75 gal planted angel fish tank

[Antlese]

Just planted it a little. No fish yet. Waiting for it to cycle.

[exv152]

Nice start. What kind of substrate are you using in the corners?

[charlie]

nice start indeed .
What are your long term goals for the tank?
How are you cycling ?
Thanks for sharing

[Antlese]

Nice start. What kind of substrate are you using in the corners?

In the corners I have 2 to 4 inches of Flourite Black covered with 1 inch of Tahitian Moon sand.
The center section is Carib Sea very fine white sand.

The white and black is separated by petrified wood. I wonder how long before the two colors mix together??   

[Antlese]

nice start indeed .
What are your long term goals for the tank?
How are you cycling ?
Thanks for sharing

I wanted a "Dutch Style" heavily planted tank with some colorful plants. I also like the river effect. So I decided to try to combine these 2 together.

Once its cycled I will stock it with some of my favorite fish: 4 or 5 nice Angels ( I like Koi angels), A handful of Cory cats ( hopefully they will love the soft white sand area), maybe 5 or 6 Congo tetras (never kept these before), and maybe a handful of silver hatchet fish.

Doing fishless cycling. Throwing in a flake of food each morning. And have some filter floss from an established filter in my new filters.

[charlie]

I wanted a "Dutch Style" heavily planted tank with some colorful plants. I also like the river effect. So I decided to try to combine these 2 together.

Once its cycled I will stock it with some of my favorite fish: 4 or 5 nice Angels ( I like Koi angels), A handful of Cory cats ( hopefully they will love the soft white sand area), maybe 5 or 6 Congo tetras (never kept these before), and maybe a handful of silver hatchet fish.

Doing fishless cycling. Throwing in a flake of food each morning. And have some filter floss from an established filter in my new filters.

Nice , keep us posted.
Regards

[angelcraze]

You have to tell me where you got that wood...it is awesome for an angel tank.

[Antlese]

You have to tell me where you got that wood...it is awesome for an angel tank.

These are a couple of nice pieces that I picked up over the last year. One at Big Als East, the other at Critter Jungle. I have tied some java moss to them. First time growing moss for me.

[angelcraze]

It's manzanita?  I thought it looked darker, may be the pic.  Anyhow, it looks good.

[charlie]

It's manzanita?  I thought it looked darker, may be the pic.  Anyhow, it looks good.

I think it`s redmoor wood, which is more common in our LFS.
Regards

[Antlese]

I guess it could be redmoor wood. I honestly don't know.
Here are a couple of closer pics of the wood. I've attached moss to it and last night I put some anubias in the branches and crevices of the wood.

[Antlese]

And another

[Antlese]

Wow..my phone pictures didn't turn out that nice once I uploaded them... Sorry for the poor quality.

[Stussi613]

Wow..my phone pictures didn't turn out that nice once I uploaded them... Sorry for the poor quality.

I always host them on photobucket then link them here...that way they get sized properly and they don't end up looking fuzzy and pixelated (the OVAS forum software is ancient so it doesn't handle pictures that well).

[bitterman]

I always host them on photobucket then link them here...that way they get sized properly and they don't end up looking fuzzy and pixelated (the OVAS forum software is ancient so it doesn't handle pictures that well).

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[Antlese]

I always host them on photobucket then link them here...that way they get sized properly and they don't end up looking fuzzy and pixelated (the OVAS forum software is ancient so it doesn't handle pictures that well).

Thanks for the tip. Will give that a try.