Wild Green Tefe Biotope

[arabu1973]

This is my 375L Tefe biotope for the WGT discus
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg139/arabu1973/300L.jpg

[mcsinny99]

I like it, how do you keep the sand out of that corner though?

[arabu1973]

The spray bar is on the top left side so the water circulates from left to right(looking at the photo), like in a wash machine. All the dirt collects in the left corner from where is much easyer to remove when i clean the tank and the intake pipe is in that corner too.

[TankWatcher]

That looks really nice. Good job :thumbsup:

[arabu1973]

This is my other 650L discus tank
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg139/arabu1973/500L.jpg

[discusluvr818]

Amazing pictures. I wish I could do something like that to my 100 gallon. Shanks for sharing and sparking the imagination.

[Scribbles]

Beautiful tanks. I love your discus.

Chris

[plecocicho]

Amazing tank Arubu! What are tank measurments, water parameters, filtration, lightning, wc regime? There are 7 wilds in there. Any other species beside them in the tank?

[arabu1973]

Amazing tank Arubu! What are tank measurments, water parameters, filtration, lightning, wc regime? There are 7 wilds in there. Any other species beside them in the tank?
Thanx. I'll start with the biotope tank:

375L Rena
Length 120cm X Width 50cm X Height 74cm
Ph 6.0, never checked Gh or Kh
External filter Tetratec EX 1200
Light 2X30W
Stock:
8 wild green tefe(there are 8 i just can't get all of them in one photo)
3 L190, Panaque nigrolineatus, Royal pleco
3 L066, Network pleco, King tiger pleco
9 wild Coridoras sterbai
I change the water once a week (50l-100l rainwater only)

650L Custom made
Length 180cm X Width 60cm X Height 70cm(60cm to the surface of the water)
Ph 6.5-7.5, never checked Gh or Kh
2 X Tetratec EX 1200
Light 2X80W
Stock:
12 Discus
15 silver hatchet fish
20 rummynose tetra
20 wild corydoras sterbai + lots of fry different generations
1 pair german rams
1 pair appistogramma agassizi/fire red
15 Different plecos, 2 blue phantom, 2 green phantom, 2 starlight, 2 clowns, 1 bristlenose, 1 vampire, 1 snowball, 1 stardust, 1 L092, 1 L141, 1 L144
I change the water once a week (20%-30%) with water filtered through 5 micron filter and carbon filter.

[AquatiCreations]

Both tanks look excellent, I especially like the idea of the bare bottom corner. :)

[arabu1973]

The panaques are waste factoryes so having a stronger current in the tank gets all that waste in a dead spot behind the big piece of bogwood on the left side, from where is easyer to remove, and the food falls on the bare bottom part, i have a feeding trap right in the middle of the tank so the current drops it right there

[Eddie]

Beautiful tanks, I especially like the Biotope, those greens look very nice.

Eddie

[cc_woman]

Gorgeous tanks, I love the biotope....great job :D

[Eyecandy]

Hi there. Very nice fish and tank scapes... but there is just something about the wilds and the biotype that just draws me in... love it:D:D.. Congrats on your accomplishment.. I'm sure the fish love it too. Sue:D