Tank is up and running again

Tank is up and running again. still a bit empty but its coming along nicely.
Thanks to gdt78 for some plants. I hope they grow well.

plants still need to grow and i want to add allot more.
I also want those stumps that almost look like a baobab tree.

I'm also going to add some exotic breeding pair of some sort but I need to do some research first.

Here is a pic but the lighting was a bit crappy.

 

Man that tank is looking awsum! Cant wait to see it develop some more with the plants and fish. really neat.

 

This tank is great
Where do you get the plants from? My lfs doesn't have a very wide variety.

Are you going to run a co2 system on the tank?

 

what substrate are you using?

 

Hey thanks. I got these from GDT78 on the forum and bought some from my LFS.
I'm also not running co2 but I'm thinking about it. If your looking for plants we have allot of forum members that import. Just ask around.

 

Its a volcanic black substrate I bought from a Forum member about 2 years ago. But i cant remember the name. I will look around and send you the link

 

Tank is looking awesome @Franna.

 

Artwork brilliant come do my tanks please

 

I just need allot more in the back. It looks so empty

 

Some of my previous tanks

 

Nice tank bru. I would love to have a planted tank and attempted it once or twice but don't have the green thumb though lol. Plants don't seem to want to grow nicely with me so I given up for now.
Hope to see more pics in the future of this tank in all it's forestry splendor

 

Added some more plants today. got them for really cheap. I only know the one (brown one) and I know its an easy plant .
I've also added Photos of all the plants for an ID please. I want to do some reading on them. Excuse the crappy pics. One of my lights exploded about 5 minutes before i wanted to take photos so its been taken on Iso 2000 so its a bit noisy. I really want to move over to strong LEDS


Paid 7 rand each ( I like them they shoot leaves up to the surface)


paid R5 each














both Please

 

Video of the tank now

http://youtu.be/jbmWCQ7HxUs

 

See no did the plant ID - yet....here goes:

Pic1: (of individual plants) Pixy lilly
Pic2: Aponogeton undulatus
Pic 3: Hygrophilla polysperma
Pic4: Ambulia
Pic 5: Not sure.Pic 6: Vallisneria
Pic 6: Ceratopteris
Pic7: Hornworth
Pic8: Hydrocotyle

 

jip got a little debate going on at apsa . I really need to start learning these names

 

@Franna where did you get the slate from?
I like the idea of the slate.

Thanks

 

good to see my old plants found a new home! lol

tank is looking very good!

 

@HeinrichvH I got it from a garden shop next to union traders in Lynnwoord road Pretoria east. I just cant remember the name right now (C & H something). They have Allot!!!! of rocks to choose from. I went for the slate Because its cheap and I'm poor. They have got red, black, brown, yellow, ect rocks there

 

Sjoe, that looks goooood, just realized my tank need some work :adore:

 

@Franna, please also PM me if you find the name - that rock looks very nice, I am interested in getting some for my tank.