or so
azoo bba killer
aquarium pharmaceuticals algae fix
azoo algae treater

ALL at once..
however, no effect, and the malayan shrimp appears to be handling copper well.

[Aeon]

All those algacides gonna slowly kill your aquarium.
man xing zi sha...

[Simon]

what happen to your tank? I thought it was growing well?