New 60l tank

@Gert Combrink - Jy is welkom om te kom loer - dit lyk 10 keer beter as jy dit sien

Dankie Razer2007

 

Those neon terta's always make a tank look vibrant, Very nice aquarium

 

Thanks - those are actually Cardinals - I prefer them to Neons simply since they are more active. Btw this is the tank that has the HOB filter as well as the extra pump that I added for more waterflow.

 

Oops and thats how I learn :smile1: Oh ok I see now, Thats great !

 

Slightly clearer image. Purigen is being added this evening.

 

WOW!!! This is looking good @Wyvren

What plant is the one right in front (The grassy one)?

 

Its stargrass, I decided to use that rather, needs to be trimmed again now soon, but it grows beautifully and it creates a lovely look.

 

It looks amazing, Angie!

 

Thanks Danelle! Im loving this tank at the moment.

 

WOW looks amazing!

 

Ok so first major drama has struck

Tank has sprung a small leak in one of the corners - leaked about 500ml of water during the day. I got home saw the mess, and immediately cleaned out my grow out tank (just plants in it) and transfered the water from the running tank over to that. Added the heater and the HOB - the HOB didnt want to run so took about 15mins of fiddling with it to get that working (for some reason when I unplug mine it hates to start up again.) The canister filter is in the tank but nor running. Added the wood and the plants on the wood - my needle leaf fern and bolbitus - to the tank as well. The bonus of that was my ancistrus was on the wood and got a free ride over to the emergency tank that way - he did not release the wood until he was in the other tank- which was when we noticed he hitched a ride !

The male fighter and cardinals where caught and transfered over as well. Plants are in bags in a tub - we use the tubs to mince meat in hence the plants in the bags in the tub to keep the plants clean. Now I am busy siphoning the last of the water off and then the tank will go outside for the gravel to dry out tomorrow - easier to remove it when its dry. I know I will have to rinse the gravel since I will be loosing a lot of the good bacteria in the gravel due to this so my tank will hit a mini cycle once its up and running again.

 

Ok so it seems that its not the tank that is leaking but my HOB somehow. Will play with it tomorrow to see if I can find where the leak is and plug it if possible.

 

weird that the HOB leaks never hread of that happening

 

Yea Ryno I have no idea - its not leaking when the hob is off tho, so will test it tomorrow. The tank is definitely not leaking!

 

Awesome, awesome, awesome. Very good mix of colors and I like that your hardware in the tank is not visible with the plants covering it. Nice wood also.

 

Hehehe @SloMo.00.

At the moment it is currently sitting empty due to the panic of finding the leak SO its a rescape this weekend

 

Congrats on it not being your tank! Hope you get your problem sorted soon.

 

all the best with sorting the leak but it was looking stunning