16 Gallon Bowfront low tech

xev11 · 02-20-2011, 03:01 AM

Time to start officially logging my progress.

Equipment:
16G tank
15W florescent lights
Aquaclear 200 HOB filter
Eco-complete & some old colored gravel

Livestock:
1 oto
6 guppies
1 apisto caca
2 celebes rainbows
4 espei rasboras
3 CPD
3 Parosphromenus Anjunganensis
5 ghost shrimp
1 amano
hundreds of mts
tons of ramhorm snails

May be a bit too much fish but its stable and they seem happy

Flora:
Amazon Sword
Bacopa
Stargrass
Subwassertang
Crypts
Rotala
Dwarf Sagittaria
Amazon Frogbit

chiefroastbeef · 02-20-2011, 03:34 AM

Your fish stock seems fine if the filter can keep up. I'd do something about them snails though!

xev11 · 12-19-2011, 12:23 AM

Update:

Tons of new guppies

xev11 · 03-05-2012, 04:59 AM

Update to livestock:
1 Poecilia chica
2 oto
2-3 Parosphromenus Anjunganensis (0)
3 gold white clouds (1)
3 espei rasbora (2)
2 CPD Galaxy Rasbora (1)
3 cory habroasus (1)
3-5? cory pygmy
2 chili rasbora (1)
countless guppies (like 30+)
2 ember tetra
6 borarah micro
1 Heterandria formosa
1 albino bristlenose pleco

xev11 · 04-18-2012, 08:50 PM

Added crypt parva, blyxa japonica
~~MYRIOPHYLLUM PROPINQUUM~~ died
MYRIOPHYLLUM MATTOGROSSENSE

no more duckweed (hopefully)
no more frogbit
added dwarf water lettuce

xev11 · 02-04-2013, 01:45 AM

Got more plants, have yet to actually plant them
Ludwigia arcuata

Baby Tears
Anubias Coffeefolia
Crypt Wendtii X Hybrid
Crypt Willissi
Crypt Petchii
Crypt Lucens

Terrible tank shot:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pg4yi1ou8...2016.18.04.jpg

xev11 · 04-23-2013, 01:20 AM

A little update

Some of the crypts melted but the c. lucens seems to be doing ok. They can be seen as the group on the mid-right.

Got Ludwigia Palustris, Lindernia rotundifolia, Rotala Gia Lai from very generous member Cprash.

I need help on where to plant all the stems.

02-20-2011, 03:01 AM	#1
xev11 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 308	16 Gallon Bowfront low tech Time to start officially logging my progress. Equipment: 16G tank 15W florescent lights Aquaclear 200 HOB filter Eco-complete & some old colored gravel Livestock: 1 oto 6 guppies 1 apisto caca 2 celebes rainbows 4 espei rasboras 3 CPD 3 Parosphromenus Anjunganensis 5 ghost shrimp 1 amano hundreds of mts tons of ramhorm snails May be a bit too much fish but its stable and they seem happy Flora: Amazon Sword Bacopa Stargrass Subwassertang Crypts Rotala Dwarf Sagittaria Amazon Frogbit Attached Thumbnails Last edited by xev11; 12-19-2011 at 12:07 AM..

03-05-2012, 04:59 AM	#4
xev11 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 308	Update to livestock: 1 Poecilia chica 2 oto 2-3 Parosphromenus Anjunganensis (0) 3 gold white clouds (1) 3 espei rasbora (2) 2 CPD Galaxy Rasbora (1) 3 cory habroasus (1) 3-5? cory pygmy 2 chili rasbora (1) countless guppies (like 30+) 2 ember tetra 6 borarah micro 1 Heterandria formosa 1 albino bristlenose pleco Last edited by xev11; 01-24-2013 at 04:11 AM.. Reason: update

04-18-2012, 08:50 PM	#5
xev11 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 308	Added crypt parva, blyxa japonica ~~MYRIOPHYLLUM PROPINQUUM~~ died MYRIOPHYLLUM MATTOGROSSENSE no more duckweed (hopefully) no more frogbit added dwarf water lettuce Last edited by xev11; 12-18-2012 at 07:46 AM.. Reason: update

04-23-2013, 01:20 AM	#7
xev11 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 308	A little update Some of the crypts melted but the c. lucens seems to be doing ok. They can be seen as the group on the mid-right. Got Ludwigia Palustris, Lindernia rotundifolia, Rotala Gia Lai from very generous member Cprash. I need help on where to plant all the stems. __________________ Nikon Pimp #41

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02-20-2011, 03:34 AM	#2
chiefroastbeef Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Hong Kong/Dallas, TX Posts: 783	Your fish stock seems fine if the filter can keep up. I'd do something about them snails though!

12-19-2011, 12:23 AM	#3
xev11 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 308	Update: Tons of new guppies

02-04-2013, 01:45 AM	#6
xev11 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 308	Got more plants, have yet to actually plant them Ludwigia arcuata Baby Tears Anubias Coffeefolia Crypt Wendtii X Hybrid Crypt Willissi Crypt Petchii Crypt Lucens Terrible tank shot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pg4yi1ou8...2016.18.04.jpg