new plants w/full tanks shots

[bitteraspects]

theres a LFS out here called "aquascapes" (im sure you can guess what they specialize in) and theyre supposedly having a black friday sale of 30% off everything in the store including plants. if thats right, im buying all kinds of stuff tomorrow

 

[HarleyK]

Howdy and thanks for the kind words

Very neat! Get some Pomacea bridgesii there, Harley. Their various colors can add contrast to your greenery.

right .... I had a couple of apple snails the size of tennis balls ... they ate everything ... even Java fern ...

Very Nice... what fish are you getting for those tanks?

The large tank is currently stocked with Sternopygus macrurus and Acanthodoras spinosissimus. I am now looking for altum angels for the 220, but am having a hard time finding any. The 40 gal will serve as quarantine and later as grow-out tank.

what did you use to attach the plants to the wood? i dont see any fishing string

1. Plants are already shipped to HarleyK attached on driftwoods.
2. Plants are attached with a transparent string or the string is simply hidden from view.

1. HarleyK harvests his own driftwood
2. Jackpot.

i also just read up on the method of drilling a hole and feeding the roots through.

That's a pretty non-reversible technique. If it doesn't work out with the plants you have ruined a fine piece of driftwood... I prefer fishing line

HarleyK

 

[bitteraspects]

like i said. i have TONS of driftwood. i dont mind ruining a few on a trial and error

 

[Lupin]

right .... I had a couple of apple snails the size of tennis balls ... they ate everything ... even Java fern ...

I did read one of your previous posts about it and wondered surely those aren't brigs. Canas are often confused with brigs. Brigs have smooth and well-defined whorls on their shells whereas canas have it rough. The sutures of the brig shells is 90 degrees angle while the canas' are less than that. Harley, yours could have been Pomacea canaliculata or Pomacea insularum. It is unlikely of the brigs to eat plants unless they were starving already in which case they'll simply choose the plants with soft foliage but that rarely happens.

The large tank is currently stocked with Sternopygus macrurus and Acanthodoras spinosissimus. I am now looking for altum angels for the 220, but am having a hard time finding any. The 40 gal will serve as quarantine and later as grow-out tank.

PM Mgamer20o0. He is getting altums and selling them.

 

[Sciroccoman]

Very nice set up! Your arrangement is fascinating. I'd also like to know what fish you are planning on putting in there!!??!!

 

[HarleyK]

I did read one of your previous posts about it and wondered surely those aren't brigs.

Any idea as to where to get brigs?

PM Mgamer20o0. He is getting altums and selling them.

Thanks But I am first trying to get them from local vendors or LFSs to avoid shipping fish during the Winter months. But I'll definitely keep that in mind.

HarleyK

 

[rallysman]

Those are both beautiful tanks. Very nice work man

 

[5am]

niice tank... how many pounds of substrate did you use?? i have 200g sitting in my garage that i want to potentially set up as a semi-planted tank... i wanted to figure out the costs before i start workin on it

 

[zshort]

what co2 system are you using, i thinking about starting up a tank in my science classroom, but i'm unfamiliar with the products i need

 

[Lupin]

Any idea as to where to get brigs?

PM msjinkzd. She has hundreds of these and has permits to sell them. You could pick a choice of chestnut, jade, blue, ivory, magenta, gold and everything else.