lets see your freshie tank!

[Loverotties]

Some nice tanks!

[Graham]

Hi Wiskey, long time no see.

It's a 75 gallon AGA, about 400W of VHO, lots of CO2, ferts. Not much else.
That pic is about a year old. I haven't taken any pics of anything since the reef came down. Maybe I oughta!

[JustinMUSM]

Graham, do you have the species name of that angelfish? I'd like to find some for my 150 gallon.

[Graham]

No idea. Plain old scalare as far as I know (and can tell), but I think they are wild caught. I've never seen them with so much blue like that before...

[Marcalo]

here's my 10 gallon freshie



all my plants are silk i have 2 bulbs growing real plants in there somewhere prolly in the jaguar skull I'm running as basic 10 gallon filter with a 10 gallon air pump to a 8" air stone my fish are 4 Zebra these are good because they are gluttons and will eat all the extra food so no need to worry about how much you feed your tanks lol 1 long fin rosey barb 1 silver stripped catfish a picostomus and my pride and joy a shark no idea what kind because my LFS can't seem to label anything right ( he's the goldish brown body black fins w/ white tips ) seen in the pic swimming passed my coral chunk

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by Graham

Hi Wiskey, long time no see.

It has been a long time.

It's a 75 gallon AGA, about 400W of VHO, lots of CO2, ferts. Not much else.
That pic is about a year old. I haven't taken any pics of anything since the reef came down. Maybe I oughta!

Sure! Put up new pics! That's quite a bit of light, do you have any Algae issues? Do you run a pressurized CO2 setup with the PH controller? How often do you dose ferts? I did a few of these really high light tanks but eventually went natural with them just to avoid daily fert dosing.

Whiskey

[Graham]

No algae to really speak of. A little black hard stuff grows on the Anubias, but I have 2 SAEs that take good care of it for the most part.

It's pressurized CO2 with a solenoid on a timer that turns it off at lights out. Saves CO2 and allows me to really pump it in during the day. I built my own reactor out of PVC that sits outside the tank in-line after an Eheim canister filter.

I dose ferts every day - but only one thing. Iron one day, Nitrate the next, then K, then PO4, then some bicarb, occassional Ca and Mg depending on hardness. I try to keep the GH under 3 and the KH around 2 or 3.

[Sprayin70]

WOW!!! very nice tanks. I love planted aquariums. I am collecting parts to build a 29 gallon planted. So far I have a AC-110(500) HOB Filter, 2- 2 by 65 watt ballasts and 2 10K bulbs and the stand. My reef is taking all my wifes patience for now! Maybe one day!!!

[DebsSisterFlo]

hey Marcalo, nice tank, but it won't be long before the shark and catfish outgrow that ten gallon. You may want to look into getting something bigger...

Graham, I need to know what camera settings you use to get that color in your pics!!! Gorgeous!

[markrxdi]

Originally Posted by Marcalo

here's my 10 gallon freshie



all my plants are silk i have 2 bulbs growing real plants in there somewhere prolly in the jaguar skull I'm running as basic 10 gallon filter with a 10 gallon air pump to a 8" air stone my fish are 4 Zebra these are good because they are gluttons and will eat all the extra food so no need to worry about how much you feed your tanks lol 1 long fin rosey barb 1 silver stripped catfish a picostomus and my pride and joy a shark no idea what kind because my LFS can't seem to label anything right ( he's the goldish brown body black fins w/ white tips ) seen in the pic swimming passed my coral chunk

that fish is a columbian shark or also called white tipped shark, not sure if you are aware but that is a brackish water fish

[Wettank]

Kinda old pics but here it goes

[Tank121]

Here is my 230 gal petrochromis/tropheus tank. It's more a breeding setup than a show tank.

[Graham]

That's sweet, Tank.
I've always had a soft spot for the Tropheus...


Jessica,

Camera settings....whew, dunno on that one! I usually opt for the manual settings with my point and shoot, though. I find that getting close to the glass and setting the aperture and shutter speed as small and fast (respectively) as I can usually gives the best results. Such settings do require a decent amount of light, so that usually limits how small and fast I can go and still see what I shot. I really need a newer camera - that's my old 3 Mpixel Sony there!

[JustDavidP]

12 gallon ViaAqua at my office.







Dave

[Stang69]

Here is Ours