28 gal Bow - Aquascaping

chadly · 09-04-2007, 11:07 AM

Not my first tank just a new tank, my first attempt scaping it. I'll be working with it here and there. A few of the plants I have in there are recovering from being chewed to the root by my BN plecos. Pics aren't the best, hope you can see whats going on. I'm not into copying people's scapes or certain styles, but I take what I can get and do with what I have, so love it or leave it. I enjoy it immensely and love seeing what you all do with your tanks. The Echinodorus are the ones that got chewed up. They will be in the back left corner, and the rosette's alon the front right. The Glosso I just planted. The Crypts started melting after I fertilized the tank. I may move them around. I'll have to work with the Hygro a little to get it to do what I want.

here goes; hack away

SPECS:

28 gal bowfront dimensions ? x ? x ?

Filtration; 2 hob powerfilters (top fin, penguin)
Lighting: Coralife T5
Susbstrate: Schultz aquatic soil/sand base
Plants:
CRYPT WENDTII
HYGROPHILA POLYSPERMA 'SUNSET'
ANUBIA BARTERI "COFFEFOLIA" x 3
ANUBIAS NANA x 3
JAVA FERN
JAVA MOSS
GLOSSOSTIGMA ELATINOIDES
ECHINODORUS BARTHII x 2
ECHINODORUS ??? ROSETTE SWORD? x 3

Fish:

Glowlight Tetras
Black mollies
striata loaches
otocinclus
banjo catfish

CO2 coming soon!

chadly · 09-05-2007, 05:48 AM

Thanks for you comments!

jARDINI · 09-05-2007, 06:48 AM

mollies will do better in brackish water but some of the plants wont

idonteatfish · 09-05-2007, 11:52 PM

i like it, its different from what i have been seeing around, good job chadly! i really love the driftwood on the right, esp the way u placed it in ur tank with all the plants coming out from it.

chadly · 09-06-2007, 06:19 AM

Thanks, your comments are appreciated.

I did a little work the past couple days. First I added more gravel to the background that adds a lot more to the tank. Then moved the hygro and crypts around. I also bought some australian vals and put them in the back left corner.

orca77 · 09-06-2007, 09:48 AM

Did you use air stone in your tank? It's really bad for plants because the air bubbles get the co2 out of water.

chadly · 09-06-2007, 12:29 PM

no air stone, that's from the filter.

orca77 · 09-06-2007, 01:25 PM

The you might want to fix your filter outlet. The less agitation, the better.

chadly · 09-06-2007, 01:39 PM

thanks for the comments ORCA77. There's nothing wrong with my filter.

chadly · 09-12-2007, 09:59 AM

Looking for comments!

I've trimmed up the glosso, and had to replant some that were loose. It is starting to grow horizontal and is getting sprouts. The Anubias are blowing up. The swords are making a strong recovery with the removal of my BN plecos. The hygro is lookin really good. I also added some more gravel and austrailian vals.

Thanks

Orca, I moved the filter to the opposite side of the tank so the water wasn't disturbing my plants.