dennis

Ok, sorry, so cheap of me but I could not resist I do not have an ADA tank but I notice that the view rate is proportionately higher for tanks with that in the title topic. So shoot me

I did redo my old 15 gallon AGA setup. This is the most pleased I have ever been with this particular tank.

Specs:
Title- Untitled #382
Size- 15 gallon 24x12x12inches
Lighting- 32watt PC, home made fixture suspended 5" above the tank by my ADA knockoff light hanger (ok, maybe it is a-la ADA)
CO2- mostly on for the lighting period, 12oz pintball tank with single guage regulator. In tank nano glass diffuser.
Substrate- Forground, pool filter sand. Back corners, Soilmaster Charcoal
Ferts- lightly when I remember for macros and trace. 5ml homemade gluteraldehyde solution daily
Fauna- 9 long finned Rosy barbs (the fiance's, no option there. Deal with it!)
Flora- Potamegaton gayii, Elatine traindra, Rotala sp. Pink, Anubias coffefolia, Anubas sp. Gaboon, Bylxa japonica, Microsorium Windelov and Bolbitis heudelotti

I still would like to plant a little Marsilea minuta and Anubias nana petite among the rocks.



Comments are more than welcome!

Aquaspot

The rockwork looks great and once the plants fill in, the whole scape will be good. The Potamogeton gayi grows too fast and it would be better if you could replace it with something slower. Otherwise lots of trimming to do everytime to keep it in shape.

The fishes seem to be a bit too big for this scape and I would go for a school of something smaller. But that's just my 2 cents.


Ben

dennis

Thanks for the comments.

I agree that the fish are not quite right but they are technically my soon to be wife's, so they have to stay. The grwoth growth rate is actually pretty slow. Before the rescape the P. gayii took several weeks to get to the top so I can handle that sort of growth rate. The rotala grows about an inch or so a week so pretty easy to maintain there, compared to what I am used to.

I appreciate the comment about the rocks. This is the first time I have done a rock scape that looked ok. This one is a little weak I feel but I am happy with the arrangment and overall appearance.

bioch

LOL. True, such true words. Like this one http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...20-gallon.html , it's not even nice, but hey man its got ADA so we'll give it good rates.



What's wrong with these beautiful fishes, stop being so fishIST.

Steven_Chong

Well, there is such a thing as picking fish that are better suited aesthetically to a lay-out than others. Hmmm . . . I'd say they are not a bad choice actually. I think with ferns and anubias in these types of "clean" looking scape, the typical choice are fish that look like they belong in a fast-flow environment. However, with the delicate pond-dwelling potomagetans, this idea is broken anyway, so why not pick a fish that has a good fantasy-feel?

daeraion

Using tetras and rasboras for every aquascape gets boring after a while anyway.

dennis

The fish are not that bad but they are definately not something I can exchange for something else. In the past people always criticized these fish and my scapes since they rarely "work" aestitically. I to sort of agree with you Steven that they are OK for this layout. I had not realized that they are not a distraction for this layout untill you mentioned it.

I did sort of expect a few more responses on the layout though....

John N.

I'm impressed with the layout. The rock work is spectacular, though I think moving the pointing rock a few inches to the left would help bring more contrast to the rock in front of it.

I especially like the white substrate, but slightly concerned that the whiteness will become "dirty" as time progresses. Is that something you're concerned about?

I like the placement of the Potamegaton gayii in the background. I always had a hard time figuring out where to stick that plant due to it's rapid growth rates. My only comment regarding the plants is that in the photo, it's hard to see each plant as it's own plant. The plants blend too well together with no defining character, resulting in a blurry section of plants on both the left and right sides. It could be a combination of similar colors and leaf shapes that don't accent each other.

Overall, I think the tank looks fanastic, and I'm looking forward to the development.

-John N.

dennis

Thanks John,

I do see what you mean about the standing stone. I am not to worried about the white sand as I can stir it up with each water change and the sand in my 29 does not really get gross and its easy to fix by stirring it at water changes. The P. gayii seems to grow pretty slow in this tank, only 1-2" a week and it and the Rotala Pink are the only stem plants so dealing with them should be easy. The plants on the sides are more obvious in person and I will try and get better lighting for the next photos I take.

I also see I need to better way of blowing the CO2 around as the bubbles dont make it all the way around to the back right corner and thus growth of gayii on the left is much stronger than on the right.

Thanks!

Chris S

(That means i like this tank.)