and now for something completely different...

[TerraC]

I know it's a marine forum but thought u guys might appreciate this from another perspective. this is my dads trop tank after a change of direction in january, the tank was completely stripped down and rebuilt. will try get a recent pic later in the week as a lot of the plants have grown now :)

[Tetley]

Hi,

Nice, hard to beat a well planted Trop tank. :):)

What is current stock? (Can see the tetra's - nice)

How does he feed plants?

ATB

[stevieh]

see where you get your inspiration:):)

[TerraC]

he does a weekly water change and feeds the plants with a food stick pushed into the gravel at the base. He switched the substrate from sand to gravel which Chris at MT ordered in for me. it's a "black quartz" although it's more greyish white than black :D

cant quite remember his full stocks but there are cardinal tetra, whiptails, boatiers, various corydoras (panda, swarzai etc), zebra plecos, rummynose tetra. probably loads i've missed :D

[Tangman]

Hi,

Nice, hard to beat a well planted Trop tank. :):)

What is current stock? (Can see the tetra's - nice)

How does he feed plants?

ATB
Boring though compared to your LPS tank, JMHO:D Eric

[moorish]

have seem some nice planted tropical tanks but marine have the edge every time.derek

[DC110770]

Nice clean tank!

Cant touch marines but still I like it!

[mousehunter22]

Lovely tank that mate!!!! I still like to see tropical tanks!!!

[callum_parsons]

nice i love my tropical tank even though it has been rejected now:(

marines are just to good!:)

[TerraC]

update on the trop tank from last week. Lights have been changed to dennerle tubes, better growth & less unwanted algae so i'm told :) plants have grown a bit, couple of new ones added.

[Dons1903]

I like it! :)

Once I have moved over to my new bigger tank, my current marine tank is going to be moved to teh hall and set up as a planted tropical with nothing but angels and tetras.

[stevieh]

looking very nice:):)

[Tom2006]

Very nice planted tank. As much as I love my marine tank, I still miss having a tropical tank, also MUCH cheaper ;)

[angel1]

Very nice planted tank. As much as I love my marine tank, I still miss having a tropical tank, also MUCH cheaper ;)


Ive got 2 trop tanks as well as a marine, but it pales into insignificance against marines.:o

LILYANN:p

[Tom2006]

I know what you mean. Its the breeding of the tropical FW that I miss. My bangaiis spawn every month or so but the young just get gobbled up by the rest of the tank. When my lad gets old enough I'll use him as an excuse to get another fw tank :)

[TerraC]

update pic of my dads freshwater tank. plants growing nicely.

[Tom2006]

Looking very nice, your dad must be very pleased with what he has achieved. With all my recent probs I'm seriously contemplating FW trops again, but you just can't get the same colours :rolleyes::D

[Gillybaby]

That is a gorgeous tank...now what did I do with that 4ft tank ;)