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Hi Greg,
I moved your question/comment over to tank talk forum, maybe there's other beginner catfish people that could benefit from what we're learning/trying. I know there's an official way to move a thread but I'm new at that too! Called it "New tank thread move"

Andy,Greg and Tana, thank you for the compliments!
Greg in the corners i use valisneria spiralis and at the front anubias nana and cryto nevelli's i got several echinodorus(bleherii?) i use as 'big plants" in the tanks. i use lots of javamoss on the wood or pinned at the wall.

Glenny, I'm new to planted tanks but would like to try one. Is there much maintenance with the live plants. Did you start your tank and establish the plants growing before adding your catfish. Any tips you could give me just starting out with planted tanks. Thanks

Hello Greg, light, much light is the keyword for a healthy grow and CO2, but i use liqued CO2: Easycarbo, and Profito. The echinodorus will grow better if you put from time to time a tablet near the roots: irontablet and/or a claytablet will do.
But light is important, i build a second tl-unit in the rekord 60tank:

no catfish this time...:

the plants look really good what light do you have and do you use fertilizer? you pleco's look cool did you get them as juveniles.

Thanks Dylan!there are 2 T5- 54 watt lights in the rio 240 with reflectors, i use sometimes for the Echinodorus irontablets and weekly profito. in the small tanks i use Easycarbo.

Hey Glennie, what kind of background are you using in your tank. Looks like some kind of tree bark.

Hello Greg, i use a black background from Juwel for the rio 240,aqua-40 and aqua-65 tanks, and a slimline background from back to nature for the rekord 60 tank:

A thank you gift for Glenny for his photos! Noticed your desktop books etc. Here's my computer good luck charm.

Thank you Tana! Yoda is one of my favorite's! My computerdesk :






I discovered 2 young rhinogobius in the rio 240 javamos, probably 2 to 3 weeks old:

Really nice tanks.

Matt

now thats one good looking tank, and some very good looking plecs in there

Glennie, any trouble with the shrimp getting sucked up into the filters. How did you prevent this happening.

Matt,Andy and Greg, thanks for the reactions!

Greg, i've to resque from time to time small,young shrimps who where sucked up in the internal filter systems of the tanks, i had an external filter, eheim 2213, and i found also living shrimps at the bottom of the filter. But only little young shrimps like the cherry and rainbow's are sucked up, the Japonica's(Amanoshrimp) are strong and big to be sucked.

Your tanks are fantastic and your fish pictures are excellent.

it's always a treat to see your tanks and fish. Love your computer desk as well. congrats on finding the babies.

arapaimag and andy, thanks!

Superb!!

love the gobies and that little H. formosa.. gotta love the US native fishes.

Graeme and nvcichlids, thanks for the kind reactions!

What types of gobies did you just post pics of? Are they South American? (I like the first one and the black and silvery one (what are they?))

your celestial pearl danios are amazing.... (drool) (they are that right? ) they are just as amazing as all your other fish. (bow)