Plecory's Journey Of The Altums

[Bigfoot1989]

That I call living in fish heaven. Haha

[Lester]

Good move to introduce plant into your tank. Looks good and improve your water quality.

Originally Posted by Censis

Really beautiful bro Plecory..

Love altums.. Cant wait for the season to come and I'm gonna give a shot!

Thanks bro. Yup, you still got alot of time to prepare

Originally Posted by FlowerHFanatic

your setup and photography is getting more and more pro bro!

Thanks bro. Still got alot to learn...its fun to mix both my hobbies together

Originally Posted by Bigfoot1989

That I call living in fish heaven. Haha

Hahaha i wouldn't exactly use heaven to describe but thanks nonetheless

Originally Posted by Lester

Good move to introduce plant into your tank. Looks good and improve your water quality.

That's right bro. Improving the water quality was also one of the consideration factor

[Censis]

Originally Posted by plecory

Thanks bro. Yup, you still got alot of time to prepare

Everything ready bro.. Just waiting for them to arrive! Haha..

Btw what filtration are you using?

Originally Posted by Censis

Everything ready bro.. Just waiting for them to arrive! Haha..

Btw what filtration are you using?

Swee la bro. This tank is running on 2 canister, a Pro3 & an Ecco 2232

[Rigil]

Originally Posted by plecory

Thanks bro! Your 522 also swee swee now

Originally Posted by plecory

Hi bro, i don't really have any description for the LED lights. A picture speaks a thousand words so maybe you can use this picture as a reference. I believe it is very easy to find

Originally Posted by plecory

Too much free time during CNY break so itchy hand & added some plants into the setup. These plants are the hardy type so would be more suitable for my kind of setup. Pardon me for my extremely raw aquascaping skill

Plants
1) Microsorum Pteropus Trident
2) Bolbitis Heudelotii
3) Anubias Nana Petite

Haha thanks bro! But today i just rearrange my medias in my 522, super cloudy nowzzzzzz

Anyway Swee setting of your lights! And i might wanna follow the concept for my new pleco tank! hahaha

[sfk7]

The lights are fixed onto the wall? If you were to upgrade the tank or move the tank there would be unsightly holes? But love the sleek look!

But i hold different opinion abt addition of plants. It took away the focus on the beautiful driftwood that you have. Maybe reduce the number of bunches? Not sure if bolbitis can grow in relatively low light condition. And if the situation was not monitored water parameter will deteriorate

Originally Posted by Rigil

Haha thanks bro! But today i just rearrange my medias in my 522, super cloudy nowzzzzzz

Anyway Swee setting of your lights! And i might wanna follow the concept for my new pleco tank! hahaha

Thanks thanks. Will look forward to seeing your pleco tank

Originally Posted by sfk7

The lights are fixed onto the wall? If you were to upgrade the tank or move the tank there would be unsightly holes? But love the sleek look!

But i hold different opinion abt addition of plants. It took away the focus on the beautiful driftwood that you have. Maybe reduce the number of bunches? Not sure if bolbitis can grow in relatively low light condition. And if the situation was not monitored water parameter will deteriorate

That's right, the bracket is fixed onto the wall. The little holes are not a concern as it can be easily mended in the event if i were to move the tank.

I kinda get what you mean by the plants taking away the focus of the driftwood. Somehow the plants gives a different feel to the whole setup & not just only focus on the driftwood. There is only so much to look at in a 3ft tank & with a few branches of wood

If i didn't get it wrong, bolbitis is a fairly easy plant to maintain as they can survive in low light conditions. Only thing is that under such lighting, the leaves will turn dark green instead of translucent vibrant green.

Anyway your tank was the inspiration behind my setup

[Just]

personally i prefer without the plants inside, more natural environment. with the plants on the branches, it gives an artificial feeling of the environment, maybe plant the plants into the sand behind the branches might give a more natural look. just my opinion.

Thanks for the suggestion