Emmanuel's 100g Tank

[emmanuelchavez]

First thing my dad noticed when he looked down the hallway into my room was that the 15 gallon looked "different." He likes it much better.

Now I've gotta work on the 2 5gL and the 2.5 gL my female betta is in.

probably won't happen for a few weeks.

[TabMorte]

Wow Emmanual you've really done a GREAT job refreashing those tanks! I'm jealious.

[Meghan]

Your tanks look great! And, I love those pygmy cories- great pic too!

[emmanuelchavez]

Thanks for all the compliments

Now I just have to get working on my 5 gallon tanks... I've got ideas goin through my mind, but not enough funds for them all.

[Meghan]

Originally Posted by emmanuelchavez

Thanks for all the compliments

Now I just have to get working on my 5 gallon tanks... I've got ideas goin through my mind, but not enough funds for them all.

Haha, I know exactly how you feel!

[alter40]

Your tanks really do look great!

They really seem to gradually be getting better and better.

[tom91970]

Both tanks look much better. I really like how the 15g turned out. Those pgymy cories look good, too. I tried to find some for my 14g but had no luck.

[emmanuelchavez]

I've decided to redo my 15 gallon. I'm going to get rid of that ornament... it's too wide, and not long enough, and really only about 2 of my pygmies actually hide under it, the rest are always swimming around. I'm going to see what I can find as far as driftwood and rocks.

plans are to take out half the watersprite and split it between my two 5 gallons, and distribute the remaining half in there in some type of order. Get some other type of plants that will reach the top, because as ishar said, it does look empty up there. One of my plans for that was to take out the plastic bubble wand from my 10 gallon, and sticking it to the back of the glass of the 15 and have some javamoss hanging down from the top, but not too sure how that would work out. Heck, i probably could've done that with the hornwort instead of throwing it out.... put the wand about halfway down the tank, and wrap some around the bubble wand, and let it float up....

The specs for my tanks are/will be as follow.

~2 WPG
DIY CO2
Seachem Flourish
Seachem Flourish Excel
Seachem Flourish Iron
Seachem Flourish Potassium
sandy gravel substrate


I was thinking of adding either, if not both of these plants to add some more color to the tank. Green is my favorite color, but it all starts looking the same if everything's the same shade:
Ludwigia glandulosa
Ludwigia repens

Anyone know any other plants I could add that would add maybe some more 'color' to my tanks??

For foreground I was thinking of doing a combination of dwarf hairgrass with anubias. Thoughts?

It'll probably be a few weeks before I can start adding more plants, seeing as to how I'm ridiculously broke... At first I thought, I could use my credit card to get about $20 in plants and then finish paying it off this summer.... but I really shouldn't.... We'll see what happens.

[Sticky Fish]

10 gallon rules now.

didn't read the other posts, but i despise undergravel filters. to improve that one tank i would toss the undergravel and use a different method. i had one along time ago that just got nasty after a few months.

15 gallon looks pretty cool after the redo.

[emmanuelchavez]

hehe, just wait till the redo I may very well do tomorrow.

The only one with an ugf was the 2.5 gallon, which I only use for acclimating fish now.