Ulster Exile's Tanks And Fish
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Tank 1 – 215 (ish) litre – excuse the poor pic quality (and the flash) and the algae, and the ugly CO2 hose I need to move…
Leporacanthicus Heteradon (Golden Vampire)
Gold laser corydora (CW010)
Crossocheilus Siamensis (SAE)
Botia Striata (Zebra loach)
Nannostomous Beckfordi (golden pencilfish – female pictured I think)
The tank is also home to some neons/cardinals, a very shy L134 along with some amano and cherry shrimp.
Tank 2 – a 35 litre Elite, again, excuse the poor pics. This tank has only recently been set up.
Betta Splendens
Hyphessobrycon amandae (Ember Tetras)
Malaysian Trumpet Snails
Cherry Shrimp (female above, male below I think)
Wow! They are some genuinely excellent photos
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Thanks for sharing!
Cheers Dunc
Beautiful tanks and choice of fish mate. I love your Cryptocorynes
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The crypts are all C wendtii, but are not the greatest choice with the lighting I have. They are pretty much covered with Green Spot Algae, but when it gets too bad I regularly trim the leaves. The undersides of the leaves are a gorgeous pink though, which I like.
Tank 1 has 4 x 30W T8 whilst Tank 2 has 1 x 15W T8.
Tank 1 contains plain pea gravel with JBL The Seven Balls and Tetra Crypt tabs (in addition to the dry ferts I have just started to use). Tank 2 was set up with Eco-complete, but I’m waiting on CaribSea coming back to me on this, since my bag appears to be from a dodgy batch – does the job nutrient-wise, but isn’t uniformly black and contains some quite large bits in it.
I deliberated quite a bit over adding both the cherry shrimp and the tetras as I was concerned about their suitability. He was initially tried with a couple of shrimp, which he totally ignored so I tried him with the tetras (back up plan was in place
QUOTE(Matt @ Apr 4 2008, 05:51 PM) < {POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah I think H. amandae are one of the better choices to keep with a fighter too. Totally peaceful and not too vigorous at feeding time. Which species of dwarf sword is that at the front of the larger tank? I’ve never had any luck with those…Not echinodorus, it’s sagittaria subulata. I tried echinodorus tennellus and preferred its finer leaves and overall look (especially the pink tinge it develops) but it wasn’t robust enough to survive the attentions of the corys/loaches/SAE’s long enough to become rooted so it came out in favour of the sag. The sag does well enough, but again is slow enough of a grower to end up with a bit of algae if kept in higher light but not in the shade.
ETA: Thanks muchly Mike
Very bored earlier so time for a wee update to share my boredom…
The ludwigia is turning nice and red
However, I am struggling to keep up with the heteranthera zosterifolia – it grows pretty fast and is very unruly and messy looking. I imagine I’m supposed to trim it very frequently, but I’m not sure where to start!
Wow I love the changes you’ve made UE
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Yeah that looks excellent UE, top work. I really, really want to get a proper planted tank on the go but I’m as creative as a dead dog
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” border=”0″ alt=”wink.gif” /> ). I couldn’t recommend the tetras highly enough tbh. They sold themselves to me when I was buying some amanos in the tank next door and as the assistant was netting them, the tetras crowded over to that side of the glass for a gander, although it did take me a while to make the decision to go back and get them. They have an amazing amount of character and are fun to watch. The tetras are much too fast for the betta and both parties are uninterested in each other anyway.</p>
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