37g Discus, planted, harscaped "Appalachian Allure"

[ADA]

wow.. it's looking incredible.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by ADA

wow.. it's looking incredible.

Thanks friend. It's starting to look better. Also, I should have the snails tomorrow so I will for sure let you know and send some pics when they do.

I got my RKL all hooked up. It was a pita getting the power strip mounted because I only had hex flat head screws. But it's done now and I can tell you that if you spent retail on one ($110-120) it's 100% worth it. The system has a feel that is easily 5x more substantial than the coralife timer centers ( which I blew through 2 and both had some weird timer power issue). I don't understand how to set the timers yet but that will be taken care of shortly hopefully.

[bsmith]

Here are the remainder if the tank pics and I will follow up with the RKL.

[ADA]

Hmm.. sounds good. I actually don't use a timer at all, which is probably REALLY bad..? I just turn it on when I get up in the morning and turn off at night.

Are you gonna post pics of your new setup? I wanna see!

Pretty excited about seeing the Nerites. The seller's pic looked really good. You can email them to me if you like? Thanks again!

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by ADA

Hmm.. sounds good. I actually don't use a timer at all, which is probably REALLY bad..? I just turn it on when I get up in the morning and turn off at night.

Are you gonna post pics of your new setup? I wanna see!

Pretty excited about seeing the Nerites. The seller's pic looked really good. You can email them to me if you like? Thanks again!

You just got ninja'd brother!

[bsmith]

Now to the other mess, the one under the tank.

I was actually pretty proud of myself when I completed this dangerous looking jumble of wires around christmas. What was I smoking?>




A little better...

[bsmith]

At least I have all the old stuff out. Now just time for some organization. Maybe Sunday or tomorrow night.

[bsmith]

So it's about 1:20 here and this is what I have to put away. Help me if my wife finds it tomorrow morning!

[ADA]

lol!

You rawk.

That ninja thing is awesome. It looks like Karate Kid.

Get to work! you're gonna be in trouble. haha

[Hyzer]

Looking good! I particularly like the color of the cluster on the right.

It must be nice to have all that height for stem plants.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by Hyzer

Looking good! I particularly like the color of the cluster on the right.

It must be nice to have all that height for stem plants.

This is the irony that I love so much. I am jealous of your floor space and you are intrigued by the height that I posses. It is a blessing and a curse. It is nice to be able to grow some height but unless you have a lot of light until the plants get a bit taller they can suffer from lack of light and become deformed and ugly. So its a balancing act.

[Hyzer]

Originally Posted by bsmith

This is the irony that I love so much. I am jealous of your floor space and you are intrigued by the height that I posses. It is a blessing and a curse. It is nice to be able to grow some height but unless you have a lot of light until the plants get a bit taller they can suffer from lack of light and become deformed and ugly. So its a balancing act.

Definitely a grass is always greener type of deal. Putting ten inches of substrate in my 40 like a nub doesn't help anything either. My next tank will probably have both width and height, like a 75 or 90, but that is a whole 'nother beast.

[mrchach]

where are the discus?

[bsmith]

They are predator discus, they have good camo.

[kokomon]

Love the Fish