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This is my baby... Hopefully I'm gonna launch this as an official trend but I have to say my favorite part of planted tanks now are above and floating on the water...
In this picture you can see two tanks of mine... the first is my main amazonian "biotope" tank 120 gallons with an FX5 and an Ehiem 2213 feeding what I call a hydroponics filter. While its clear that this tank is well filtered I'm currently also running a 60 gallon Hex with only a hydroponics filter only fed with a powerhead. Now before I go any further I'll explain what I mean by Hydroponics filter even though I'm sure many of you already understand what I'm talking about. Basically you plant some pothos or bamboo or pretty much any other houseplant in a hang on back filter you will simultaneously clean your water better than the best filter material or biowheel while also turning that side of your tank into an emergent jungle paradise. I'm experimenting with a 3d printer really soon to try and create a commercially viable filter system that works off this principle and I'd welcome any help if anyone wants to join in on the project.
A little bit on the tanks inhabitants.... while i've never been one for silver dollars my cousin recently had to get rid of some of his fish and since I could only take things that worked with my amazonian theme I ended up with two red hook silver dollars which I didn't mind because the red hook for me made them muuuch more interesting... and since I've had them in my tank I have to say I give them two very enthusiastic thumbs up. First because they are quite big and active but actually spend a lot of time shoaling. My eventual goal is to build a multiple thousand gallon plywood tank with a full wall of of plants behind it and down into the water and one of the primary reasons is because while 5 grown red hooks is fun I'm pretty sure 20 of them would be ****ing awesome... so thats the plan. The only downside is these guys have quite the appetite and I can say for sure that they are omnivorous so super small fish and certain plants beware. Past that I have a pair of chocolate cichlids that seem to be particular to caves, three Uarus who are totally the three stooges of my tank, 3 sterbai corys, 1 loricaria and two appistos that live amongst the giants quite peacefully...
I also have a breeding pair of severums in the tank next to the big one for breeding and two festivums and a slew of serpaes and neons in the 60 gallon hex....
So there... this is my first post... lets talk fish
This is my baby... Hopefully I'm gonna launch this as an official trend but I have to say my favorite part of planted tanks now are above and floating on the water...
In this picture you can see two tanks of mine... the first is my main amazonian "biotope" tank 120 gallons with an FX5 and an Ehiem 2213 feeding what I call a hydroponics filter. While its clear that this tank is well filtered I'm currently also running a 60 gallon Hex with only a hydroponics filter only fed with a powerhead. Now before I go any further I'll explain what I mean by Hydroponics filter even though I'm sure many of you already understand what I'm talking about. Basically you plant some pothos or bamboo or pretty much any other houseplant in a hang on back filter you will simultaneously clean your water better than the best filter material or biowheel while also turning that side of your tank into an emergent jungle paradise. I'm experimenting with a 3d printer really soon to try and create a commercially viable filter system that works off this principle and I'd welcome any help if anyone wants to join in on the project.
A little bit on the tanks inhabitants.... while i've never been one for silver dollars my cousin recently had to get rid of some of his fish and since I could only take things that worked with my amazonian theme I ended up with two red hook silver dollars which I didn't mind because the red hook for me made them muuuch more interesting... and since I've had them in my tank I have to say I give them two very enthusiastic thumbs up. First because they are quite big and active but actually spend a lot of time shoaling. My eventual goal is to build a multiple thousand gallon plywood tank with a full wall of of plants behind it and down into the water and one of the primary reasons is because while 5 grown red hooks is fun I'm pretty sure 20 of them would be ****ing awesome... so thats the plan. The only downside is these guys have quite the appetite and I can say for sure that they are omnivorous so super small fish and certain plants beware. Past that I have a pair of chocolate cichlids that seem to be particular to caves, three Uarus who are totally the three stooges of my tank, 3 sterbai corys, 1 loricaria and two appistos that live amongst the giants quite peacefully...
I also have a breeding pair of severums in the tank next to the big one for breeding and two festivums and a slew of serpaes and neons in the 60 gallon hex....
So there... this is my first post... lets talk fish
