pic of my planted 40 breeder

[largemouth]

This is my 40 breeder that I have planted. It's in a tough spot to get pics of. I have valisneria, an amazon sword, anubias barteri, and anubias nana in it. There is 240 watts of light on it. The inhabitants right now are a green phantom pleco, a blue panaque, a juruense catfish, and a Geophagus surinamensis.

The surinamensis

The green phantom

and the juruense

 

[Caveman]

Very nice looking setup! Is it difficult to maintain?

 

[largemouth]

Very nice looking setup! Is it difficult to maintain?

nope, very easy. The plants I have aren't that tough to take care of. Eventually I think I'll have to cut back the val since it grows like a weed, but that's about it. I have a feeling the geo's might make keeping the plants in the tank a challenge once they get a little bigger as well.

 

[Caveman]

Nice pictures BTW. Those are professional quality.

 

[largemouth]

Nice pictures BTW. Those are professional quality.

Thanks, I've been working on taking better pics ever since I got my new camera. It's a Sony F828, so I figured I should know how to use it. The large amount of light on the tank makes it a lot easier too.

 

[piranha45]

the pleco and the juruense are looking great. How big is the pleco? it doesn't damage the plants any?

 

[largemouth]

the pleco and the juruense are looking great. How big is the pleco? it doesn't damage the plants any?

the pleco is still pretty new, but I haven't noticed him really doing any damage to the plants. He may uproot a few vals once in awhile, but they are easy enough to just replant.

 

[Steve_89]

Wonderful looking tank. I really like that pleco.

Steve

 

[Griggs]

very nice! do you have a shot of the whole tank?

Do you know the exact species of vals those are? And do you know what your water chemestry is?

What about lighting, substrate and Co2?

I've been working on my 10g planted tank for a while, and with the tap water here I've had some problems that I think I'm just getting taken care of. Although I think I still need some fairly hardy plants.

 

[largemouth]

very nice! do you have a shot of the whole tank?

Do you know the exact species of vals those are? And do you know what your water chemestry is?

What about lighting, substrate and Co2?

I've been working on my 10g planted tank for a while, and with the tap water here I've had some problems that I think I'm just getting taken care of. Although I think I still need some fairly hardy plants.

That first pic is a shot of the whole tank.

I don't know the exact species, I got them from the member Bawb2u on Water Wolves and he wasn't sure what they were. As for the chemistry of my water, shamefully I have no idea. I haven't tested my pH in a couple years. I think the last time I tested it, it was around 7.2.

I have 3 double strip shoplights from Lowes on the tank that are each 80 watts, so a total of 240 watts. A little bit of overkill on a 40 gallon tank, but the plants like it so I don't mess with it. I don't use CO2 and the substrate is just sand. No fluorite or anything although I may use some in the near future.