ChilliPepper
Member
- Joined
- 5 Jul 2010
- Messages
- 31
Hey all,
I had a break from fishkeeping for about a year, after we went a little crazy! Had about 12 tanks at one time and kept marines. It all got too much and we sold everything up.
My son then asked for a tank while we were in Pets at Home, and we got a small tank to keep a fighter fish and some guppies. He has lost interest, but my interest resumed, so decided to go for a planted tank again.
I had a 190L planted tank before with Rainbows in it. It was going well, but then we had to move house and got interested in Malawis, so decided to sell it. So this will be my first planted tank in about 4 years!
Tank Spec
Juwel Rio 240 in white - 121 x 41 x 55 cm
Lighting
Juwel 2x54W T5
Filtration
Standard Juwel internal, with the aim to add an external eventually
Substrate
Tropica Aquarium Soil topped with Seachem Flourite Black Sand
Hardscape
Redmoor root
Inky rock
Plants
Nymphaea lotus Bulb
Cryptocoryne nevellii
Cryptocoryne wendtii brown
Cryptocoryne undulatus kasselman
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Alternanthera rosaefolia
Limnophila rugosa
Cyperus helferi
Alternanthera cardinalis
Echinodorus impaii
Ceratophyllum demersum Bunch (Hornwort)
Bacopa crenata / monnieri (Moneywort)
Fish (currently got)
4 x Rummy Nose Tetras
6 x Guppies
1 x Fighter fish
1 x Golden Nugget plec
Fish (wishlist)
6 x Bosemani Rainbowfish
6 x Melanotaenia lacustris
6 x Glossolepis incisis
6 x Melanotaenia fluviatilis (if I can get them, otherwise another type)
4 x Rummy Nose Tetras
Some sort of loach, possibly Khuli or Yoyo, in respective group
Was thinking of a group of large Amano shrimp, if they will be OK with the Fighter
I'll take some photos later as everything has arrived today and not been unpacked yet. My tank is being moved inside tonight by my husband and father in law. I am going to inspect my plants in a little while. They are going in a bucket of water until Sunday, when we can fill the tank.
I had a break from fishkeeping for about a year, after we went a little crazy! Had about 12 tanks at one time and kept marines. It all got too much and we sold everything up.
My son then asked for a tank while we were in Pets at Home, and we got a small tank to keep a fighter fish and some guppies. He has lost interest, but my interest resumed, so decided to go for a planted tank again.
I had a 190L planted tank before with Rainbows in it. It was going well, but then we had to move house and got interested in Malawis, so decided to sell it. So this will be my first planted tank in about 4 years!
Tank Spec
Juwel Rio 240 in white - 121 x 41 x 55 cm
Lighting
Juwel 2x54W T5
Filtration
Standard Juwel internal, with the aim to add an external eventually
Substrate
Tropica Aquarium Soil topped with Seachem Flourite Black Sand
Hardscape
Redmoor root
Inky rock
Plants
Nymphaea lotus Bulb
Cryptocoryne nevellii
Cryptocoryne wendtii brown
Cryptocoryne undulatus kasselman
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Alternanthera rosaefolia
Limnophila rugosa
Cyperus helferi
Alternanthera cardinalis
Echinodorus impaii
Ceratophyllum demersum Bunch (Hornwort)
Bacopa crenata / monnieri (Moneywort)
Fish (currently got)
4 x Rummy Nose Tetras
6 x Guppies
1 x Fighter fish
1 x Golden Nugget plec
Fish (wishlist)
6 x Bosemani Rainbowfish
6 x Melanotaenia lacustris
6 x Glossolepis incisis
6 x Melanotaenia fluviatilis (if I can get them, otherwise another type)
4 x Rummy Nose Tetras
Some sort of loach, possibly Khuli or Yoyo, in respective group
Was thinking of a group of large Amano shrimp, if they will be OK with the Fighter
I'll take some photos later as everything has arrived today and not been unpacked yet. My tank is being moved inside tonight by my husband and father in law. I am going to inspect my plants in a little while. They are going in a bucket of water until Sunday, when we can fill the tank.