65 gallon build

[zach_1_6]

No the vals are behind the wood, the plants on the back left is a type of bocapa I think, it needs medium light I believe I will go double check now.

 

[zach_1_6]

Ok it's not bocapa it is called Cabomba.

 

[mandy2936]

Thanks for the name! I'll look into it it's a nice plant. Also, tank is looking great with the driftwood! Once those plants grow it it will really give it some nice greenery and color.

 

[zach_1_6]

Thanks! I will be buying some more plants as soon as I can, I added 2 small amazon swords to the tank, I'm working on co2 at the moment.

 

[mandy2936]

Oh, sounds nice. After looking at the most recent picture I was just thinking "hmm.. I bet some swords would look good in there" haha, looks like you were thinking the same thing lol

 

[zach_1_6]

Haha yeah, I'm still deciding what for ground plant I am going to use, any ideas?

 

[tyspot1000]

What about a rosette sword or possibly an anubias or crypt?

 

[zach_1_6]

i have crypts and i want to add some more to make a nice little forest out of them, i definitaly want some anubias on the wood and posibly infront, aswell as some java moss. i dont think i will go with DHG becuase i dont want it to take over, is there any small low lieing plants i should look up?

 

[zach_1_6]

ok so heres some pics of the two small amazons, and my crypts.

 

[zach_1_6]

and some randoms

 

[tyspot1000]

Nice tank once again! Keep us updated!

 

[zach_1_6]

thanks! i hope to get that canister filter up and running this weekend but i have exams so im short on free time.

 

[Jason7894561230]

Looks great Zach

 

[zach_1_6]

thanks jason, cant wait to see yours come along

 

[zach_1_6]

Ok so I was wondering if I could add a little more fish to the tank, I lost 1 rainbow he was getting bullied so I kept a close eye on the rest and everything is well. So the stocking list previously is the same minus on rainbow. So back to my question. I was going to add some more serpae tetra and some more emperor tetra, would this be fine? Oh and I added a small pleco not sure the correct name but it's a dwarf one and won't grow past 6 inches. He is doing a VERY good job at eating algea I was amazed.

 

[tyspot1000]

Do you still have the bala sharks? If so, I would recommend getting rid of them because they can grow to 10-13 inches and need 100+ gallon tanks.

I would add up the tetra schools, but how many do you have in each school currently?

 

[zach_1_6]

Yeah I know about the balas rookie Mistake on my part, I will find a home for them, the aquaria society here should be able to take them for me, and I have 2 serpaes left, and 2 emperors left. I want to add 5 of each, I have 5 emperors in another tank waiting for them to grow a bit, and my serpaes look unhappy without there buddies ( used to have 5 ).

 

[Jason7894561230]

Yeah that will be fine Zach for the other rainbow

 

[zach_1_6]

All right, well with luck I will find time to go into one of my Lfs and pick up some serpeas. So my vals just aren't growing at all, they are just a dark green almost brown color, any ideas?

 

[tyspot1000]

What kind of vals do you have? How many watts do you have on that tank? I currently have some contortion vals in my 10 gallon planted with moderate lighting and they are still growing great.