My most recent endeavor (lots of pics)

[ChloroPhil]

Dale,

This one turned pretty brown overnight too. I don't consider that to be a bad thing though, it's very accurate for the habitat. This was more of a clearwater setup rather than blackwater, but some leeching is still acceptable as long as it doesn't get to be too much.

Et al,

Thank you for your kind comments..

[Ardan]

Nice work!

I usually don't have time to read much in this section, but today I have been looking through this post and many of your previous ones, and found many interesting and beautiful setups of yours.

Also , thanks for all the info!!!

Someday when I have more time....and money ;D, I would like to play around with the planted tanks. For now I have enjoyed looking at yours and learning.

Thanks

[Jason60625]

Hey, Phil, for what kind of museum was this exhibit? I'm curious: why did you choose the marbles and gold for what seems to be an attempt at a natural bioscape? Why not silver scalare or altums? Was the exhibit meant to show what people can do with genetics these days?

Your setup is pretty inspiring. I can't imagine unhappy fish in a tank with so many hiding places and shadows. I wonder if a pair of angels could even raise a batch of babies to dime size in a tank like that--there seems to be plenty of space.

-Jay

[ChloroPhil]

Jason,

The fish weren't my choice. The lady who owns the company has a bijillion of those marble angels and wanted to use them. I was pretty irked that they weren't wild-type, but that's her choice. I just do the designs and she stocks them.