My 36G Freshwater Tropical Community Planted Tank

[fish4phil]

Finally getting around to posting some pics

My first tank (that is, of my MTS (Multiple Tank Syndrome))

Started November 2013

Specs
36G Bowfront
Glass Lid
Dual Lamp T5HO
Pressurized CO2
Penn Plax Cascade 700 Filter
Custom-made funnel built for Eheim Auto Feeder
Manzanita Driftwood

Inhabitants
2 African Dwarf Frogs
2 Mystery Snails
7 Guppies
4 Sterbai Corydoras
4 Panda Corydoras
5 Zebra Danios
12 Neon Tetras
2 Sunburst Platys
5 Marbled Hatchets
1 Lemon Drop Bristlenose Pleco
2 Dalmatian Mollies (possible)

Plants
Amazon Frogbit (Floating)
Weeping Moss (Tips of Driftwood)
Anubias barteri var. nana
Marsilea Hirsuta (Ground cover)
Ludwigia glandulosa
Nesaea pedicallata ''Golden'
Bacopa caroliniana

Future Plans
Maintain and enjoy

My initial setup, I loved (and still do) the blue gravel!

Switched out half the gravel for PFS for the corydoras

Got some driftwood and installed a black background, look coming together here. New lights and new glass lid. Oh, and of course more fish

Changed out the substrate for black fine grade eco-complete

Planted the plants!

---------- More pics and updates to follow, see below. ----------

 

[Dallascowboys16]

Wow! Great transformation! It looks really good now!

 

[fishyd]

How do your adf's do in the tank? My wife wants a couple but the bowfront seems too deep to me.

Tank looks really good too. I'm working on mine becoming fully planted right now

 

[fish4phil]

How do your adf's do in the tank? My wife wants a couple but the bowfront seems too deep to me.

Tank looks really good too. I'm working on mine becoming fully planted right now

Thanks!

ADFs are doing great. 1 swims around more than the other, but that's their personality. I use a spray bar on my canister filter, and I have it angled so that part of the tank's current isn't as strong as in other parts. The ADFs have learned this. In a community tank, it's tough to feed them, but I follow the method below (see YouTube link) and there hasn't been an issue. Good luck!

 

[blackandwhite]

I really like your plants. Especially the floating one. And the black gravel looks very nice. I wouldn't have considered that color but the plants really stand out against the dark.