Strikingthematch Planted Tank.

Finally getting around to posting some pictures up here of my tank and fish. This is my 90 Gal planted tank. Fairly high light tank with CO2 injection. Lots of stem plants and a very mid/fore ground plants. Driftwood is locally picked and self cured hehe... DIY spray bar up top kept under the water line for minimal surface aggregation. Fulval FX5 filter running the show with 3 layers of bio media and a bag of Purigen to keep things crystal clear. You might see the little sponge/Pre filter I added to the intake it really helps to keep me from having to clean the filter every week. Hope everyone enjoys!

Wow great tank!

very nice! I how each stem is separated, gives it that forest look.

Very nice and very green!

Very nice!

Big thank you to everyone! :)

Yeah I plant most of my stem plants in a small grid pattern it seems to aid in their growth and keep algae off of them. It seemed like before every time I clumped them together they would get lots of algae growth at the bottom and then look funny haha. so i keep them all an inch or more apart depending on their growth. makes it easy to plat and replant.

beautiful tank! Your marbled angelfish is one of the best I've seen.

i like.

Super pretty tank!!

Cohazard wrote:

beautiful tank! Your marbled angelfish is one of the best I've seen.

Thank you He is my "tank dog" haha goes nuts for food, follow me around, and extremely proud of himself lol.

Very nice.

Very nice

very nicely done....

Awesome! Do you know the gender of the marble?

I believe he is a Male. We had him in a tank with some other Angels and his aggression was pretty high. Not to say that is a tale tale sign but since I have never tried to breed him I really don't know.

I swapped with Vex for her proven Male marble... same crown orange as yours! Was hoping to let him have some "fun" soon...

well looking a 2nd time (at least in that lighting)yours appears to be a gold crown..
the guy I have has more of an orange crown/dorsal...

yes Bill your's has koi in it.

That must have been a strange mating to watch! Coulda sold tickets!

Haha yeah to be honest I don't know bill he was a fish store buy and has been really great but as far as sex I couldn't tell ya.

Very Nice!

awesome tank... well done

Vey nice set up!

Thanks again all

Since I took this pictures the stem plants on the right have almost doubled and I have now transplanted much of the lower level plants to the right side to start filling in the front. My Belem is growing slowly but has not rotted away yet so I view that as a + in my book. I'll have to get more pictures up soon.

Figured I would post a few update pictures just a quick "before and after" this is about 3+weeks of growth. Not to bad haha I don't think

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