Low Tech Tank Show-and-Tell (low tech can be lush, too! =)

driftwoodhunter · 02-05-2013, 02:46 AM

I must say, I really love that sword in the tank - a great focal point!

Mattymo92 · 02-07-2013, 03:24 AM

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Front

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Left

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My less dominant male

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My dominant male, he just looked really pretty that morning before turning the lights on

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Dominant male bolivian with the two females in the background on the left. The female in front is paired up with this male

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The Pair

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My Golden ram hiding under the banana plant.

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2 of the female Endlers and one of the males doing his mating shimmy dance in front of them (tirelessly ALL DAY LONG lol)

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My Sterbai Cory and one of my Otos on the Amazon sword

This is my first planted tank that I started after I got this tank for christmas!

It is a 25 Gallon High

Substrate: 3 inch layer of a mixture of black flourite sand, caribsee black floramax, and a light dusting of peat moss all mixed together. This is all capped with a .5"-1" layer of caribsea white sand ( silica sand I think).

Filter: Aqueon QuietFlow 30 with surface skimmer added.

Heater: Aqueon 100 watt heater

Lighting: 2 Aqueon duel t5NO fixtures each with one 14 watt colormax bulb and one 14 watt 6700k daylight bulb... So a total of 4 bulbs at 14 watts each

Ferts: Flourish tabs and API root tabs, Flourish comprehensive, Flourish Iron, Flourish Potassium, API CO2 booster ( all dosed as recommended)

Flora:
Anacharis
Corkscrew vals
lobelia Cardinalis
ludwigia repens
amazon sword
green tiger lotus
dwarf hair grass
melon sword
anubias nana
java fern
java moss
crypt lucens
moneywort
Banana plant
and one tiny bit still left of a failed attempt at HC

Fauna: ( I know, I know its a little over stocked... I was excited lol oops)
4 Bolivian rams (2 male, 2 female, one breeding pair out of the 4)
1 Golden ram (1 male, the female did not make it)
1 Sterbai cory
1 Julii cory
6 Endler's livebearers (3 female pure strain, 2 male pure, 1 male "cobra" hybrid)
2 Otos
1 Ivory mystery snail
3 Amano shrimp

Let me know what you all think!

- Matt M.

Chaos_Being · 02-13-2013, 12:18 AM

An updated pic of my jungle...still chugging along, 2 years, 8 months later.

driftwoodhunter · 02-13-2013, 02:49 AM

That is gorgeous!

hisxlency · 02-13-2013, 01:08 PM

How do you keep the tank algae clear in a low tech environment?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos_Being

An updated pic of my jungle...still chugging along, 2 years, 8 months later.

prp427 · 02-13-2013, 08:45 PM

Here is my 55 gallon.

tomfromstlouis · 02-13-2013, 09:02 PM

prp427: I suspect you of having a beautiful tank but really want to see a better picture. Turn off all room lights at night and take a flashless picture straight on. Crop out the glaring lights from the tank. Let us see it!

prp427 · 02-13-2013, 09:14 PM

My bad, lol. I'll make more of an effort and post some detail shots soon. Thanks for the compliment.

Dave-H · 02-13-2013, 09:32 PM

My low-tech, low-light, low maintenance 54g tank just gets better and better. I keep trying to increase the level of balance in the tank by slowly adjusting feeding, etc. and trying to have any many species ( snails, shrimp, plants, worms, fish) as I can reasonably have so that the diversity helps keep the balance.

So far, so good. I am going w/c and maintenance once per month and everything is healthy and nice!

lauraleellbp · 02-14-2013, 06:39 AM

I love this thread. Always makes me

Darth Toro · 02-14-2013, 12:47 PM

It really is a great thread! Always a treat to look at.

Cinbos · 02-15-2013, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prp427

Here is my 55 gallon.

Would really like to see other pics. Looks like a great looking tank!

ChadRamsey · 02-15-2013, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leeteekyung

i love rhizome plants, easy to rescape

this is an AMAZING tank.

PLEASE, give me some details.

Saxtonhill · 02-16-2013, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChadRamsey

this is an AMAZING tank.

PLEASE, give me some details.

Wow that is a beautiful tank!

Sharpchick · 02-17-2013, 03:25 PM

Start up on my 20 gallon long - the tank is 6 weeks old. I'll eventually replace some of the stems, but for now, the tetras and rasboras love them.

20 gallon long
a gazillion bunches anacharis
2 bunches cabomba caroliniana
1 bunch giant hyro
2 cryptocoryne wendtii
cholla wrapped with marimo moss
1 African water fern
2 bunches water wysteria
floating pennywort and anacharis

10 harlequin rasboras
6 neon tetras

I'll eventually add 6 kuhli loaches but want to let the tank mature a bit.

Have had no measurable ammonia, nitrites or nitrates yet. I dose Flourish at each bi-weekly water change. The crypts get a root tab every four weeks.

02-05-2013, 02:46 AM	#946
driftwoodhunter Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Christiansburg, Va Posts: 2,758	I must say, I really love that sword in the tank - a great focal point! __________________ *The Fraternity of Dirt # 7* **- Daughter of the Dirt - Canon Club #018 Twin 29g Dirt Tanks on an Iron Stand - DIY 3D Backgrounds http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...stand-pic.html The Behemoth - 125 dirt tank** http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=199772

02-07-2013, 03:24 AM	#947
Mattymo92 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 52	Front Left Right My less dominant male My dominant male, he just looked really pretty that morning before turning the lights on Dominant male bolivian with the two females in the background on the left. The female in front is paired up with this male The Pair My Golden ram hiding under the banana plant. 2 of the female Endlers and one of the males doing his mating shimmy dance in front of them (tirelessly ALL DAY LONG lol) My Sterbai Cory and one of my Otos on the Amazon sword This is my first planted tank that I started after I got this tank for christmas! It is a 25 Gallon High Substrate: 3 inch layer of a mixture of black flourite sand, caribsee black floramax, and a light dusting of peat moss all mixed together. This is all capped with a .5"-1" layer of caribsea white sand ( silica sand I think). Filter: Aqueon QuietFlow 30 with surface skimmer added. Heater: Aqueon 100 watt heater Lighting: 2 Aqueon duel t5NO fixtures each with one 14 watt colormax bulb and one 14 watt 6700k daylight bulb... So a total of 4 bulbs at 14 watts each Ferts: Flourish tabs and API root tabs, Flourish comprehensive, Flourish Iron, Flourish Potassium, API CO2 booster ( all dosed as recommended) Flora: Anacharis Corkscrew vals lobelia Cardinalis ludwigia repens amazon sword green tiger lotus dwarf hair grass melon sword anubias nana java fern java moss crypt lucens moneywort Banana plant and one tiny bit still left of a failed attempt at HC Fauna: ( I know, I know its a little over stocked... I was excited lol oops) 4 Bolivian rams (2 male, 2 female, one breeding pair out of the 4) 1 Golden ram (1 male, the female did not make it) 1 Sterbai cory 1 Julii cory 6 Endler's livebearers (3 female pure strain, 2 male pure, 1 male "cobra" hybrid) 2 Otos 1 Ivory mystery snail 3 Amano shrimp Let me know what you all think! - Matt M.

02-13-2013, 12:18 AM	#948
Chaos_Being Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eldersburg, MD Posts: 436	An updated pic of my jungle...still chugging along, 2 years, 8 months later. __________________ 55 Gallon Rainbowfish Haven: Welcome to the Jungle - over 2.5 years old! *(new pics 3-20-13)* SunSun Pimp #21

02-13-2013, 02:49 AM	#949
driftwoodhunter Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Christiansburg, Va Posts: 2,758	That is gorgeous! __________________ *The Fraternity of Dirt # 7* **- Daughter of the Dirt - Canon Club #018 Twin 29g Dirt Tanks on an Iron Stand - DIY 3D Backgrounds http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...stand-pic.html The Behemoth - 125 dirt tank** http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=199772

02-13-2013, 08:45 PM	#951
prp427 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 17	55 gallon Here is my 55 gallon.

02-13-2013, 09:02 PM	#952
tomfromstlouis Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (13/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Saint Louis Posts: 452	prp427: I suspect you of having a beautiful tank but really want to see a better picture. Turn off all room lights at night and take a flashless picture straight on. Crop out the glaring lights from the tank. Let us see it! __________________ RAOK Club #76 220g altum, 75g high tech, 6g shrimp: one office, three tanks http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=183658

02-13-2013, 09:14 PM	#953
prp427 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 17	My bad, lol. I'll make more of an effort and post some detail shots soon. Thanks for the compliment.

02-13-2013, 09:32 PM	#954
Dave-H Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Denver, CO & Phang-Nga, Thailand Posts: 2,346	My low-tech, low-light, low maintenance 54g tank just gets better and better. I keep trying to increase the level of balance in the tank by slowly adjusting feeding, etc. and trying to have any many species ( snails, shrimp, plants, worms, fish) as I can reasonably have so that the diversity helps keep the balance. So far, so good. I am going w/c and maintenance once per month and everything is healthy and nice! __________________ "The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods." — Socrates

02-14-2013, 06:39 AM	#955
lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (69/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 22,486	I love this thread. Always makes me __________________ Geckos galore: Geckos in Tails, and follow Geckos in Tails on Facebook 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank, 46 gal Betta simplex community, 90 gal Low Tech Community, Amazon Fishing; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin

02-14-2013, 12:47 PM	#956
Darth Toro Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hicksville, NY Posts: 209	It really is a great thread! Always a treat to look at. __________________ Nikon Pimp #081

02-17-2013, 03:25 PM	#960
Sharpchick Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Mabelvale AR Posts: 185	Start up on my 20 gallon long - the tank is 6 weeks old. I'll eventually replace some of the stems, but for now, the tetras and rasboras love them. 20 gallon long a gazillion bunches anacharis 2 bunches cabomba caroliniana 1 bunch giant hyro 2 cryptocoryne wendtii cholla wrapped with marimo moss 1 African water fern 2 bunches water wysteria floating pennywort and anacharis 10 harlequin rasboras 6 neon tetras I'll eventually add 6 kuhli loaches but want to let the tank mature a bit. Have had no measurable ammonia, nitrites or nitrates yet. I dose Flourish at each bi-weekly water change. The crypts get a root tab every four weeks.

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