Steve Smith
Member
I think I've got the bug again! 
I had a 90cm crappy tank which has been a holding tank for some micro rasbora and some other fish since I moved house last year. It's been neglected and over run by hair algae etc. Pretty nasty to look at (as John can probably confirm!)
I wanted to get it sorted out. I'd been planning to set up a hi-tech setup with a 60cm tank. That never really happened, even though I managed to fix my 150w MH luminaire last year. Life got in the way and I took a break from the hobby for a while.
So, onwards
The tank is an AquaOne horizon 60 I think. It's had some of the trim removed and looks quite nice, though I'm not a fan of the curved corners. I'm running an EX1200 via some CalAqua lily pipes and an external heater. Lighting is a Superfish 18w. We'll see how that copes.
Hardscape is some pre-used redmoor wood, dragon stone and Zambezi gravel (I really should start using something else!)
So far, it's planted with a few crypts, anubias nana (and possibly petite), bolbitis difformis, Java fern and a tiny amount of staurogyne. The planting is a little light at the moment, but I have more crypts to go in and I plan to fill the hole at the back with something like Hygrophila Difformis. The intention is to keep it quite low tech and low light, though I'm considering CO2 when I have another FE available.
Anyhow, a quick crap photo. This is late last night after spending an hour catching fish and shrimp with a Dennerle shrimp net! (No small feat I might add)
More work to do!
I had a 90cm crappy tank which has been a holding tank for some micro rasbora and some other fish since I moved house last year. It's been neglected and over run by hair algae etc. Pretty nasty to look at (as John can probably confirm!)I wanted to get it sorted out. I'd been planning to set up a hi-tech setup with a 60cm tank. That never really happened, even though I managed to fix my 150w MH luminaire last year. Life got in the way and I took a break from the hobby for a while.
So, onwards
The tank is an AquaOne horizon 60 I think. It's had some of the trim removed and looks quite nice, though I'm not a fan of the curved corners. I'm running an EX1200 via some CalAqua lily pipes and an external heater. Lighting is a Superfish 18w. We'll see how that copes.Hardscape is some pre-used redmoor wood, dragon stone and Zambezi gravel (I really should start using something else!)
So far, it's planted with a few crypts, anubias nana (and possibly petite), bolbitis difformis, Java fern and a tiny amount of staurogyne. The planting is a little light at the moment, but I have more crypts to go in and I plan to fill the hole at the back with something like Hygrophila Difformis. The intention is to keep it quite low tech and low light, though I'm considering CO2 when I have another FE available.
Anyhow, a quick crap photo. This is late last night after spending an hour catching fish and shrimp with a Dennerle shrimp net! (No small feat I might add
)More work to do!
