Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping => Gallery Showcase => Topic started by: barneyadi on February 19, 2018, 07:17:11 PM
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Pics of my tank with fish in it.
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Congratulations :cheers:
Hope they will be very happy in their lovely new home - I can see that they're exploring already.
:fishy1:
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The Corys are making me laugh. Are swimming up to the outlet pipe and then getting in the flow of water and riding it to other side of tank. Not sure if they are finding it fun or they haven't worked out why it is happening. ;D
The tetras are roughly in groups and slowly starting to explore. Have ordered some almond leaves for top of tank, just to give a little shade for them.
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Tank is looking good :)
Bear in mind that almond leaves sink after a few days!
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Glad they're entertaining you.
Even if/when the almond leaves do sink, you'll probably find that the fish like to rest just above or explore the leaves.
Other options for providing some shade for the fish might be traditional floating plants such as Amazonian frogbit, salvinia and riccia fluitans; I rarely see these in my LFS but they can be bought online. Alternatively, others on here drape hornwort and water sprite over decor to create a floating plant type effect. I’m currently doing this with elodea and it’s creating quite a dramatic, 3D-like effect as it’s sending down root-like runners rather like the lovely Amazonian frogbit does and the fish seem to like settling alongside these. I use fish feeding squares at the top of my tank to contain floating plants ie prevent them getting buffeted around in the water flow. If this is a problem for you, then I’d advise getting a few of these. While I find that the “traditional” floating plants don’t last very long at all in these, most likely at least in part due to being contained in these squares, draping the other plants I mention over them tend to fare better. Hope that’s useful.
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Glad they're entertaining you.
Even if/when the almond leaves do sink, you'll probably find that the fish like to rest just above or explore the leaves.
Other options for providing some shade for the fish might be traditional floating plants such as Amazonian frogbit, salvinia and riccia fluitans; I rarely see these in my LFS but they can be bought online. Alternatively, others on here drape hornwort and water sprite over decor to create a floating plant type effect. I’m currently doing this with elodea and it’s creating quite a dramatic, 3D-like effect as it’s sending down root-like runners rather like the lovely Amazonian frogbit does and the fish seem to like settling alongside these. I use fish feeding squares at the top of my tank to contain floating plants ie prevent them getting buffeted around in the water flow. If this is a problem for you, then I’d advise getting a few of these. While I find that the “traditional” floating plants don’t last very long at all in these, most likely at least in part due to being contained in these squares, draping the other plants I mention over them tend to fare better. Hope that’s useful.
Yes, that is all useful. Will I need to add fertiliser if I get some live plants?
Seems I might have lost 1 lemon tetra but I did have one try and escape but these things happen. Also have noticed I have 7 ember tetras and 1 of something else. Has no colour to it but similar size to the ember's maybe its a very young one.
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If you were to get floating plants you would need to add a tiny amount of liquid fertiliser. I use Seachem Flourish, the one without anything else in the name. With just these, you would need maybe up to quarter of the recommended dose every couple of weeks. Floating plants don't need CO2 because, being on the water surface, they get all the CO2 they need from the air.
You mentioned harlequins in another thread - these fish do like to have cover over their heads.
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Please can you let me know what the plant in the middle of the 2nd pic is. I like the look of it and have a gap in my background it might fit nicely!
Thanks
Geoff
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Please can you let me know what the plant in the middle of the 2nd pic is. I like the look of it and have a gap in my background it might fit nicely!
Thanks
Geoff
Hi Geoff
I think it is this one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00U1BEULS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Dave
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Thanks. Shame, I thought it was a live one!
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Sorry, no. I went the slightly easier route with silk/plastic plants. My new corys seem to like it.
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A pic of my 2nd tank with neons and penguins in.
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Very good - they look like they're settling in well. :cheers: