Crystal Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Here is my largest tank. A 90g planted tank. Unfortunately, I am terrible at remembering the plant names, but there there are java ferns, several varieties of crypts, a lot of pygmy chain, 2 kinds of hygro, limnophilia?, hardy water lily, a miniture lily that spreads by runners, rose sword (it has bloomed twice), vals, diva duckweed (I keep a few on top as they go nuts before algae has a chance), and a couple of others. There is co2 so the plants think they are weeds... I originally had a breeding pair of red jewels and a pair of albino BN plecos, it actually worked very well - once I put some rocks on top of the sword roots as that was the only place the jewels wanted to dig. I just wanted more fish, so I removed the jewels and decided to create a mixed community. The fish: 8 red rams, 5 neon rainbows (originally 12), 2 SAE, 3 albino BN plecos, 1 angel fish, some livebearers, 24 pygmy cories, a pair of keyhole cichilds (soon to have their own 20g), 8 gold mountain cloud minnows, and a lot of normal Mountain cloud minnows. Oh, and a few million MTS to keep the substrate clean and eat rotting plant debris. What a difference in the first six months... Most of the photos are from today, just did a major pruning, so plants aren't at their best. My picture skills aren't the best either... January 2010 (just a pair of red jewels and the plecos) July 2010 (rams, angels, SAE, and the plecos) January 3 2011: Full tank view mini lily (leaves are about 3" long) one of the runners Red ram Keyhole with red ram Angelfish Pygmy cory Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish Swordtail (got these at the auction - would love to find out who sold them, I would like to get more) Mountain cloud minnows (Who says these guys are boring? My males are almost pure black! The gold morph adds some contrast) Feeding time And to think it started out as a saltwater tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 nice tank! i have a rose sword too, but its never flowered for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvak Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Amazing! That is a community tank! I'm googling the Mountain Cloud Minnows as I type. Boring? I certainly don't think so! The mini lilys from below add a very natural touch. Very happy plants and fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 nice minnows. ive only seen them plain as feeders. That black sure is sharp! very intresting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Great progression pictures! :thumbs: Too bad the saltwater didn't work out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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