Reginald James' First Planted tank

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octavusprime

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Here is my first attempt at a planted tank.

Tank Specs:
-135 gallon 72" x 19" x 21"
-47" Quad T5 (1) Actinic, (1) 10000K, (2) x 6500K *Looking to add a 24" or DIY LED soon)


Fish:

-(Mono x Ocell) Hybrid Peacock Bass
-Indonesian Tiger Fish
-Ornate Bicher
-Common Pleco (Looking for a home, eats and uproots plants.)

Current Flora:

Dwarf Hairgrass (Elocharis Aricularis)
Red Foxtail (Myriophyllum simulans)
Western Milfoil (Myriophyllum Hippuroides)
Dwarf baby tears (Hemianthus CallitrichoidesC)
Christmas moss
Flame moss
Pogostemon Helferi (Downai or Hellfire)
Jungle Val
Echinodorus Angustifolia (corkscrew sword)
Dwarf Four Leaf Clover (Marsilea Hirsuta)
Limnophila aromatia
Blyxa Japonica
Pearl grass

Other:
Malaysian Trumpet snails
Pond snails

Some Pics from Today. Enoi!

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It's been a month and alot has changed. Rescaped the entire tank to the utter disgust of my fish. I think they tire of my mettling and are planning to kill me in my sleep. Added a huge piece of manzanita. Up to around 30 plant species. Gave away my Pleco who was ripping my plants apart. Any critiques are welcome.

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dragontamer56 said:
It seems like a nice planted tank, but it seems to be lacking colorful fish. I would put a couple more different colorful fish in to spice things up.
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The three fish (ornate bichir, Peacock bass and IT datnoid) will out grow this tank in a year or so. The current bioload is perfectly balanced to provide the right amount of Nitrate and Phosphate for the plants needs. Sometimes I wish I had smaller fish so I could have more color and diversity like you said but I like the unorthodox mix of Plants + Large Predators.
 
davdev said:
Personally, I love that tank. It's not often we get a big planted tank with large predators. Good job. Any way we could get a higher res FTS?
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Why yes you can. I just purchased my first PSLR camera. I'll post some better pics, once I figure out how to use it.
 
tank looks fantastic! I am a non monster guy, i like lots of little things compared to one big thing. So i have little fish, shrimp, insects etc. Your plants look very nice. Enjoy
 
I really like this tank, I'm sure the fishes feel very comfortable in there considering most peoples tanks with large fish don't have plants at all, like the natural habitat would
 
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