Your tank is looking good.

I was glad to see you moved the tank, lol. Your initial pictures made me cringe, what with the paneling showing through the back. (I have never been a fan.)

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1 dragon goby
5 black mollies
4 bumblebee gobies
14 ghost shrimp
2 snails of unknown species

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You sound like my wife I dont mind the wood paneling, and i am not sure if a bare white wall is a better backing.

I was attempting to build a moss-wall, but after wasting $30 on moss and about 2 months of time, i have gotten no-where and still the tank has no background. Oh well, its on my to-do list. I am still struggling with plant growth, i dont think the lighting i have at the moment is enough. Also my catfish is getting big, and that big-ass pleco love to go around and up-root my plants. So for the past few weeks I have just left most my plants floating at the top of the tank. They seem to be growing better up there than 30" below in the substrate.

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I enjoyed reading through this thread! How about some updated pics?

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Nothing much has changed since the last pics. except some of the plants are in different places. No new pictures, but I do have a new camcorder so maybe if you guys are lucky.....

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what a wonderful post to enjoy!

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55G W/Angel, loaches/cats, tetras, rasboras, Two Bio Wheel 350's (8 cartridges and 4 wheels) Dual T5 ATI bulbs which are blue & blue-plus (white), give a saltwater tank look/moons. - 37G w/Angel, Mystery snails, tetras/cherry barbs. Dual 24 inch T5 with same ATI bulbs/moons. Bio wheel filter (dual cartridges and one wheel) and Aqueon single filter Bio cage cartridge, both designed for larger tanks. n

Thanks Hooper. Im itching to do some more work on this tank and get some updates going. But with the current lights, i am stuck with plastic plants :\

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very nice tank.

So just some updates on this tank. I got tired of seeing the wall behind the tank, so I placed the cardboard back there to give it some contrast. I am kicking around the idea of just painting the backside of the tank black, or doing some kind of 3D wall.

Also I got tired of pulling dead plants our spending money on real plants... so I just gathered my collection of fake plants and put them in the tank. The fish need them, and I cant afford a good light so this will have to get me by. The fish wont notice

Here is a pic I took a couple weeks ago after alittle rescape:


Here it is today with the cardboard behind it.


I also added these today, the gourami really seem to like the extra cover.


And a pic of the entire setup... excuse the mess, i also did a 20gal water change this morning.


The white dots all over my glass are baby Golden Mystery Snails. I had bought 4 snails from Petsmart a couple months ago, and whenever the water level drops too low they love to come out and lay a ton of eggs. At one time i had 13 pouches of eggs total.

This is an old picture with only a few pouches, but at one time the entire side of this tank was lined with eggs.


After two of the pouches hatched, i removed all the other eggs and topped off the tank. It seems to keep them from laying any other eggs... now I just have to keep it topped off, or else more of this.


So yeah thats just about it. Im worried about my filtration not being enough, so im on the hunt for a 2nd canister filter... or maybe kicking around the idea of setting up a sump.

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looking good buddy

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