My 60G high - update Sep 13 - shutting down the tank

[crazy72]

In a moment of boldness I've decided to finally start a tank journal on each of my tanks. If I have another moment of boldness later I'll add them to my signature. Not exactly the most spectacular tanks you'll have seen on here, and I don't expect anyone to fall off their chair or anything, but hey these are my tanks and you know what? I like them!

So I'll start here with my 60G High. It's in prime space in our living room so I see it all the time. If I had to keep only one tank, this would be the one for sure.

First pic is when I first set it up some 14 months ago. My first tank after a 20 year leave of absence from the hobby. It was quite exciting. Bought the whole setup new from Roger's. Still cycling here in this pic. Low tech, double-bulb Hagen GLO T5HO fixture, XP3.



A few weeks later, cycled. Mostly livebearers (guppies & endlers) and 3 L066.



Six months and a black background later I decided to simplify the scape. Sold most of my livebearers (multiplied 10-fold by then) and bought lemon tetras and Bolivian rams. And added a UV filter.



From then the plants really filled it up. See? Even zucchini . By then I had switched to a 2075 too. And I had painted the back in black.



A few weeks ago I decided I would go with sand instead of gravel so I sold most of my plants. In the meantime I decided to urgently rescape my Vicenza (a story to be told in a different tank journal) so this one will have to wait. This is what it looks like at the moment. I switched to a single-bulb T5HO too.



Some pics of the fish currently in it:

Bolivian rams



Apisto Agassizi



Lemon tetras



Hatchet fish. Yes, the tank is completely covered, thanks to Charles for custom glass tops.



And no plecos any more at this point. I've decided to let the Bolivian rams rule the bottom of the tank for a while.

That's it for now. Thanks for looking. I'll update as changes take place.

[target]

Looks good. I love the branchy driftwood

[Diztrbd1]

great looking tank !

[2wheelsx2]

This is a very nice tank, especially in person. Glad you decided to go with the single T5HO as I think it'll make your life a lot easier.

[crazy72]

Thanks for the comments.

I just went and resized all the pics to the same size. The thread looks a lot more professional now.

[charles]

beautiful apisto.. Very nice tank.

[beN]

nice photography & tank for sure!

thanks for posting

[impetus]

wow lots of great changes. I like them all.

[The Guy]

Great looking tanks Franck, you did a super job on the aquascaping. Oh by the way I managed to almost double hole size in the burrito cave I got from you with my dremal. Cheers Laurie

[crazy72]

Thank you all for the nice comments.

Laurie, great to hear that you managed to widen the hole in the cave. Let me know if your pleco(s) like it. They might be the only plecos in the world to use a burrito cave!