Beginners 90L & 35L Planted Tanks (Critique wanted!)56k

[sapherion]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Brandon from Australia..After reading lots and lots and lots of forums about planted tanks.. I took the plunge and tried to create a watergarden of my own. I carefully researched everything as I wanted to do things right the first time.



No more talking, here are the pics.. Please feel free to leave comments, suggestions as I need to improve alot. These tanks are still cycling, only 7 days old.

Please excuse the low quality photos, I have yet to buy a proper camera!

90L Planted tank: "Colours of the Wind"

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0057.jpg

Left shot

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0061.jpg

Right shot

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0062.jpg

Left side shot

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0059.jpg

Right side shot

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0058.jpg

Open Top shot

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0060.jpg

Far shot

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0063.jpg

35L Nano Tank: "Hidden Oasis"

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0065.jpg

Can you spot the only residence so far?

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0069.jpg

Riccia on rocks

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0068.jpg

Okay here's Wally

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Sapherion/IMG_0067.jpg

Specs of flora and fauna coming soon.. Please let me know your thoughts!

Thanks for viewing,

Brandon.

[DR.V]

Looking really good !!

Those sand looks really white in the second pic !

Any co2 in the smaller tank ??

[sapherion]

co2 for nano tank coming soon.. DIY yeast with Hagen ladder diffuser :)

[anti-generic]

wow..
looks great..

where did u get that shrimp???
i want some!!!
last time i tried shimps they where too small and became a lobster dinner for my adult discus.
but the one you have seem big enough to last.

cheers,
Eric

[vishy100]

Hey mate,
First tank looks wicked. Critique if you want it: rotate wood so it isn't poking you eye out as such and crypts and ferns)bolbitis,java) will fill in around the wood quite nicely. BTW how much surface movement do you have? as any at all will knock your co2 out :P Can't wait to see it fill in,
HTH
Matt

[tommy110011]

Your big tank background seems to be in the dutch style whilst the glosso fore ground seems to conflict with this, as does the drift wood. I would remove the driftwood completely and make it a dutch style tank, cause these are rarely done nowdays and look great!!

Yours already has great potential!!!!!!

The smaller tank is clearly in the Japanese style and look great but you need some foreground cover like glosso or hair grass or riccia.When these tanks fully mature I think they will be very powerful. Keep us posted!!!

[lovenotthrowdiscus]

hey man,
your tanks are amazing!
looking good!!!

could you please help me and tell me what plant that is in your heres wally photo???

thanks man
10/10

[sapherion]

Specs of the 90L Planted:

Tank: 90L, 62W x 38D x 53H cm

Filtration: Eheim 2213 canister

Heating: Eheim Jager 200W

Substrate: 4x 7kg bags of Onyx Sand

Lighting: Dupla 150W Metal Halide (8 hrs per day, 4 hrs then 1 hr break then another 4 hrs photo period)

Co2: Dupla regulator, Dupla Magnetic Valve, Dupla 200L Diffuser, Dupla Co2 permanent tester, BOC 7kg Co2 Tank

Fertilizers: Seachem Prime, Seachem Nitrogen, Seachem Phosphorus, Seachem Potassium, Seachem Micro supplement, Seachem Iron

Fish to buy: Otto's, SAE's, lots of Cardinals & a few Wallies

Comments of equipment:
This is my first planted tank so I wanted to get all the equipment right, I went for quality. If I had to do things again, I would have gotten a bigger tank at start ie 3 ft. The heater I would have bought an external one, so its not taking space. The co2 permanent test is great.. it clearly displays co2 levels and constantly updates every 10 mins or so. Everything else is working well

The Nano Tank:

Its low tech.. who cares!

[sapherion]

The plant in the wally pic is Anubias var. nana & petite

[Agent]

Excellent tanks Brandon, wish I had gills, I could live in it!!
Rob...