windyzz Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Sorry for the bad quality of the picture.. The tank is a 40 gallon tank with length of 36 inch or around 90cm. Filtration are aquaclear 110, 70, and 20 The current inhabitants in the tank are: 2x betta fish 2x Bristlenose (one albino variant) 4x panda corydoras (one sick atm) 2x albino corydoras the plants are: anubias java fern and moss ambulia(still small) wisteria One unknown species sitting in the middle of the tank, just behind the small rock. getting more plants maybe about 3 crypts and some pygmy chainsword. I'm looking for a good centerpiece fish, maybe a few larger gourami (pearl gourami) or some medium-sized schooling fish (congo tetras, or maybe smaller rainbowfish). I was planning on angelfish or other dwarf cichlids, but being a cichlid they're kinda unpredictable i say. Any suggestions on other good looking fish for the tank or any other improvement to the tank? Leave out the background i'm working on it ! Thankx.. Oh and btw hello guys =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 That will look quite good once the plants fill out a bit. Not sure how the ambulia will go. I've never had success with it. Last time I tried it the new growth lost the featheriness and started to grow larger leaves. I thought it was just the parts closest to the lights but when I pruned it and planted the trimmings the lower leaves started to do that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 ught... dat doesn't sound so good >< ill see how it goes first.. maybe change it later if i dont like em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Could have been the quality of my lighting that did that. I might try again at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb46 Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Your tank looks lovely. Nice job! If you want to go with a gourami as your centrepiece be prepared to take your bettas out. I've had a gold gourami as a centrepiece in a 4' tank and she was queen of the tank - a great choice IMHO! (I wouldn't put more than one in a 3' tank.) With pearls in a 3' tank go with 1M:2F or just one. I personally wouldn't mix rainbowfish and gouramis/bettas - rainbowfish like current while gouramis and bettas prefer more still waters. Congos would look great - not sure if they are a nippy tetra though, and you might be running out of room for a decent-sized school? A large school of harlequin rasboras would look fantastic. Have you isolated your sick cory? Don't add any new fish until you are sure the tank is healthy again. Kylie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I may have to take the bettas out if necessary to an empty 10 gallon. Glek i guess i'll ditch the rainbowfish T___T I was initially thinking on either getting a gourami with small schooling OR school of rainbowfish OR larger schooling fish like congo. Oh and have anyone use seachem flourish before as a fert?? is it effective? Update: the panda cory died last night, he was in a hospital 5 gallon tank for about 1.5 weeks, and i think he got overdosed with meds. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 You could go with some dwarf rainbows if you like that sort of fish. Praecox and werneri are gorgeous little rainbows!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 ^ those praecox looked really awesome...... How many do u reckon i can keep in the tank? Im also in love with the pygmy rainbowfish http://www.aquagreen.com.au/plant_data/Mel...ia_pygmaea.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hmm what do you guys think of my lighting? I have 3 x 13Watt fluorescent desk lamp, so its almost 1watt per gallon. I know its considered low, but i want to keep the cost factor as low as possible. Any good plant suggestion other than cryptocorynes?? Im gonna have to add gravel as well today >_<" thankx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 The watt per gallon rule refers to T8 fluoros I think. If those are compact fluoros then 1 watt/gallon might be ok to grow quite a range of plants. Apart from crypts you can try java fern (I like the crested variety, Windelov), chain swords might be ok, and there's a heap of stem plants you can try like hygrophila polysperma, ludwigia, mayaca, pennywort. Make sure your gravel is about 3-5 mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 I thought some of the crypt species can adapt to low-lighting, I think it was the wenditii. Im not sure though, but the price tag in my lfs is 8 bucks per potted crypt and it looked like its almost dead... so i guess a nono for crypt. Thx for the suggestion , im gonna be doing more research on those plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Most crypts won't need much light. They also go into a leaf melt stage when they're moved, transplanted or just suddenly for no apparent reason. But they do come back bigger and better. That said, I wouldn't buy a crypt that had no leaves. I can get potted crypts for you for $6. And most of the common plants as well. PM if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Yeah.. I heard bad stories about them.. I'll probably add all the plants, and aquascape it properly before i add the crypts. Thx Michael, ill keep note on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Your tank is looking great so far windyzz, well done ! Thanks for your comment you left in my post also :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 ^ thankx.. fighting ick outbreak at the moment T__T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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