The making of my Endler tank

I started getting an old 50l tank ready to house
some Endlers, Well mainly Endlers





I stripped the silicon
Cleaned the tank
re-sealed


Installed a internal filter with spraybar
Installed a heater








I bought a nice LED light setup which will
eventually be moved to a bigger tank. I will
do a DIY hood and lights for this tank





Filled with water and started cycling





Later I added some pool filter sand, some wood and a
few plants I had. I started dosing Microbe-lift

 

nice man!
oh btw, you do know that the plant on the right hand side is not a true aqua plant?
sorry to burst ur bubble, it might melt in 2-3 months time.
but happy endler keeping

 

This was a few weeks ago. After a proper cycle I added a
few small fish to make sure the Endlers will be OK.

 

Just my luck!!!

 

its not to bad. atleast it isnt a expensive mistake just be sure to do some research before buying plants. LFS have alot of plants which isnt aquatic.

 

sorry to burst ur bubble there bud, but hope you dont make the mistake again
unless you like the look and willing to spend on a continue bases on that plant.
Iv done the same mistake before which I also like the plant for my tank when i started off.
if you want bigish leaf plants try ask for these plants.
Amazon swords - Giant
Java fern
Anubias (all sub species)
all of them are hardy and low maintance.

Hope this helps

 

Thanks for the advise. I am lost when it comes to plants

 

I went away for a few days and to my surprise I found this on my return



What do I do now? I have some CAE in another tank, will it help to move them here?

 

nice tank and nice thread ,dont stress about the plants experience is the best teacher.
I am still clueless on plants.. im sure the endlers will love the setups .

 

Hey hey the tank looks very good. . . My endlers are doing pretty good in my planted 30L. . . but the plants are the whole tank full.
For me java moss works well for the fry. . .
But good luck with the tank. . .ill love to see updates on it:bigsmile:

 

Thanks @Jandre

This is what it looks like now



Most of these guys will be moving out when my Endlers arrive tomorrow

 

@woerman You have not updated with any pics yet? And I'm sure the endlers must be in the tank by now?

 

@bylaag There was a change of plans. The dwarf cichlids I had in the same tank were supposed to be moved to a different tank. After seeing how they all claimed territories the in tank I decided to leave them be and move the Endlers to the other tank. I will take some pictures of both tanks and post here

 

I can see that you have a white cloud Endler and two neon Endlers in the tank:bigsmile:

 

I should rename this thread!!!

At this stage I have pairs of Blue Rams, Gold Rams, Apistogramma cacatuoides and the pair of Agassizziis. They refused to move!!!

I will post some pics of the new Endler tank

 

What filter is that in the tank?

 

Thats an internal filter with built-in spraybar