Close ups of my 29G community tank

[brewmaster15]

These are some shots from my 29 gal potted tank. Nothing fancy.. 2 potted Crypts, 1 potted Amazon sword, a little moss for fry and shrimp.Some driftwood . $10 LED light, and preset 77F heater and 2 air driven hydrosponges. Tank contains a school of Phoenix Rasboro, Endler Guppys, Bristlenose plecos and Cherry shrimp. Tanks been running since November.


Rasbora..
Phoenix Rasboro by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_IMG2687 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_IMG2614 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_IMG2665_01 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr




Endler Guppy.. Have to say these are a Royal pain to Photo. They never stop moving!
_IMG2682 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Endler Guppy Female by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Endler Guppy Male by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Endler Guppy male by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Cherry Shrimp
_IMG2658 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Cherry Shrimp by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Cherry Shrimp by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

The idea when I set this up was to have a shrimp safe Tank. I initially stocked it with 20 of my brightest red Cherry Shrimp and waited for Babies to start showing up, I have no problem with Cherry Shrimp here.. If you so much as look at the Tank they breed. But none were breeding . I was worried that someone was eating the baby shrimp. So I looked closer and realized I goofed big time. In my attempt to have a tank full of bright red Cherry shrimp in my Living room I selected only females! Problem solved, threw in some Males and within in weeks Babies everywhere. The Guppys too are prolific as Guppies are.. Started a second overflow tank already.

Nice low maintenance tank!

al

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[Second Hand Pat]

I love those Rorbora Al, what a gorgeous little fish and the whole tank is really nice too.
Pat

[jwcarlson]

Looking good, Al! Surprised there wasn't at least one berried female in the 20, but maybe the stress of the move made them shuck their eggs.
I'm jealous of people who have good luck with plants. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but it just doesn't work for me. I have some crypts that are 2+ years old that are smaller then when I planted them. They never grow. Doesn't matter if I use root tabs or not. I can grow a mean pile of hornwort, though. So I'll stick to that.

[Discus Fever]

Al your pictures always amaze me, those close up pictures are awesome. That always makes me jealous. LOL

[brewmaster15]

I love those Rorbora Al, what a gorgeous little fish and the whole tank is really nice too.
Pat

Thanks Pat, They are a great little fish . They have zero interest in even the smallest guppy fry.

[brewmaster15]

Al your pictures always amaze me, those close up pictures are awesome. That always makes me jealous. LOL

Thanks Scott! I have to say its like anything, practice practice practice. I take a camera with me everywhere I go. I'm still learning everyday.
Its not that hard, nor expensive to take good tank shots..

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[brewmaster15]

Looking good, Al! Surprised there wasn't at least one berried female in the 20, but maybe the stress of the move made them shuck their eggs.
I'm jealous of people who have good luck with plants. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but it just doesn't work for me. I have some crypts that are 2+ years old that are smaller then when I planted them. They never grow. Doesn't matter if I use root tabs or not. I can grow a mean pile of hornwort, though. So I'll stick to that.

Jacob, I 'm not doing anything special here or high tech.. I haven't used ferts in the tank or plants pots, but I will soon add some iron tabs and calcium to the pots. Alls these are is basically a layer of gravel, some milled peatmoss mixed with sand 50-50% and layer of laterite (iron source) topped lightly with some river stone to keep it in place. Its basically a media I use for alot of terrestrial plants.. sand and peat are a great combo. The light on the 29 gal is literally a $10 light,,

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when planted... Nov 23, 2023

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today.. Feb 23, 2024

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Water color is from tannins.
al

[Second Hand Pat]

Al, are you using a remote flash above the tank. I'm guessing not lol
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Al, are you using a remote flash above the tank. I'm guessing not lol
Pat

Pat I have remote flash sitting on the tank ..but pointed to the ceiling and bouncing light into the tank. Its a really old film era flash. I picked up a set of 4 remotes and controller a few years ago on ebay for some ridiculously cheap price $15? They are made by "newer" and actually work pretty darn good. Nice thing is I can use 4 flashes at one time... most I ever use is 2. On fish tanks usually just 1.

[Iminit]

Nice setup! Plants look great and really like that phoenix. Guessing it’s a nano fish? Never seen it before. How many do you have in there? Does it eat shrimplets? Cherry shrimp looks great! The red legs stick out.

[Second Hand Pat]

Pat I have remote flash sitting on the tank ..but pointed to the ceiling and bouncing light into the tank. Its a really old film era flash. I picked up a set of 4 remotes and controller a few years ago on ebay for some ridiculously cheap price $15? They are made by "newer" and actually work pretty darn good. Nice thing is I can use 4 flashes at one time... most I ever use is 2. On fish tanks usually just 1.

I have used one flash with a diffuser on top of the tank Al. I do not have a flash for the Z9 however. May need to consider one.
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Nice setup! Plants look great and really like that phoenix. Guessing it’s a nano fish? Never seen it before. How many do you have in there? Does it eat shrimplets? Cherry shrimp looks great! The red legs stick out.

Thanks Tom. Yes they are Nano fish . They are shrimplet safe.Theres a school of twenty. I was hoping they would breed but none yet. Might be too much going on..I started with a trio of fire red endler in that tank and now have two tanks of them. Cherry Shrimp are really doing well in there. They say Hi to their cousins.

So far the tank is pretty balanced ..I need to pull out a few plecos.. I put 10 babies in there to grow out.. need to drop that number down to 4 for now.

[brewmaster15]

I have used one flash with a diffuser on top of the tank Al. I do not have a flash for the Z9 however. May need to consider one.
Pat

Flash from the nikon dslr isn't compatible With Z 's I guess?

[danotaylor]

Nice one Al!

[brewmaster15]

Thanks Danny!