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Rob's 300L Perigean Beach

Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 2)

I bet they will Chris!

It does look nice. All the 1-2-grow I've ordered has been amazing looking. I'm a convert. I'm actually thinking of completely re-scaping the 60-P just to do it all with these!

It can't take much more hacking back than the HC. That needs to be kept low to or it rots underneath. I'm happy tinkering and trimming anyway.

They do look quite edible, don't they?
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 2)

darren636 said:
those 1-2 grow look delicious

Almost good enough to ...... plant hehe. I read on Marks journal too that they are amazing. I bought some Ammania sp Bonsai off here the other day and I can also attest to the fact they are incredible. Quality and also robustness. Its growing so fast...
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

They really are great. I'm tempted to try a scape only using them. In fact I've been toying with the idea of replanting the 60-P in a couple of months, so I might do that then.

I think I will split the carpet in this tank now though. One area of HC and one of stauro. See how it goes.

Looking forward to this week. I should get the rummies in tomorrow or wednesday and will find out if my pair of fire red apistos have arrived too!
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

Today is the day! The rummy nose tetras will be going in a bit later on at which point I will take some photos.

For now, here is my fire red apistogramma agassizi breeding pair. Really pretty little fish and I'm so glad I discovered them.

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Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

Lovely fish Rob ! They can be one of the most feisty Apistos, so watch out ;) Are they a proven breeding pair ?
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

They've been seen doing their thing but as far as I know haven't produced any fry. That's not the main reason for me having them but time will tell!

Here are a couple of the sterbai. These two are full grown and look like monsters compared to the rest. Such an attractive fish. Definitely my favourite cory.

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Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

Great pic of them Rob :thumbup: Now we need a video of them getting jiggy :)
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

Did a big trim and clean up today. Bit of hair algae in some of the weeping moss, so spent some time with a toothbrush twirling it all out. Then water change and so on.

Once it had settled back down again the sterbai decided it was time to pose and I managed to grab this photo.

Little and large.

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Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

Awesome photo Rob !!! Nice one :thumbup:
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

Where are all the cories ? The little b4stards are meant to be on the beach !!! LOL
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 4)

So true! They spend a lot of time on the beach but also like to investigate the areas at the back edge of the tank. My guess is the other fish don't get all the food that sinks back there, so there is a little sterbai buffet!

The apistos are doing great. Already noticeable growth and colouration is looking lovely. They are very cool little fish and the male is very curious. If I'm in the room doing things he follows me around as close as he can and watches. Pretty sure he is trying it on and seeing if he can get any cyclops out of me though!

My carpet is now less HC and more staurogyne. This is a good thing and a purposeful change I've been encouraging. The 1-2-grow stauro is doing great and I think is better suited to this substrate. The HC is growing well too but is much more easily uprooted from the larger grained soil. Specialy when the monster sterbai crash through it!

Things are settling in well and it's looking nice and mature. A think another couple of pruning sessions and the stems will be where I want them. Diatoms are all gone and the algae I had on the anubias leaves (which was bad) is now all gone. So glad I decided to go salty with the 60-P. Moving the ottos to this tank has done wonders. Golass is always clear and the amanos are working wonders on the wood and rock.
I don't know how I managed to get so many amanos! I thought I only had ten but I can see 23 in the tank!
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 8)

Is your water hard or soft Rob ?
 
Re: Rob's 300L Perigean Beach (week 8)

Didn't you know Harry ? Rob's tank is on VIAGRA ! LOL
 
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