10 gal planted Eclipse

supapoopa · 03-28-2005, 03:07 AM

Here are some pics of my latest tank. Comments welcome.

its a 10 gal with an eclipse 1 hood (w/ 36 watt retrofit).

zanoshano · 03-28-2005, 08:36 AM

very green. nice set up, i would say that you could do soem more fish tho...
nice tank!

NoDeltaH2O · 03-28-2005, 09:17 AM

AWESOME!!!

Is that java moss or another type? It is beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

supapoopa · 03-28-2005, 10:47 AM

You can't see them from looking at the tank but there are about 6 black molly fry, 2 gold dust molly fry, 1 otocinclus, 2 male guppies, and 15 amano shrimp.

The fry were rescued from a friends tank and all the black mollies will be going into my 29 gal tank when they are big enough. Once they are out i want to add about 4 more cardinal tetras.

The main plant that is on the drift wood is riccia. It grows insanely fast and i may have 'bitten off more then i can chew' when it comes to trimming it. HUGE MESS.

lol. I do have some java moss growing in one spot, at the base of the drift wood that has grown out very nicely. Thinking i might just get rid of the riccia and attach some more java moss to the top. What do you people think?

Leopardess · 03-28-2005, 08:12 PM

Keep the riccia. It is working well for you. Once that foreground grows in (and you think about maybe removing the oddball stems directly to the right of the riccia) you should photograph it and enter into the AGA Aquascaping competition. It is free and everyone's encouraged to participate. That little tank has some lovely potential.

supapoopa · 04-07-2005, 03:04 AM

Update: riccia is officially the biggest pain in the @$$.

lol.

WHat it looked like this morning. About a month after a big trim.

WHat it looked like after the riccia p'd me off... plus another big trim.

I wished i would have used nylon thread to begin with. Driftwood had to be taken out because the cotton string i had originally used to tie down the riccia was breaking away.

Felt kind of bad throwing so much of it away but i know that the plants will bounce right back by the end of the month.

What didn't make it back into the tank.

Will update when it fills back in.

kool_sk8a · 04-09-2005, 06:51 PM

wow nice tank! Hope to see more pics of it in a while to see how it grows back.

Any chance of a quick list of the plants that youve got in there?

timisu87 · 04-09-2005, 07:23 PM

That is so nice. Good job man.

Michel - Brasil · 04-10-2005, 06:43 PM

Nice aquarium! I like it.
Congratulations!!!

Lotus · 04-10-2005, 07:14 PM

You really need to trim the riccia every two weeks, or even every week -- basically when it starts to look a little long. Otherwise, the strands at the bottom melt and the whole thing floats up.

03-28-2005, 03:07 AM	#1
supapoopa Little Fish Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 126	10 gal planted Eclipse Here are some pics of my latest tank. Comments welcome. its a 10 gal with an eclipse 1 hood (w/ 36 watt retrofit).

03-28-2005, 08:36 AM	#2
zanoshano Medium Fish Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, California Posts: 349	very green. nice set up, i would say that you could do soem more fish tho... nice tank! __________________ 38 G. - FOWLR 2 False Percula Clowns 1 Yellow Tang 1 Royal Gramma 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 30 Blue Leg Hermits 1 Peppermint shrimp 1 Blue Cheeck Goby 10 G. Assorted African Cichlid tank 2.5 G. Male CT Betta 2 ADF's My Tanks ( under construction)

03-28-2005, 09:17 AM	#3
NoDeltaH2O Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Portland Posts: 1,868	AWESOME!!! Is that java moss or another type? It is beautiful, absolutely beautiful. __________________ Love, Peace, & Soul,... Delta________I am the Chosen One_I bring balance to the forum Hillstream Loach Planted River Tank ~4.5wpg ODNO DIY CO2 ________"A Proud Member of the Anti-Ballistic Comment Treaty" PS: my school web account got closed down after graduation, so none of my pictures in old threads are accessible until I move them all elsewhere, sorry.

03-28-2005, 10:47 AM	#4
supapoopa Little Fish Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 126	You can't see them from looking at the tank but there are about 6 black molly fry, 2 gold dust molly fry, 1 otocinclus, 2 male guppies, and 15 amano shrimp. The fry were rescued from a friends tank and all the black mollies will be going into my 29 gal tank when they are big enough. Once they are out i want to add about 4 more cardinal tetras. The main plant that is on the drift wood is riccia. It grows insanely fast and i may have 'bitten off more then i can chew' when it comes to trimming it. HUGE MESS. lol. I do have some java moss growing in one spot, at the base of the drift wood that has grown out very nicely. Thinking i might just get rid of the riccia and attach some more java moss to the top. What do you people think? __________________ My random pics 29 gal tank 10 gal Eclipse 6 gal Eclipse

03-28-2005, 08:12 PM	#5
Leopardess Super Fish Join Date: May 2003 Location: Seacoast Area, New Hampshire Posts: 2,362	Keep the riccia. It is working well for you. Once that foreground grows in (and you think about maybe removing the oddball stems directly to the right of the riccia) you should photograph it and enter into the AGA Aquascaping competition. It is free and everyone's encouraged to participate. That little tank has some lovely potential. __________________ African Dwarf Frog Article

04-07-2005, 03:04 AM	#6
supapoopa Little Fish Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 126	Update: riccia is officially the biggest pain in the @$$. lol. WHat it looked like this morning. About a month after a big trim. WHat it looked like after the riccia p'd me off... plus another big trim. I wished i would have used nylon thread to begin with. Driftwood had to be taken out because the cotton string i had originally used to tie down the riccia was breaking away. Felt kind of bad throwing so much of it away but i know that the plants will bounce right back by the end of the month. What didn't make it back into the tank. Will update when it fills back in. __________________ My random pics 29 gal tank 10 gal Eclipse 6 gal Eclipse

04-09-2005, 06:51 PM	#7
kool_sk8a Medium Fish Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: London Posts: 547	wow nice tank! Hope to see more pics of it in a while to see how it grows back. Any chance of a quick list of the plants that youve got in there? __________________ 72g::Severum Pair, 2 Clown loach:: 16g::Not running:: 12g::Reef:: 8g::2 corys:: Last edited by kool_sk8a; 04-10-2005 at 12:19 PM..

04-09-2005, 07:23 PM	#8
timisu87 Large Fish Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 810	That is so nice. Good job man. __________________ 40 gallon! 3 2" discus 20 Gallon!- 8 Cardinal Tetras, 6 Albino Cory Cats, and one Dwarf Gourami

04-10-2005, 06:43 PM	#9
Michel - Brasil Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4	Nice aquarium! I like it. Congratulations!!!

04-10-2005, 07:14 PM	#10
Lotus Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 14,778	You really need to trim the riccia every two weeks, or even every week -- basically when it starts to look a little long. Otherwise, the strands at the bottom melt and the whole thing floats up. __________________ Lotus and Ecotank's tanks "So long, and thanks for all the fish."