[tricken]

here is my 45p
filter is a ac30 hob
sub straight is ada amozina
light is a 65 daylight cfl in a flower bucket hung about the tank 38 par at sub straight 100 par at water line
water is ro water with seacrum equilibrium to add some gh back
planting is
-vals
reg
leprod
-sunset
rotala red
ricca- most removed
added peacock moss
and some other plants

stocking is red cherry shrimp (Very happy and breading)
2 nerite snail
pest snails
amono shrimp
tiger shrimp
a blue shrimp
and a few others
and 2 small sword tails to eat the algee that i had
1 dwarfed clown pleco
feb 25th

march 13

7/10/2014 update

 

[BulletToothBoris]

nice

 

[ConfidentBlue]

Beautiful. I'm getting my 45p today and doing a low-med light moss set up but thinking I'll add some stems like yours.


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[tricken]

the stems add some height to the back ground sad part is i kinda want to rescape it again

 

[Crazy4discus]

Very nice low tech setup!

 

[tricken]

so i moved the heater in to the back of my aqua clear 30 tight squeeze but it fits and now the tank is so much cleaner

 

[tricken]

as of 4-10-2014

 

[tricken]

as of 6-11-2014 shot with my cell after a trim of vals and wasteria and ricca thin down

 

[horsedude]

looks very lush!

good luck...

 

[tricken]

good luck? huh
tank is now 8 mons old and going great i do 1/8 water changes once every 2 mons and filter cleaning feed every 3 days and trim it back about every 2 mons. water top off every few days and that is it.

I wanted a slow low growing tank for shrimp to thrive in, and boy do they do.

 

[Down_Shift]

damn that flower bucket is a goood idea!

I am setting up a similar tank as an experiment but minus a scape. low tech very basic tank to see if it helps shrimp thrive

 

[tricken]

7/10/2014 update

tank is doing very very well, i swapped out the sword tail for a smaller one with more blue fire color.

 

[talontsiawd]

Wow, I really am liking this tank. Looks fairly similar to what I want to do wth my 60P.

 

[tricken]

thanks i am enjoying it, i feel like a mini forest garden that is just let run wild.
dont mind the sun shade back drop we view our tanks from both sides as this sits near a pony wall to the other room.
the lack of maintenance and easy of upkeep is what i really like. heck i don't even scrub the inside glass, i let the clean up crew do all the work.

 

[AutumnSun]

Great tank; I love the jungle-y look of it!

 

[tricken]

i think it needs a trim