My First Planted Tank -- 75 Gallon "Mopani Mountain" - Aquascaping

ngb2322 · 07-21-2008, 07:21 PM

This is my first attempt at a planted tank and it is about 3 months old. Enjoy!!

Hardware:
2 x 130 watt Coralife Compact flourescents
DYI CO2 reactor to filter inlet, no bioballs
Paintball Pressurized CO2 2bps
Rena XP3
Rena XP1

Plants:
Hygro Polysperma
Cryptocoryne ?? (middle)
Java Fern
Hornwort (back middle I think)
Rotala Indica
Giant Hair Grass
Hygro Difformis
Blyxa Japonica
Rotala "vietnam"
Limno aromatica
Bacopa australis
Apongeton ??
Bacopa Carolina
Anubia nana
Anubia nana "golden"

Fauna:
Assorted platys
Long finned danios
ottos
kuhlies
rubber nosed pleco
bushy nosed plecos
corys
Gold dust mollies
Pair of blue rams
Amano shrimp
Gold Panchax
Apple snails

Probably more plants and fauna than that, but I can't name everything!!

Comments welcome about rescaping!!

trenac · 07-22-2008, 10:01 AM

Wow! Hard to believe this is your first attemp! All the plants look healthy & nice growth over the last few months.

Chris Noto · 07-22-2008, 12:29 PM

Nice tank! Good work. Congratulations on your success.

I sure would like to see some larger format pics, though. Even 1024 x 720 isn't too, too big.

ngb2322 · 07-22-2008, 01:25 PM

How do I put bigger pictures in? I get told in manage attachments that max size is 420x280 for jpegs. Is there a way to add bigger pictures directly into the text of the post?

davemonkey · 07-22-2008, 04:26 PM

Great looking tank. Very well done!

wrkucera · 07-22-2008, 04:28 PM

I use photobucket as storage for my pictures. I then use the pre-made html coded "img link" in my posts. The link that has [img] in the beginning string. does that help?

ngb2322 · 07-23-2008, 10:16 AM

what is photobucket and how do i access it?

trenac · 07-24-2008, 10:03 AM

I agree. I also use "Photobucket" .

davemonkey · 07-26-2008, 08:33 AM

Yep, photobucket has been the easiest by far for me. The only downside is that I can't see pics when I'm at work because the security settings on our server block most of those types of sites. But, once you get your pics on there, you just click the bottom 'bar' and the pic you want to post is automatically copied for you to paste in the thread on this site. Very easy!