[uttoshii]

Hi everybody ,

here is a new 60cm tank , it is 6 weeks old and not quite finished yet , it's a very classic lay-out type , not so much original but i wanted to try the "island" lay-out type so ....

anyways here is the tank , i'll put some more pictures soon

tank specs:60*30*36cm , 65L
lights:2*18W
co2ressurized 1bp2s non stop
filter:eheim 2213
soil:Aquasoil , power sand etc...
ferts:brighty K , step 1

plants : glossostigma elatinoides
eleocharis parvula
moss (2 species)
green rotala
Micranthemum umbrosum
myriophyllum matogrossense
ludwigia arcuata "needle leaf"
rotala indica
cryptocoryne wendtii green
microsorum "narrow"

fishes: puntius gelius

hyphessobrycon pulchrinnis

tanichty.

Hope you like

 

[nokturnalkid]

Even if you say its not original, it still looks great.

 

[GrandePippo]

Very beautiful tank! I like very much the middle part with the moss and the fern. Very nice!

Sincere congratulations!

 

[nicolai vandhul]

Nice tank!

A good selection of plants, and some really fine fish you found there.
I really think, you made a good work with the driftwood and the stones. It really looks "nature" like, despite that it´s scapet - of course! That can be quit defficult to achive.

Good work. I think i will keep this tank in my mind, when I start scaping my own island scape soon.

Best regards from Nicolai. Denmark.

 

[JL15219]

Very nice tank I wish mine was that nice.

 

[Bunbuku]

Once again great work! I am intrigued by the substrate arrangement. Looks like you have a slope the AS really steep toward the back, then covered the lower part with sand. Won't different layers getting mixed up with time?

 

[uttoshii]

thank you for your comments

Bunbuku , there is no Aquasoil under the sand , all of the AS is in the background after the stones delimitation

as i wasn't stisfied with the hardscape , i did some major changes in the higher part of the hardscape today , it's going to look better , i'll post some new pictures soon

 

[uttoshii]

water is still a bit cloudy but here is how it looks after a few scape modifications , i think that it looks better this way , hope you like it

 

[uttoshii]

here is the hardscape after modifications , i think it has a better balance like that , water is still cloudy , i'll put some better pictures later this week

 

[Fabac]

It looks great. Are you planing to have a carpet?

 

[AQUAMX]

This is a very beautiful aquarium

You should be proud of such great progress. Your photography skills are also excellent.

Brad

 

[uttoshii]

thank you for your comments

Fabac , i'm going to make a carpet , i'll keep the foreground in sand , i put some glosso here and there though but more to see how it grows on a non nutritive substrat , i think it will be removed for the final pictures

here's a shot of the center part , even though moss is not nice yet , the back ground starts to look nice

 

[HoustonFishFanatic]

This scape is coming a long nicely. I like.

 

[uttoshii]

thank you for your comment

here is a picture tonight , still a lot of work to do on the stem part , the moss is kind of slow too ...

 

[JACK SOBRAL]

Beautiful layout!
I liked the look of the first picture ...

Hugs
JACK

 

[uttoshii]

some updates of this tank , plants are suffuring from the summer heat , water is around 32 celsius degres , especially rotala is having quite a hard time , it is going straight up to the surface , not so nice , i'll have to wait for autumn to take some better pictures....

 

[Veloth]

Beautiful setup!

 

[Gilles]

Great setup!
You could try to put a fan over your water. Only 2 fans running over my water helps to cool my (closed canopy, 5x T5 High output 54w) tank to 22.3 degrees celcius...

 

[humbletex]

Wow, that's a really nice set-up you've got.
And great pictures too.

 

[uttoshii]

Thank you

Great setup!
You could try to put a fan over your water. Only 2 fans running over my water helps to cool my (closed canopy, 5x T5 High output 54w) tank to 22.3 degrees celcius...

what is your ambiant temperature?