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My main (35g) tank.

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#1 ·
Finally got myself a digital camera and memory card so went a bit "snap-happy" tonight with my main tank. Hope you like the photos. God-know you've waited long enough for them, LOL!

Rebus the plec, and Cher the syno in the background:



Madonna the syno who, for whatever reason, will not xome out of this skull until after dark:



Rebus the plec, a cory and a very unwell plant that I rescued (for free) from my lfs. I took quite a few dying plants (as you will see throughout) in the hope that I can rescue them:



Rebus again:



Another cory:



Another cory. I have only one of this species of cory and I'm not entirely sure which species it is. Maybe coryologist will notice this and be able to tell me?



Siobhan, the other plec, Anna the Blind Cave Tetra and a cory in the bacdkground:





Rebus again (he seems to like having his photo taken, the unidentified cory (I call him Mario) and a little bit of one of my peppered cories:



Anna enquiring why Madonna never comes out her skull until after nightfall, and the camera flash:




That's it for just now. Thanks for looking! :D
 
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Thanks Kate - I really appreciate that!

I've had it planted for about 2 months now so not very long but I took a lot out recently and replaced them. I was just experimenting with loads of different plants, with pretty mcuh one of everything to see what I liked, and what I didn't and then I removed some that I didn't like so much.

Some of the plants are really healthy and seem to be doing really well but like I said in one of the comments, I rescued a few plants from my lfs who gave me them for free because they were dying so I'm trying to bring them on again a bit.

Tried to get full tank shots but I'm not doing very well - this camera is still quite a novelty, LOL, I'll make it tonight's mission to get a decent full tank shot.

Managed to get decent pics of my 2 synos:

Madonna:



Cher:

 
#6 ·
Daz said:
Looks real nice Julie :D Just needs a RT or Snakehead in there :wink:
Thanks Daz!

I actually saw snakeheads in a lfs recently and half-considered buying one but I'm worried about how they would get on with the rest of my fish. Do you think it would be alright with them?

I'd love a Red-Tailed Shark (I assume that's what you meant by RT?) but they seem to be really agressive with bottom dwellers, and that's what my tank is mainly made up of.
 
#8 ·
Julie said:
Daz said:
Looks real nice Julie :D Just needs a RT or Snakehead in there :wink:
Thanks Daz!

I actually saw snakeheads in a lfs recently and half-considered buying one but I'm worried about how they would get on with the rest of my fish. Do you think it would be alright with them?

I'd love a Red-Tailed Shark (I assume that's what you meant by RT?) but they seem to be really agressive with bottom dwellers, and that's what my tank is mainly made up of.
Do not take any of my advice there Julie, just having a giggle :wink: Stick with what you got Miss, Looks cool as it is.
 
#11 ·
GW said:
Very Peaceful looking Tank :wink:
Your Pic's are Great too 8)
Thanks! It is a peaceful tank with the exception of Cher the syno who won't let anyone in her wee cave that you see her in one of the photos. Rebus also chases Siobhan away from any courgettes or cucumbers I put in for them so I have to put in 2, where you can't see one from another so they can have one each. :)
 
#12 ·
Julie owes us a lot of pics.:lol: Excellent pics.8)
 
#16 ·
xingumike said:
looking good Julie, whats the footprint of the tank?

the unknown cory reminds me of the elegans group, i had some C41 that looked quite similar but plecos are my field so thats a bit of a stab in the dark lol
Thanks! It's 18" high, 32" long and 16" wide I think! If not then give or take a few inches somewhere.

Thanks for the ID on the cory - I got your reply in the other post as well.


nice pictures!i did the same thing with the free plants and mine were barely dead!
It seemed like a good idea. Hopefully I can bring them on a bit and of not then I haven't lost anything anyway. :)


Thanks for all the kind comments everyone!
 
#18 ·
Mr.Todd said:
Can I just say I think this tank looks great, but, I think not having a background adds to the tank allot. The textured wall behind it is really cool IMHO... :)
LOL! Well, thanks I guess althoguh I despise the artex walls! Looks alright at the back of the tank but on the rest of the house = yuck! When the plants grow some more then you won't be able to see it as much I don't think which will hopefully cover the plug socket, LOL, and then I'll be happy.

Thanks! :)
 
#19 ·
Got some more plants in today (Some hornwort from daisycutter - recommended).

Anyway took some more photos with the extra plants in:


Full tank shot:



Quite like the bunch of plants in this corner:



Hannibal my betta, who was camera shy yesterday, and Madonna out of her skull for a rare photo oppertuinity peeking out from under the cave:




Water's still a bit "bitty" with bits of plant as this was only a few minutes after I put them in. Should clear up in an hour or so with the filter. :)

Not sure if I like it with quite so many plants in it, but I'll give it a while and see how I feel about it - can always move some out into my other tank if I decide there's too many in it.
 
#24 ·
xingumike said:
the plants do look good imo as well. :)

will you re-home rebus and siobhan or upgrade?
No I'll upgrade. I'm wanting a big tank anyway so it's not liike it's "out of my way" to upgrade as I'd want a bigger tank in time anyway. As you can see they're still small so will be fine for a wee while yet. I plan on upgrading in about a years time when I've left uni and have a job and therefore money but I'll see how quickly they grow, and if need be then I will upgrade much sooner.

Thanks for the compliment about the plants. :)
 
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