PICS! 105 custom tall: aquabee's exit from the world of nanos

[Bedlamer]

But ohhhhhh how I want this girl:

Oh yeah baby, nibble and suck on my hardscape! Oh you're a flashy fish aren't ya?
--Pleco Perv.

[aquabee]

you sure? I seen a tank full of marbled ones just the other week but they were covered in ich.

They all expired. The only ones left last week were the silvers, according to Danny.

[eklikewhoa]

you sure? I seen a tank full of marbled ones just the other week but they were covered in ich.

[aquabee]

I think you'll be fine! Look at the way their are built! THey are MEANT to cut through the waters!

As soon as the ones at FG clear up I want to try a few in my troph tank.

There are only silvers at FG though!

[eklikewhoa]

I think you'll be fine! Look at the way their are built! THey are MEANT to cut through the waters!

As soon as the ones at FG clear up I want to try a few in my troph tank.

[aquabee]

But ohhhhhh how I want this guy:

[aquabee]

I mayyyy have too much flow at the top of my tank for these guys.

[aquabee]

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNjUh6h7Ojw

[eklikewhoa]

Yeah I like the marbled ones way more, never really bothered to look at the silvers.

[aquabee]

the ones I seen at petsmart were nice sized.

The silver dollars make my tank definitely very silver. If I went with hatchets, they'd hafta be marbled. The roselines are getting gorgeous though! Very bright noses... almost reminiscent of my rummies... RIP.

[eklikewhoa]

the ones I seen at petsmart were nice sized.

[aquabee]

On the bright side I really like the way you've stocked it in this latest version. From the video it looks like it has good balance. Are there any fish that would be predominantly top water dwellers that would work in that tank? I can't think of any--hatchets too small, arowanas too big and piscivorous, African butterflies too delicate. Any bristlenose or similar going in once the tank matures--or do the bottom dwelling geophagus preclude that?

I hope the majority of your tank's growing pains are behind you now, and you get many enjoyable, fret free hours sitting on the couch and gazing into your creation.

Haha thanks Harry! Actually the roselines are typically up top unless they see leftover food at the bottom. The silver dollars are in the middle, and the geos and corys on the bottom. I plan on maybe getting some butterfly plecos from Tim for now, but what I'm really holding out for are some Flash Plecos (L204). Hard to find these days though.

[aquabee]

I suggested she get the regular silver hatchets... they are big enough.

The silver hatchets you referred me to at FG woulda been OBLITERATED.

[Totenkampf]

Actually the vals did better than I thought. They were very easy to plant in the sand. The geos would literally yank em out from the base. In the areas where they couldn't reach the base of the vals, they actually stayed planted!

the one time i was using a silversand substrate the vals and swords went crazy, i think they really appreciate the fine substrates. i didnt have much flow going through there by todays standards or crazy fish though.

[SunnyHouTX]

I suggested she get the regular silver hatchets... they are big enough.

+1