Extreme Tank'over

Danyel · 12-23-2006, 12:11 PM

I did a makeover on my tank, a 12 gallon freshwater. This might be boring for you guys who have fancier tanks and have been doing this longer, but I was really excited!

This is what it looked like first. The decorations from the small local fish place were ugly...

The fish were hiding in this pic. The new setup...

Now I added a background, plants, fake driftwood, and more gravel! I got the tank all back together from redecorating it, and looked up the new plants. I found out that they weren't supposed to be buried in the gravel

so I am going to try and pull the majority of the roots out of the gravel, that should be interesting. The betta loves to swim in between the stems/leaves of the plant in the front

Any idea's on getting the plants to stay where I want them? I really don’t want to tie them to the "driftwood". Is it okay to bury a few roots?

piotrkol1 · 12-23-2006, 03:40 PM

Nice looking tank! Its kinda like my 10 gallon, having a nice simple setup, nothing fancy. What other fish do you have in there besides the betta?

ch2linda · 12-23-2006, 05:40 PM

try using some lead plant weights

Danyel · 12-23-2006, 07:06 PM

Thanks guys. I have 1 betta, 1 balloon molly, 1 lyretail molly, and 3 corycats.

locojay · 12-23-2006, 08:18 PM

Very nice.

BV77 · 12-23-2006, 08:26 PM

way better than the toys in the tank. Looking good

Christine · 12-23-2006, 08:34 PM

I agree, looks great!

**Osiris** · 12-23-2006, 10:26 PM

dang for fake driftwood that really caught me off guard! looked real!

JoshB · 12-23-2006, 11:10 PM

Nice set up, Really clean looking!!

lochness · 12-24-2006, 10:01 PM

excellent setup! - and no matter what size, takin time to make the environment more pleasant and comfortable for your fish is always appreciated - wtg! (and yeah, I thought the wood was real too)

zach987 · 01-13-2007, 08:45 AM

Hey buddy,
It looks as if you have made a great start in the addiction, pardon me, hobby of planted tanks. From what I can tell you have the immersed version of an Echinodorus amazonicus "Amazon Sword". In time if you take care of it the leaf style that is on it will rot away and be replaced with long slender leaves that flow in the water current. This plant gets BIG if left unchecked, but there is no reason to not have it in your tank as long as you keep it in check and do a few other things:your substrate needs some fertilization, and the roots can be buried in the gravel. I think when you said that they weren't supposed to be buried in the gravel you were thinking of something like a java fern. Also, in the future it would be beneficial to your tank to get an upgrade in lighting like a retro-fit set up from ahsupply.com if you start to really like growing plants.

12-23-2006, 12:11 PM	#1
Danyel Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 78	Extreme Tank'over I did a makeover on my tank, a 12 gallon freshwater. This might be boring for you guys who have fancier tanks and have been doing this longer, but I was really excited! This is what it looked like first. The decorations from the small local fish place were ugly... The fish were hiding in this pic. The new setup... Now I added a background, plants, fake driftwood, and more gravel! I got the tank all back together from redecorating it, and looked up the new plants. I found out that they weren't supposed to be buried in the gravel so I am going to try and pull the majority of the roots out of the gravel, that should be interesting. The betta loves to swim in between the stems/leaves of the plant in the front Any idea's on getting the plants to stay where I want them? I really don’t want to tie them to the "driftwood". Is it okay to bury a few roots?

12-23-2006, 05:40 PM	#3
ch2linda phish r kool Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fish House Posts: 40	try using some lead plant weights __________________ ###Hope y'all like ditzy blondes because I am here to stay###

12-23-2006, 08:18 PM	#5
locojay Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Age: 31 Posts: 320	Very nice. __________________ Jay 55g: 1 pearl gourami 12 harlequin rasbora 4 neon dwarf rainbow 6 peppered cory 4 albino cory 4 upside down catfish 2 clown pleco 1 red tail albino shark 40g: 4 boesemani rainbow 6 long fin zebra danio 10 neon tetra 3 yoyo loach 2 amano shrimp 7 otto

12-23-2006, 08:34 PM	#7
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12-23-2006, 10:26 PM	#8
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	dang for fake driftwood that really caught me off guard! looked real! __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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12-23-2006, 03:40 PM	#2
piotrkol1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 16 Posts: 143	Nice looking tank! Its kinda like my 10 gallon, having a nice simple setup, nothing fancy. What other fish do you have in there besides the betta?

12-23-2006, 07:06 PM	#4
Danyel Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 78	Thanks guys. I have 1 betta, 1 balloon molly, 1 lyretail molly, and 3 corycats.

12-23-2006, 08:26 PM	#6
BV77 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 486	way better than the toys in the tank. Looking good

12-23-2006, 11:10 PM	#9
JoshB JoshB Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Hampshira, USA. Posts: 46	Nice set up, Really clean looking!! __________________ "Give a man a fish and he'll eat like a king for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and get drunk all day."

12-24-2006, 10:01 PM	#10
lochness Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Age: 39 Posts: 382	excellent setup! - and no matter what size, takin time to make the environment more pleasant and comfortable for your fish is always appreciated - wtg! (and yeah, I thought the wood was real too)

01-13-2007, 08:45 AM	#11
zach987 Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cochran, GA Age: 32 Posts: 19	Hey buddy, It looks as if you have made a great start in the addiction, pardon me, hobby of planted tanks. From what I can tell you have the immersed version of an Echinodorus amazonicus "Amazon Sword". In time if you take care of it the leaf style that is on it will rot away and be replaced with long slender leaves that flow in the water current. This plant gets BIG if left unchecked, but there is no reason to not have it in your tank as long as you keep it in check and do a few other things:your substrate needs some fertilization, and the roots can be buried in the gravel. I think when you said that they weren't supposed to be buried in the gravel you were thinking of something like a java fern. Also, in the future it would be beneficial to your tank to get an upgrade in lighting like a retro-fit set up from ahsupply.com if you start to really like growing plants. __________________ As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), "Geometry and Experience", January 27, 1921 http://leagueofevilgeniuses.blogspot.com/ Last edited by zach987; 01-13-2007 at 08:56 AM.

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