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ASSASSIN
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 Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...FISH update on pg 3...!! |
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hi ,
the other inhabitants of the biotope...
the sterbai cory....
the penguin tetra...
the full tank shot...
comments n suggestions welcome...
cheers... |
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tintin1982
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...The FTS on pg 4!! |
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Oh man... that driftwood looks stunning. 
Nice cory too. |
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rocky2
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 3:50 am Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...The FTS on pg 4!! |
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really awsome man really like it  |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:58 am Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...The FTS on pg 4!! |
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awesum!!  |
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ASSASSIN
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...The FTS on pg 4!! |
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| tintin1982 wrote (View Post):
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Oh man... that driftwood looks stunning.
Nice cory too.
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Hi tintin ,
It's actually drift woods... I Hav placed three pieces together...
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awesum!!
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| rocky2 wrote (View Post):
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really awsome man really like it
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Thanks guys...
Glad u liked it... |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...The FTS on pg 4!! |
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Hi Suhail
Eye-catching set-up. Nice look. |
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ASSASSIN
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| Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...The FTS on pg 4!! |
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hi guys ... 
a small update... added a few india almond leaves..!!!
the tank withe the leaves...
cheers..!!!
comments n suggestions welcome...!! |
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tintin1982
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| Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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Beautiful... the Indian almond leaves leave tannins in the tank right? I happen to like a dark look to the water.
Btw, what is the Indian almond leaf called commonly in stores here? |
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ASSASSIN
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| Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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| tintin1982 wrote (View Post):
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Beautiful... the Indian almond leaves leave tannins in the tank right? I happen to like a dark look to the water.
Btw, what is the Indian almond leaf called commonly in stores here?
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yea tannis are good for fishes...
i collected the leaves from my friends' home...!!! 
cheers..!! |
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retronat
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| Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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| Almond leaves are good, no doubt...but also remember to take replace them before they get decomposed...the leaves would break up into pieces and litter the tank floor |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:37 am Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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| really looking good |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:42 am Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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Looking good!
A big school of hockey sticks can be a nice feature that seems to be missing at the moment.
Try some greenery too(a few tufts of dwarf agittaria here and there, a bunch of vals at back, etc), its not necessary that biotope tanks should skip that completely. |
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ASSASSIN
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:42 am Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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| retronat wrote (View Post):
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Almond leaves are good, no doubt...but also remember to take replace them before they get decomposed...the leaves would break up into pieces and litter the tank floor
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Thank you.... I do Hav some leaves as stock..!!
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really looking good
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Thank you..!!
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Looking good!
A big school of hockey sticks can be a nice feature that seems to be missing at the moment.
Try some greenery too(a few tufts of dwarf agittaria here and there, a bunch of vals at back, etc), its not necessary that biotope tanks should skip that completely.
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Thank you hamZaji...!!!
There are a school of penguin tetras..I'm planning to remove them and introduce a school of lemon fins.....
As for the greenary... The substrate is not even an inch thick so planting tennelus is not possible... Anubias n mosses should be options... what say?? |
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ASSASSIN
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:44 am Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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Hi a small question...
How to prepare the almond leaves ....??
I just collected it ... Washed it n put it in the tank..??
Should I dry it before adding it to the tank ..?? |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:54 am Post subject: Re: my first cichlid set up...update(leaves added)..!! |
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Hi,
Verry beautiful tank |
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