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    I added my second piece of wood to my tank last last Friday (technically, it's the other part of the piece that I had and cut in two, but I digress...). I took the "scorched earth" approach and removed everything from the tank during the water change and then put stuff back until we (my wife and I) were happy with how it looked. I wasn't planning on putting the two plants at the middle-rear of the tank back in, but she thought it looked better with them filling in the gap.

    After a week of time to get used to the set up, everyone seems to be happy with it. They're all out and visible more except for my black bristlenose, who has become even more reclusive. He spent the first two days after the remodel hiding behind the big piece of wood. Now he's taken up residence in the cave, which is funny since he didn't care for it when it was on the left side of the tank. He used to hang out on the back side of the heater, so I guess in the cave is a slight improvement.

    My albino ancistrus, on the other hand, will completely ignore it when people approach the tank now. Oh, and I'm fairly certain it's female; she hasn't grown any bristles yet, and I found what I assume were eggs in the cave when I moved the cave, and they were too large to belong to anyone else. Unless there's some other explanation for a group of 2-3mm yellowish spheres in my tank.

    Bring on the comments/criticism.









    Check out my previous post (http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforum...59-Tank-update) for pics of the old setup.
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    20g:
    - 5 spotted cory cats
    - 1 golden gourami
    - 7 neon tetra

    10g:
    - 1 long-finned zebra danio
    - 3 black bristle nose pl*cos

  • #2
    pretty cool looking.
    If it ain't wild caught
    You ain't doing it right

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    • #3
      sweet man, ever thought about getting some sand for a more natural look?
      I make people happy

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      • #4
        Nice!
        I like it!
        www.ventralfins.com

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        • #5
          Originally posted by mark razmandi View Post
          sweet man, ever thought about getting some sand for a more natural look?
          I agree, a single bag of Leslie's PFS would make this tank look really good. I like the plants but you could also replace the plastic rocks with some medium sized rocks and this would enhance the overall look also. Not a bad looking tank though.
          If it ain't wild caught
          You ain't doing it right

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          • #6
            The thought of switching to sand has crossed my mind, but I doubt that I will ever do it with this tank. You never know though, I didn't think I'd put the other piece of wood in, either.

            Tank #2 is already in the planning stages (although it's nowhere on the horizon yet), either another tropical community or fancy goldfish, and I'm planning to go with sand the next time around.
            ________________________________________
            20g:
            - 5 spotted cory cats
            - 1 golden gourami
            - 7 neon tetra

            10g:
            - 1 long-finned zebra danio
            - 3 black bristle nose pl*cos

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