well i figured with the rescape of my 29g it was time for a new updated thread also! so heres my new scape i call forest of angels. ive always wanted to do a more natural looking tank and based this off of angel fishes natural habitat and companions! ive noticed a huge change in color with these guys since this change from the "jagged peaks" scape witch was all rock to this new one with only wood. took for ever to plant having to move around all the logs but in the end im ahppy with this start and cant wait till everything grows in nice and thick! i wana get a small model house to put in the open sand spot so its its like a small new world! we will see what i find anyways pictures!
i acutaly got the branches strait out of my back yard! i soaked them for about 4 days in super hot wwater until the water came out clear then put them in the tank as far as tanins what u see in the pics is the amount after about a week or so of these branches being in the tank so its not bad at all and the angels love it!
Gorgeous! I wanted to do something like this at one time but never got around to it. I find it really interesting also that the colors have improved on the angels.
yea its quite cool the angels reaction. because were they come from theres a huge amount of tannins in the water so this is more like their natural habitat
my goal in the end is to have a pair of angels ive been raising this bunch of 6 from very small and hopefully ill get a pair out of them! so they've got a couple more months before they get too big for the tank
I don't know which scape I like better, but they are both amazing looking! Where did you get the wood? If I were you I would add some fish like green neons for contrast. Keep up the good work.
thanks! yea ive though about adding something bright like neons or cardinals to this tank would def brighten up the scape quite a bit thanks for the suggestion
Gorgeous! I wanted to do something like this at one time but never got around to it. I find it really interesting also that the colors have improved on the angels.
I don't know which scape I like better, but they are both amazing looking! Where did you get the wood? If I were you I would add some fish like green neons for contrast. Keep up the good work.
today or tommarrow i hope to intorduce some Co2 into this tank to get some growth going! idk that im going to keep this tank on c02 the whole time, but for now to get things rolling!
def going to invest in a 5 or 10lb co2 tank in the future to run to all my tanks!
so i got sick of my last scape with wood really quick it was cool for a little while but not quite what i was looking for. i just recently 2 weeks ago now red did it for a third time! this time around i like it much much better. my plan for this scape was to primarily hold a couple small discus witch should be coming in the near future. i was lucky to stumble upon a large bush in a local stream and cut off a couple of the fuller branches to use for the hardscape. hope u guys enjoy!
I could be wrong but I think the intention is to only keep them there for a while as juveniles. if I'm wrong then you should really consider a larger tank.
to everyone im fully aware that this tank would not be nearly big enough for full grown or even half grown discus. they require a tank double the size if not larger for this. but like i mentioned originally im starting with juvies and when they become large enough i will then move them to a larger tank or sell them to a friend who is interested in larger ones. thank you tho for everyone's concern always appreciated!
im kind of leaning towards going back to a group of juvie angels now that i have a good flow in the tank again im finding more and more that i lack the time needed to maintain a group of healthy discus cause of school and work :/ tho angels rnt nearly as nice as discus they r still great amazonian fish species!
I could be wrong but I think the intention is to only keep them there for a while as juveniles. if I'm wrong then you should really consider a larger tank.
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