my 720 liter

mallemalle · Post by **mallemalle** » 21 Apr 2004, 01:05

i just had to put out a pic of one of my tanks, good and bad comments are welcome

bigward · Post by **bigward** » 21 Apr 2004, 08:58

Looks like a very nice tank ..............

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 21 Apr 2004, 10:45

I spot 4 fairly big Angels in the left end.
just curious: can you give us a fishy list of wich species and in what numbers are in there?

mallemalle · Post by **mallemalle** » 21 Apr 2004, 12:15

sidguppy wrote: just curious: can you give us a fishy list of wich species and in what numbers are in there?

i sure can, here is the fishsoup.

3x Bunocephalus verrucosus
1x Bunocephalus sp.
1x Bunocephalus sp.
9x Pterophyllum altum
25x Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis
2 x Apistogramma viejeta
2 x Apistogramma sp.
3 x Ancistrus ranunculus
2 x Pseudacanthicus leopardus
3 x Sturisoma barbatum/nigrirostrum
2 x Hypancistrus sp. L-260
7 x Hypancistrus zebra

the zebras are soon to be moved into a smaller tank for a breeding atempt.

mallemalle

WALL · Post by **WALL** » 24 Apr 2004, 10:07

Very nice!!!!!
Like the layout and the fish

mallemalle · Post by **mallemalle** » 24 Apr 2004, 13:39

WALL wrote:Very nice!!!!!
Like the layout and the fish

thank's, hopefully when my co2 is kicking in and i put in my new t5 light on the left side ill get some more plants on both sides and the tank will be even nicer, the plan in the future is to "make" my friends want to get an fishtank themselfes.

malle

WALL · Post by **WALL** » 25 Apr 2004, 05:22

Please let me know how your co2 unit goes.....
Is it really worth the money??????

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 25 Apr 2004, 11:03

You'd better watch your altums.....They can get fairly big, and it wouldn't be the first time I saw them returning to wild behaviour: eating all those tiny characins! how big are those?

certan · Post by **certan** » 25 Apr 2004, 12:05

mallemalle wrote:...thank's, hopefully when my co2 is kicking in and i put in my new t5 light on the left side ill get some more plants on both sides and the tank will be even nicer...

In my opinion, CO2 injection is only necessary in heavily planted tanks. Even with some more plants added to this tank, that would be an unnecessary investment I think, especially in such a 720 l tank which will need a huge amount of CO2 for a proper concentration.

Post by **Barbie** » 25 Apr 2004, 17:30

While I agree that more plants would be needed to justify the expense of a CO2 setup, I disagree that it would be too expensive for a tank that size. Refilling the cylinder is the inexpensive portion of the expense, at least here. Mine lasts 6 months or so on the 75 gallon tank, 8 or 9 on the 40. You could probably safely guessimate that yours would laslt 3 months, IF you got the smaller cylinder. The next size up would double the length of time, without adding much more expense when it comes to refilling time. All of which will be influenced by your water's hardness and original pH.

I used DIY CO2 on my planted tanks for years, and while it did work, I never had truly overgrown plants. I have never had a single regret that I spent the money on my system. It made a tremendous difference.

Barbie

mallemalle · Post by **mallemalle** » 25 Apr 2004, 17:40

im supposed to get more plants in the tank, but im going to move some of the fish to other tanks before i get more plants.

mallemalle

WALL · Post by **WALL** » 26 Apr 2004, 06:18

Would u have before and after photo's of your tank with the co2 unit???? and let me know the time frame between photo's
Wall

mallemalle · Post by **mallemalle** » 26 Apr 2004, 10:00

no problem!

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 26 Apr 2004, 10:04

funny....

I never used CO2 in ANY tank I ever had, and right now, I have to push the plants to one side or the Tropheus (!) can't swim properly....time to prune again!
In the riverine tank, my Echinodorus got the idea and tries to look like a Yucca; and there's a big battle between a Tigerlily and a ton of Riccia. As a result, the Cory's are quite invisible. They LIKE it, but still

I'm going to buy a machete if I ever get into CO2; my solution to the problem of adding CO2 is just adding enough fish! they all excrete CO2......

WALL · Post by **WALL** » 29 Apr 2004, 09:25

Thanks for your help and info guys and girls.

Wall

chupapiedras · Post by **chupapiedras** » 14 May 2004, 05:07

I don't know if my input is appreciated or not but I love this tank. It kind of has everythig I like about the hobby. From the altums and plecos to the banjos. It also has a biotypical feel abot it. If it was my tank I would just allow the existing plants to fill up some of the space. Still I love it!

Eduardo

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 14 May 2004, 15:56

How many pieces of wood did you use? I like the look of it. Very nice!

G.

mallemalle · Post by **mallemalle** » 16 May 2004, 14:11

chupapiedras wrote:I don't know if my input is appreciated or not but I love this tank. It kind of has everythig I like about the hobby. From the altums and pl*cos to the banjos. It also has a biotypical feel abot it. If it was my tank I would just allow the existing plants to fill up some of the space. Still I love it!

Eduardo

thanks!
input and ideas was one of the plans when i posted my tank,and its in my plans to get more plants during the summer, but im going to move my zebras to an breeding tank before i do anything else with it.

Graeme wrote:How many pieces of wood did you use? I like the look of it. Very nice!

G.

thanks!
on the right side its 8 or 9 pieces and on the left side its 2 pieces.

mallemalle