PLanted Aquarium for Catfishes - Oct.2010

[ab110870]

Hello:

I want to introduce my Planted Tank for catfishes, i decided to put all the plants in platforms behind the driftwood. The free area for fishes is a 90%, where they can swim and sleep during the day.





Setup
Aquarium 120 cms x 45 cmx x 40 cms.
Light: GE 860 DAY LIGHT 3 Fluos
Amazon driftwood
Silica substrate
2 filters 1400 - 1200 liters per hour

Underwater Plants
Anubias Nana
Cabomba Verde
Hygrophyla polysperma
Hygrophyla Corimbosa
Ludwigia Repens
Ceratopteris thalictroides

Floating Plants
Pistia Stratiotes

Fishes
Acanthodoras spinosissimus
Amblydora Hancockii
Agamyxis pectinifrons
Platydora Costatus
Pimelodus pictus
Sorubim Lima
Batrochoglanis raninus
Lisosomadora Morrowi
LungFishes

My Catfishes

I hope you enjoy this video

Greetings from peru

[PlecoCrazy]

Very nice tank and video! Your Cats look great!

[corybrummie2010]

Wow! great looking tank and great video too

[Marc van Arc]

It looks to me that there's also a

Megalodoras uranoscopus

in there?

[sidguppy]

yup, 100% spot on
the fourth Dorad showing up, right after hancock #3 arrives is Megalodoras.

odd; every single hancocki has a bent spine and a squeezed caudal fin?

[Richard B]

That is a great looking tank plus it caters for the needs of the fishes & the fishkeeper - well done

[Viktor Jarikov]

Lovely tank. An eye candy for sure.

What was that that you fed them? Looks kinda like pieces of Captain Kirk's fried breaded chicken fingers, but I am sure they weren't...

It looks to me that there's also a Megalodoras uranoscopus in there?

yep I'd agree; but not on the list; why?

[crkinney]

Nice flick Viktor .
No need to watch River Monsters any more.
Did I see a hunk of the local kitty in there?
just to be nosy how do you plan on moving all of your fish to the land of the big eared black rat [florida]?

[Viktor Jarikov]

Hey, Crkinney, there is a pm (private message) waiting for you.

[Dan*]

very nice tank

[ab110870]

Hello

thank you very much for each of your comments. I want to show the evolution of my tank. Had several changes which I will detail

December, 2010 - As a Paludarium





April 2011 - Space and water flow for the fish could swim in formation





* The output of water is full with oxygen by means of this output current genre of water on the surface, which use the fishes to swim in formation.
* The landscape changed, it allows me to present to fish different landscapes, with new seating areas and obstacles to overcome.
* The behavior of all stays ok. is a very interesting community.
* The lunch is all a celebration ... problem here is not light, everyone is invited.

I hope you enjoy the shots as I do.

greetings from lima - peru

[Viktor Jarikov]

I am nearly speechless. So I'll just say bravo.

[bigbird]

well done and great pics and fish cheers jk

[Acanthicus]

Hi,

your tank looks really great. Are you using some kind of fertilizer, or is it just "normal water"? I ´ve never managed to make my tanks look like this one.

[Blackhawker]

How did you get the plants to sit that high in your tank? Also with that much wood do you not get a whole bunch of wood tannins?

[apistomaster]

The plants are potted in a few elevated containers.
Time, water changes and activated carbon will keep excess tannins from coloring the water. Worked for me when I put large pieces of Malaysian Bog Wood in my planted 125 gal Tetra tank.
I have used terraced back sections for minimizing the amount of substrate and to get the bottom more 3-D.
Few examples of my Discus tanks with terraces:

[Blackhawker]

So where do you buy some good terraces? Also do generally use different substrate for the terraced portions? Or do you just section it off?

I'm tempted to post photos of my tank, but I'm embarrassed haha. I wanted to get some opinions on how to make it more visually appealing. I'm new to learning about this "terracing."

[apistomaster]

I made mine. I used two different styles but all are glass and silicone sealant. I face them with pre-routed strips on the top edge of stone finished floor tiles.
Method one is to build a free standing box(es).
Method two is to attach the wall to the bottom but it has a few buttresses of glass because without supports they are free standing cantilever retaining walls without sufficient support to resist the over turning moment. I make them about three inches high.
This allows me to have enough substrate in the back half to grow plants while using barely enough of the same substrate to cover the bottom glass in the front half. Foods and wastes tend to accumulate in the lower front half which makes clean up easier and in the case of live black worms, they have no escape from the Discus sifting the sand.

[Blackhawker]

Great info! I found this DIY link for cave terraces. Would the sharp edges possibly hurt a pleco?

http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=6

[apistomaster]

Great info! I found this DIY link for cave terraces. Would the sharp edges possibly hurt a pleco?

http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=6

I doubt it.

[MatsP]

I doubt it too. But just in case, I'd go over the edges with a sandpaper (or a grinding disk on an angle-grinder, much quicker and easier, assuming you already have an angle-grinder...)

--
Mats

[2wheelsx2]

You should be able to get a setup very similar with larger pieces of flagstone instead of that thin slate, which would not produce as many thin sharp edges. Just smash it with a sledge hammer.

[viciouswolf11]

I agree with all of the above, i wasn't sure about the first two new photos. I was thinking "it was better the first time, then I saw the third picture, WOW, you have got to show me how to do that" if you haven't already then you should try writing an aquascaping book.

Im crazy with your tank

[ab110870]

Hello Community:
Thank you very much for your comments. I'm back after a while.
I believe that the use of driftwood is much better because the fish can be under conditions almost similar to their own environment. We must not forget that they are from the Amazon River and they like to be stuck in the wood.



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Greetings from Lima - Perú

[ab110870]

Hello:
I want to show you my catfishes:

Trachelyopterus galeatus


Trachelyichthys exilis


Liosomadora Morrowi


Sorubim lima


AMBLYDORAS


Greetings.

[Corygal]

Beauitiful tank and fantastic fish! I'm loving those Amblydoras

[ab110870]

Beauitiful tank and fantastic fish! I'm loving those Amblydoras

Hello Corygal, thank you for your comment.
I have some pictures of my Amblydoras.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5p7UAU ... ideo_title[/youtube]

Greetings.

[Viktor Jarikov]

The difference between S. lima and S. elongatus is quite far from trivial to ascertain... the difference in the adult size is 2 times - 2 feet vs. 1 foot, respectively. This is the most common reason people's "S. limas" never exceed 11"-12".

I know you have a beautiful group of these.

[ab110870]

For all members of this beautiful community PLANETCATFISH
Merry Christmas ...!