My tank thread.
- Thread starter dan518
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Almost finished my rescape, as much as liked the first one I found tank maintenance to be a pita, I think there's a fine balance between aesthetics and practicality.
Fish are all doing well.
Fish are all doing well.
Looking good Dan.
The fish look to have grown quite quickly.
What else do you have planned for the scape?
The fish look to have grown quite quickly.
What else do you have planned for the scape?
I have some larger leaves coming, small to medium size seem to get sucked onto my filter intakes. Also thinking of changing the background colour, might try a greenish gray.
A greenish grey background- sounds really cool! I have just sat on mine- unhappy with it- but unsure what to do. I am so sick of black.
Your rescape looks great, I know about that practicality thing- sometimes it escapes me and I have to reign myself in.
... and your fish are fat and sassy!~ I mean not fat- but, you know what I mean- amazing 
Thanks very much, picking the right background is hard work, seems one of those things that can completely ruin a tank.A greenish grey background- sounds really cool! I have just sat on mine- unhappy with it- but unsure what to do. I am so sick of black.
Your rescape looks great, I know about that practicality thing- sometimes it escapes me and I have to reign myself in.
Yes mate, I work away so the wife feeds the tank when I am not about. She refused to feed the wolf when he jumped towards her fingers.
Good looking Guianacara! Definitely a species that gets overlooked for some of the more common eartheater types. My LFS just got in a few which they are calling G. owroewefi, however I am always hesitant to believe that as the most common types imported tend to be G. stergiosi (at least here in the US). If they were true owroewefi I would consider picking them up, however they also looked to be in rough condition with what appeared to be HITH; which is odd as they were quite young.
As for backgrounds, I typically have always gone with black as well but am getting a bit tired of it too. Whenever I see pictures of biotopes there tends to be a greenish hue to the water which intensifies the further you look beyond the focal point. I've tried replicating that with LED rgb lighting, increasing the greens and blues, while dimming the reds and whites. It works great, however looks odd when taking pictures of the tank as the cameras tend to really intensify the colors.
I think a light green background could look good. If I could easily access the back of my display tank I would certainly give it a try, as its something I have thought about before. There is always the 3D background option as well if you are open to spending a bit of money.
Mine were sold as guianacara owroewefi but I am pretty sure they are geayi, they are doing well now but when I first got them they in a poor state.
I am still undecided about the background but I think I will give the green a try, can always swap back to black.
