8ft 200G Revamp Coming Soon!

[beN]

Well my addiction has taken the best of me. Of course this all depends if I sell a certain someone. But in the case that this actually happens, I want to be ready for a re-model. I have a plan, but I what I really want to know is some of your suggestions. What would you do with 8x2 tank? I will be adding more sand soon thanks to Elle! ..and so far that's my only addition.

-ben

[monkE]

I want to see my current setup... but with a planted island in the middle that extra 2 feet would be pretty cool for that

let me know if you need a hand with the acrylic dividers

[beN]

I just might mike, I don't know if this has ever been done before. But I can guarantee one thing, no more fake plants. I'm sick of them. Lol. I don't have any knowledge in plants. What are some nice, Long leaf plants? And can they grow through sand?

[monkE]

gonna be tough to grow anything in sand... probably an aponageton species would be nice, aponageton crispus is long broad leaves...

but the sand is your tough point. I've never tried it. You could try root tabs, i used it with bulk gravel before and it allowed the plants to grow quite well... the sand is much more fine than my old gravel so i jsut don't know how it would react.

The easiest thing is to use plants like Java fern and annubias that dont gain nutrients from the soil, everything is absorbed from the water table through the leaves.

Im far from an expert on this stuff man, maybe put up a post in the planted section and see what response you get.

[beN]

Hmmm, ya maybe I'm better off with plants that absorb nutrients from the water. Ive also seen plants growing off driftwood. What species is that ? If you know..

[Johnnyfishtanks]

do big frontosa tank our something

[monkE]

usually those are anubias or java fern... there are more, but those are definitely the most common

heres an example of JAVA FERN attached to drift wood in my old tank

[beN]

Fronts can be skittish at times i thought. Or maybe it's the ones I've only seen.

[DBam]

Wow the possibilities.... You could do huge planted, biotope, cichlids, rays... Wow. When I need to stick to a certain plan with a tank, I write down a list of my absolute favourite fish, and then figure out what I can keep together and where. It's my preventative measure against MTS. Maybe try ranking what you want?

[Chappy]

...... Of course this all depends if I sell a certain someone. ......

-ben

WHAT You're selling Lisa? If this is a "for sale" posting you KNOW you have to show a price

I think it will be a VERY long time before I stop kicking myself for not buying your tank. Man that would have been so perfect for my wild discus, but it was just too much tank for me unfortunately but it sure was a beauty.