Hello Fish Freaks!!

[Danimal]

Hello Fish Freaks!!(updated with new pics)

Very nice place you got here! Now where's the fridge? I'm very new to this addiction we call fish and i can tell you the addiction has got me good! I'll be hangin' around quite a bit gathering knowledge so I don't ruin everything I have. Here is a pic of my first attempt at a tank... It's 55 gallon with no live plants. (That's my next venture)
I know it's not the best picture... bare with me...

55 Gallon
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8 Tiger Barbs
3 Tetras
2 Blue Gouramis
2 Gold Gouramis
2 Cories
1 Pleco
1 Irradescent Shark
1 Betta

Large Piece of Driftwood
Various Artificial Plants
Various Sized Rocks and Slate
Old Pottery

 

[mariners]

welcome! and lovely tank, the plants almost look real!

 

[Danimal]

Thanks mariners... I was pretty happy with the way the tank turned out. I have a 20 gal that I will be a "planted" test tank. Lots of good info on this forum.

 

[Lotus]

Welcome to the tank

It looks like you have done a good job of aquascaping so far I think your iridescent shark will have to go at some point, they get huge.

 

[Danimal]

Yeah plus he's flat out stupid. Always runnin' into the glass at full speed and freaks out anytime anything comes near him. The sad part is that my LFS wasn't very responsible when they sold it to me. They never asked how big my tank was or told me how big he would get. I take part of the blame myself for not researching, hence the reason I am now here. Thanks Lotus

 

[Danimal]

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[Danimal]

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Go easy on me... I'm still trying to learn how to photograph a tank well.

 

[Flex26]

Originally posted by Danimal

Go easy on me... I'm still trying to learn how to photograph a tank well.

The pictures look good to me. *thumbsups

You have a very nice tank. Your plants look real. I love the driftwood.

Welcome to the tank, by the by....

 

[Danimal]

Thanks Flex! Since I am using artificial plants, it was very important to me to try and get a natural look. The tank is only about 2-3 months old so I'm pretty new to this stuff. Can't wait to get rollin' on my planted tank!!

 

[TaffyFish]

I really like the look of your tank, fantastic job. The driftwood piece is very striking. If you're after a natural look why did you stick in that flower pot? It's the only thing that jars my senses, particularly as it's so central so I would ditch the pot and add more slate caves.

 

[Danimal]

Thanks TaffyFish! My wife has that same suggestion. I'm kind of leaning that way myself. I ran out of slate and plants so I just stuffed that pottery in there. Thanks for the feedback. You've settled it. I need to get more rocks or slate.

 

[jaws101]

Nice tank, is that an ID shark i see?

 

[jaws101]

Those are some nice plants you got there.

 

[Danimal]

Thanks Jaws... and yes, that is an ID shark. Read about 9 posts up from this one.