My 33 Long - FINAL UPDATE - Aug 12

[crazy72]

Completing my tank journal trilogy here. Shamelessly.

I bought this tank and stand from Kole last spring, just before he left the hobby. The plan was to make it a cory tank. I didn't set it up immediately though, and soon after I bought it I had more krib fry than my other 2 tanks could house so I turned it into a krib grow-out tank. Treated myself to 3M sand and a 2073 that I got at a good price.







A few months later the krib fry took me by surprise before I sold them!



The fry included a very cool specimen.



A few weeks ago I replaced the T5H0 (that I didn't use anyway because it was way too much light and the Java moss did fine with the natural light from the window) with a Marineland LED fixture. I find it perfect for such a shallow tank.





This is what it looks now. The moss is doing amazing and the little kribs are growing. This time they won't take me by surprise. I even removed the coconut shells ! The plan is to sell the little guys as soon as they're big enough, and finally use the tank for its intended purpose: cories.





Thanks for looking!

[effox]

Sweet setup man.

[bingerz]

damn, that setup looks awesome! *drool* i love the long tanks!!

[clintgv]

Tank looks great. Is that the kribs grow out tank? Or are the parents with them too?

[crazy72]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Yes, this is the krib grow-out. There's about 60 or 70 of them in there. The parents were with them for the first month or so. I have since sold them. They were great parents these.

Tank looks great. Is that the kribs grow out tank? Or are the parents with them too?

[2wheelsx2]

This will be an amazing tank for the smaller cories. I can just see a huge colony of habrosus, hastastus or pygmae in there.

[crazy72]

Yes I'm really looking forward to this. Charles mentioned the other day that I might want to move the moss out though, or at least think it out a lot, because small cories can get tangled and stuck in it.

This will be an amazing tank for the smaller cories. I can just see a huge colony of habrosus, hastastus or pygmae in there.

[2wheelsx2]

Yes I'm really looking forward to this. Charles mentioned the other day that I might want to move the moss out though, or at least think it out a lot, because small cories can get tangled and stuck in it.

Get some manzanita sticks and wrap it around them and then you can trim it like a hedge.

[crazy72]

Get some manzanita sticks and wrap it around them and then you can trim it like a hedge.

Believe it or not this is how this moss jungle started many months ago. There is actually a long stick of manzanita in the middle of it!

[2wheelsx2]

Believe it or not this is how this moss jungle started many months ago. There is actually a long stick of manzanita in the middle of it!

Give that baby a haircut!