I’ve had a largely indifferent day at work and with days like that the mind obviously starts to drift onto such topics as why are my socks always uncomfortable before home time, what’s for lunch, ooof I’ve turned into a winter warmer, what to do with my bikes that doesn’t need doing and, of course, what to do with the new fish tank.
As an act of recycling and because I regret breaking the 45p scape, it will be classic nature aquarium - that much is decided. The scape I was going to build in it is in the 55l sooooo…
But this leads me to voicing my train of thought aloud. Choo choooooo! All aboard!
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Given that the last scape had a lot of stems I want to do all grassy or open structured stem plants rather than rotala bushes. I already have a nymphaea, polygonum, ranalissima and hair grass.
I’d also like to try h.a. Chai. Because pinks suit me much better than reds.
I’d like to also try some needle leaved crypts. But what I aren’t sure.
I want to recycle all the epiphytes but I’d also like to simplify the over all impression so will likely jettison the odd ducks favouring the bolbitis and Java petit.
I also want to try and go for a theme and scape the tank with a fish selection already in mind. So with this in mind I’m going for a flooded meadow with a South American bent.
All the green neons and the twig cats will go into this new tank. I’m also hankering to try an aspistogamma or another cichlid and if at all possible, some corydoras and a second tetra sp or even a wildcard barb.
My local lfs has nannocara anomola, A. Trificiata and a. Borelli to choice from, the least shrimp hungry would be my preference as I’ll be moving the tigershrimp that have been chewed down to nothing by my galaxies in.
@dw1305 I suspect will have some thoughts - Perhaps even alternatives.
So with that in mind I need to know as much info as possible on if this is all possible. The corys I suspect might be pushing things too far but I miss keeping them.
I have already started eyeing up cichlid caves and thinking how I can hide them in a ryoboku type scape. A trip to steal wood from the royals will also be on the cards with it being a bit blustery lately.
In terms of how I’ll structure the tank I’m hoping to do 3 15cm thick bands for foreground, mid ground and background. This scape I plan to keep for at least a year or two. Being only 60cm wide though I know it really limits my fish and scape choice to keep it from seeing too busy.
I’m also thinking I should break to a new thread but I like to keep everything all in one place so I can keep track of my own meanderings.
To those who read this far I look forward to your input!
Here is a photo or 3 of what my mind is going toward.
