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And a male
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I am sooo jealous you've got choccos first! Tank looks great.
Scapes looking good lee, really beautiful fish.
I've had mine ages......coughI am sooo jealous you've got choccos first! Tank looks great.
i have since added a small number of Chocolate gourami,
I've had mine ages......cough
Awesome tank!!! I love how you, UKAPS low-tech guys, demonstrate that low tech tanks can be not only healthy tanks but also very attractive from the aesthetically point of view. I mean, if you google low tech tank, the results are not always pleasing aesthetically... at least compared with good high tech ones. But for these tanks most people won't tell the difference.
Why don't create in the tank gallery section a good selection of these low tech tanks? Selected by moderators, maybe voted? I can well imagine at least a large dozen of brilliant tanks there. I also like George farmers idea for one thread in which you include a collection of pictures and then the specs of the tank... Just that.
Jordi
Looks better every time Lee, I've got a lot of respect for aquarists like you who spend so much time and effort in creating the right conditions for these special fish. I moan to the Mrs about having to chuck two buckets of tap water in my tank twice a week . Nice one mate.
Ridiculously nice all round Lee. I'll have to catch up on the journal when I get chance. But you've done a fantastic job on this. Well done.
Thanks for the kind words jordi . You have some great ideas there mate. Have you spoken to one of the moderators about them?
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Simply...awesome...Update time! Its been a while now since i last posted on the progress of this tank. Since my last update the tank has developed a little, and there has also been a few slight changes to the original idea.
I've been struggling to keep my TDS low, probably due to the fertilisers i am adding. As you will know this can affect parosphormenus egg development. The high TDS has been the trade off with this tank as it was always intended to be my main show tank, and i'd like it to continue looking healthy and lush. With that in mind i am planning to set some smaller breeding tanks up, specifically for the paros. Because this tank is no longer intended to be a breeding tank i have since added a small number of Chocolate gourami, these are such a great little fish and very interesting to watch, the Mrs loves them too .
New plant additions have been:
Cyperus helferi
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Lilaeopsis novea-zealandiae
Micranthemum umbrosum
I tried to get a decent picture with the DSLR, i'm still not great with the camera though, haha!
Hope you like it!?
Simply...awesome...