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My 29 gallon- New Valhalla

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#1 ·
kind of a side view


front view (looks kinda crappy)


my 29 gallon, it now has my 8 zebra danios (gold variety and normal) along with my Elegant cory. tommorow iam adding my J.D. then i will be adding my pleco when his fins heal up alittle more, probably another few days and he'll be good as new :D

i know it doesnt have a background, the one i painted on a piece of plywood will not stay put, as there is only about an 1/8th of an inch of space. so i am going to make another one. (not buying one since there expensive and none really look that great to me)

i also need to get some more plants, i'd like to get some real ones, but iam afraid of either my pleco or my J.D. eating em. ive gone with fake plants for a while, especially the glo plants.

but whats a good real plant that doesnt need c02 or fertilizer, plus low to mid lighting conditions?

leave some comments please.
 
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i think it would be a good idea to get a background on there. you should deffinately add some more plants, especially tall ones to fill in the space a bit. all of your decor is small and low to the ground. :? i think you could improve the tank a lot by adding some larger objects. :wink: i'm not a plant person (all mine are fake :( ) so i cant help you with picking out a live plant. i really like the color of your gravel.... 8) it so cool. i dont know how well live plants will do in that substrate but you might want to take plant advice from someone else. :lol: keep posting pics as you chnge things and add fish! :D
 
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yea as far as the background goes, i was thinking about taking some black poster board or something and cutting it to fit and taping or using some kind of removable glue to hold it on.

as soon as i get some cash in my pocket, iam buying some driftwood and add some more slate work into it. the fake plants i have in now (the pics i posted were from the other day) are from my 10 gallon, so i couldnt really have large plants for that.

the gravel was a mix of this i guess you could say "lake green" and black. everyone that has seen it loves it, tho my mom wanted me to get black and purple (i hate the color purple personally :evil: ).

i'll try to post some pictures tomorrow evening after laundry and grocery shopping.
 
#4 ·
i think it looks better with the "green" and black than it would with the purple and black. keep the pics coming! :wink:
 
#6 ·
cant wait to see more! :D
 
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i added a piece of black poster board (to the outside of course) and an old london bridge decoration i had in my 10 gallon tank. believe it or not it barely fit in a 10, barely any space for my pleco to hide or anything.
 
#8 ·
oh my god! :shock: it looks A LOT better already. :wink:
 
#9 ·
The backing has made a huge difference to the appearance of the tank. Looking much better!

Here's a suggestion - why not add some talls plants to the back for the tank - the fish would appreciate it and it would give them more of a feeling of security when swimming around the open space.
 
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kateyoup said:
The backing has made a huge difference to the appearance of the tank. Looking much better!

Here's a suggestion - why not add some talls plants to the back for the tank - the fish would appreciate it and it would give them more of a feeling of security when swimming around the open space.
thanx, i thought the background made it look a whole lot better, and the fish's attitudes have changed, they seem to be alot calmer!

soon i will be getting some more plants, probably some tall "glow" plants, there relatively inexpensive where i normally shop for decor.

i will post some more pics when i get the plants.
 
#11 ·
Looks a lot better already. Nice to see somebody else with a skull in their tank. Perhaps i won't be ridiculed wuite so now, LOL!

I think some tall plants too will look nice. Will you go for live or fake? Live are so much nicer IMHO and I've been lucky that they have been little to no work, but plastic will do the job if you prefer, and the fish will still enjoy the extra cover.[/list]
 
#12 ·
hay there
wow! what a change,it's looking great !!
how about some valls,some ludwigia,and cabomba.
they wouold look great in there.
 
#13 ·
i also think some tall plants would help a bit. cant wait to see what it looks like when you add more stuff.
 
#15 ·
what kind of fish do you have in there?
 
#16 ·
crazy4fish said:
what kind of fish do you have in there?
8 zebra danios- 4 gold and 4 the normal color
1 elegant cory (he needs friends i know)
i common pleco that iam gunna see about giving to a friend
and a Jack dempsey named "The Jackal" (one of my favorite Bruce willis's movies, he reminds me of how mean my dempsey can get if someone goes near an algea wafer that he munches on)
 
#18 ·
that maple is gorgous! great color. and i like the types of fish you have too. especially the cory! :wink: :D :) :lol:
 
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i got it from a family owned pet supply store, i imagine you can find it almost everywhere.

Aquarium Systems Fancy Plants- Japanese Maple Vine- is the name and brand. it cost me about $7.99 us. on bigals.com its cheaper (without shipping)
 
#21 ·
ive got an update on my tank, i think one of my zebra danios jumped ship (he was alittle bit bigger than my Dempsey's jaws), i cant find him anywhere, i took everything out and did a gravel cleaning, and he was nowhere to be found! if he did end up on the ground my cat might have ate him.... kinda disgusting but to a cat i guess its a treat :shock:

even tho he was $.79 he was a valued member of New Valhalla.

it is kind of my fault seen as i dont have a glass canopy covering my tank. next time i get some cash iam getting a piece of Plexiglas cut to fit.
 
#22 ·
i took this with the flash on, the black background turned white :p


also, a cave i made. iam gunna soak it in hot water for a couple days so the silicone smell will go out the rest of the way and whatever is in the slate will leach out. the cave is mainly for my cory and my pleco.

 
#23 ·
the tank looks a lot better with that plant in it! and i LOVE the cave. it is so cool.
 
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