First planted / community tank (New Pics)

[RichE]

Very Nice looking tank. Looks very natural.

[Nick]

Very Nice looking tank. Looks very natural.

Thanks!

I was able to get all of my new plants in and planted with success today. Even the Dwarf Baby tears....but now....the rams are pulling all of the Baby Tears up. There goes the carpet I wanted. Half of them are now floating at the top of the tank. I had them all in 1cm pieces for planting. All closely planted....how it looks like my tank has mange. The rest looks good though. Ill post some picks once I can.

[Nick]

Notice the pile of Dwarf baby Tears in the top right corner....damn rams!!!!

[NorthernAquatic]

Very nice looking setup. I love the look of a good planted tank. Thanks for the pics. Good luck with the rams. lol

[Nick]

So does anyone think....
30 Cardinal tetras
2 Platinum Angles
12 Guppies
15 Corys
4 Apistogramma
2 Gold rams
2 Blue rams
3 Electic blue Rams
1 L333
1 Green Dragon Longfin Pleco
.....Too much for this 56g Planted tank

Had a good time at the auction today though. Seemed like a good turnout.

[GrizzlysDad]

So does anyone think....
30 Cardinal tetras
2 Platinum Angles
12 Guppies
15 Corys
4 Apistogramma
2 Gold rams
2 Blue rams
3 Electic blue Rams
1 L333
1 Green Dragon Longfin Pleco
.....Too much for this 56g Planted tank

Had a good time at the auction today though. Seemed like a good turnout.

You are fine with that amount of livestock. I once had a 50BR fully planted that had over 200 fish in there with no issues.

[Nick]

So does anyone think....
30 Cardinal tetras
2 Platinum Angles
12 Guppies
15 Corys
4 Apistogramma
2 Gold rams
2 Blue rams
3 Electic blue Rams
1 L333
1 Green Dragon Longfin Pleco
.....Too much for this 56g Planted tank

Had a good time at the auction today though. Seemed like a good turnout.

You are fine with that amount of livestock. I once had a 50BR fully planted that had over 200 fish in there with no issues.

That is always good to hear. I have kept a ridiculous amount of cichlids in a single tank before but never in a planted tank. The thing looks sweet right now because of all the activity. I love the corys in their too. As of now I think Ill either add a group of rum nose tetras and or 2 black angles to offset the 2 platinum angles. 

[Nick]

When i said I was going to put guppies in with angel fish I was told that the guppies would nip at the Angels fins....Well my Angel fish apparently like the taste of the guppies. They have eaten more than 10 guppies so far. I just watched them tear one apart. They arent even full grown angels yet either. They have to rip and shred to get them apart. I feed them more than enough too. Eh...oh well.

[Nick]

New pics of the new plants....All of the other ones I bought online died...I didnt do my research and between the rams eating them and the water being too warm they all parished. The new ones though are swords and cyrps that they leave alone. I actually like it better.

[PaulineMi]

I  missed this thread previously.  Tank looks great!

Love the picture of the ram doing it's best to "release" the plant from the driftwood. Lol. I know it's annoying though. I had a couple of angels that thought it was great fun to play tag while dragging pieces of java moss around the tank.  I have no more java moss in that tank.

[Nick]

I  missed this thread previously.  Tank looks great!

Love the picture of the ram doing it's best to "release" the plant from the driftwood. Lol. I know it's annoying though. I had a couple of angels that thought it was great fun to play tag while dragging pieces of java moss around the tank.  I have no more java moss in that tank.

lol thanks. Those darn rams...oh well. I actually prefer the way the tank looks now anyways. I still need some foreground plants but other than that this tank is about done plant wise. The only problem now is I might be moving to Fort Smith Arkansas. If that happens I have to decide whether to sell all my fish or attempt to move them. Unfortunetly I think the best thing to do will be to sell them....Even the discus. There will be a nice for sale post on the forum next week if we are moving