46 Gallon Planted Journal(updated pics finally! 8/3 :)

[organic sideburns]

thanks OS, anyone else care to comment??

[organic sideburns]

for some reason my one harlequin rasbora (had 6 of them, 5 have died over the past 5 years) is constantly harassing my male guppy i just added. he keeps chasing the guppy around and taunting it but rarely does it nip at it. the rasbora has never been aggressive in the past but now it hates my new guppy. i might give my rasbora to a lfs.

also, does anyone wanna comment on my tank? everyone elses tank journals get tons of comments but no one says anything about mine. its quite disheartening. new pics are on page 10 at the bottom...

[organic sideburns]

BUMP...

another FTS, my manzanita branches are soaking right now, how should i arrange them once they are done leaching tannins??:



any suggestions? please leave a comment no one ever does.

[organic sideburns]

bump

ill keep on bumping till someone replies. everyone elses journals get replies, and lengthy conversations, but i get nothing. its weird..

anyways, i added the wood to my tank 2 days ago, im going to take pictures tonight and post them.

[Chrisinator]

Cool tank! Kinda blurry..

[organic sideburns]

ya i think thats y im not getting any replies. i suck at taking pics, i have a 7.1 mega pixel cool pix 7600 camera yet i take crappy blurry pics. im going to set up a makeshift tripod tonight and put the camera on a self timer, hopefully thatll make it less blurry. ill try diff settings on my camera as well. thanks for the comment, even tho it was 4 words! i wish complexity would come in here hehe

[danakin]

Originally Posted by organic sideburns

Quite a difference huh? The tank is looking so much better now.

Don't worry about folks not commenting. I don't get too many comments on my journal (though it hasnt been updated in a while) but that's fine.

Heck, you just need "ADA" in your thread title and folks will flock to it :-P

[organic sideburns]

haha yea that is a big difference! the tank has gone through 4 or 5 aquascapes since I set it up!

and your right all the threads with ada tanks are so popular! I just enjoy reading what other ppl think about my tank. its in my room so not many ppl see it or comment on it.

[sewingalot]

That wood shrimp looks like he is surfing. Too cute. Your tank is looking very nice. I have a suggestion about the rock on the right side. It kind of looks like it is squashing the plants and is kind of out of place by itself. Maybe moving it next to the other rock on the left would look better? Of course; I am hardscaped challenged, so feel free to ignore what I just suggested.

Your guppy's fins may look like food to your other fish. I have a fancy guppy that is always swimming away from someone trying to take a bite out of him. Even with the pacman tail, he still holds his own and has fathered most of the guppies in the tank.

Wow, great member to give you so much! There are some really pretty plants in there. You are going to love the manzanita wood. I have some in my work tank and the colors are amazing. The older it gets, the better it looks. Like Sean Connery.

You'll get more comments in a while. Once people get used to seeing your name on the forum. I think we are kind of shy at first. Plus, the shameless plugs you throw in other peoples journals (see guppy comment above) helps get traffic over to your own journal.

[gabriella]

I really like your plants, especially the ones on the left side. The middle-to-right part looks a bit faded to me but it may be because of the camera. I can't tell. Once you added the manzanita wood, please post some pics. I'm about to buy a package too and currently looking for great ideas on how to arrange it in a tank. I think those very green plants on the left side would look amazing with the wood! Good luck and keep us posted!

[organic sideburns]

Originally Posted by sewingalot

It kind of looks like it is squashing the plants and is kind of out of place by itself. Maybe moving it next to the other rock on the left would look better?

You'll get more comments in a while. Once people get used to seeing your name on the forum. I think we are kind of shy at first. Plus, the shameless plugs you throw in other peoples journals (see guppy comment above) helps get traffic over to your own journal.

there are 4 or 5 zebra rocks in the tank, tho 3 are hidden. i like the idea of moving the rock on the right over to the left. i think ill move it infront of the one rock on the left.

also, thats true i do need to become more active on these forums. i joined like 4 years ago but ive been gone for 2 years hehe.

Originally Posted by gabriella

I really like your plants, especially the ones on the left side. The middle-to-right part looks a bit faded to me but it may be because of the camera. I can't tell. Once you added the manzanita wood, please post some pics. I'm about to buy a package too and currently looking for great ideas on how to arrange it in a tank. I think those very green plants on the left side would look amazing with the wood! Good luck and keep us posted!

yea i love the left side as well. the narrow leave java ferns on the left are all attached to a piece of driftwood. i added the manzanita last night, ill take pics and post it tonight. i added wood to both sides of the tank. i like it, but i think im going to try and move all the wood to the left side. its just hard to fit all the branches over there cuz the wood that the ferns are attached to takes up a lot of room.

[sewingalot]

Oh yeah, now I see another rock in there! I like its placement. I look forward to seeing the updated pictures. What are your favorite plants in there? By the way you talk, I am thinking the ferns.

[gabriella]

yea i love the left side as well. the narrow leave java ferns on the left are all attached to a piece of driftwood. i added the manzanita last night, ill take pics and post it tonight. i added wood to both sides of the tank. i like it, but i think im going to try and move all the wood to the left side. its just hard to fit all the branches over there cuz the wood that the ferns are attached to takes up a lot of room.[/quote]

I've noticed those rocks too, you shouldn't waste them, they look nice. Here's a suggestion: if the driftwood that has the Java fern attached to it is too big, leave it as is on the left side. On the right, try arranging the manzanita like a bouquet of flower, you can tie them together at the bottom and bury it in the gravel. To help keep it in place, you can use a rock and place it in front of it. Add your plants in-between the branches(medium to tall ones), as well as around the rock (small ones). The other rocks may go in the middle of the tank, far back side, having very small plants around them.

[organic sideburns]

Originally Posted by sewingalot

Oh yeah, now I see another rock in there! I like its placement. I look forward to seeing the updated pictures. What are your favorite plants in there? By the way you talk, I am thinking the ferns.

my fav. plants in my tank have to be the narrow leave java ferns. they have been attached to a piece of driftwood for a few years and has never been touched. im beginning to pull it apart cuz its so full of ferns, some are not even attached to the wood.

Originally Posted by gabriella

I've noticed those rocks too, you shouldn't waste them, they look nice. Here's a suggestion: if the driftwood that has the Java fern attached to it is too big, leave it as is on the left side. On the right, try arranging the manzanita like a bouquet of flower, you can tie them together at the bottom and bury it in the gravel. To help keep it in place, you can use a rock and place it in front of it. Add your plants in-between the branches(medium to tall ones), as well as around the rock (small ones). The other rocks may go in the middle of the tank, far back side, having very small plants around them.

thats a great idea with the branches. i def want to tie them all together like that and add some rocks around it. great idea ill see what i can do!

[organic sideburns]

and here are the newest pics. i made a shapeshift tripod and it wasnt very level with the tank, so its kinda a birds eye view. still, i used the self timer and i the pic came out much better, for once. i also only took 1 pic, since my battery was low. now that i know how to take better pics, im going to try and make them perfect(spend more time taking pics, cleaning the tank b4hand, and spending more time editing the pic in photoshop hehe.)

heres the unedited pic:


and heres the pic after i added some sharpen, changed the contrast, and added a border.:


i added the wood randomly, and only used like half of the pieces. it was hard to find room for the wood in the substrate since the plants and rocks were already in there. what do yall think? how can i make it better? im waiting on some micro swords that will fill the foreground.