Emmanuel's 100gallon tank

[emmanuelchavez]

Oh, where to begin?

I've had this 100gallon tank for just over a year. It's had several transformations and a crack disaster.

If extremely interested about it, I'll post some links to my journal on a couple of sites later on.

This was the last real scape it had and I've decided to rescape it. The Pogostemmon Stellatus grew very quickly and it became tough to keep up with it since I was busy with school and work. As it stands, all I have a few bits of e. tenellus that I may keep in this tank, haven't quite decided yet. There's a bunch of anubias and lobelia cardinalis. I also have some manzanita driftwood that I'm waiting to sink.



I'm feeling a bit brain dead at the moment... so I'll come back with specs and more pictures after I'm done with the rescape. I'm really hoping my manzanita sinks this weekend, it's been soaking about a week already.

[algarciajr]

Nice scape, I like it.

[Complexity]

Very nice! Calm and serene feeling.

[cichlid1409]

simple and clean.....very nice!

[kwc1974]

Very nice. I have always loved scapes that uses negative space to draw your eye into the "field" and "island" like you have done.

[Roujin]

Very nice. I have always loved scapes that uses negative space to draw your eye into the "field" and "island" like you have done.

I agree with Kevin. This is a good inspiration for what i want to do when i convert my 110.

[mark razmandi]

GORGEOUS tank...i LOVE IT

[emmanuelchavez]

Thanks all. :)

I'm somewhat wishing I would've kept this now... I'm sure the next scape will be alright. I just wish my new manzy pieces of dw would just sink already. I'm inclined to using some fishing string to tie the ends to the rocks I"m going to be adding... We'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks.

[naps]

Nice looking tank! looking forward to seeing the new scape.

[FrontosaurusRex]

Great lookin scape. It almost seems dark and kinda creepy. Very cool

[thomas]

beautiful hand. Good job on the tank. I am waiting for other specifications.

[emmanuelchavez]

I could list livestock and hardware for the meantime. In my infinite wisdom, I saw that I could weigh down the floating driftwood pieces with the already waterlogged pieces until they're all ready... I was going to take a picture of the current mess... but I've misplaced my memory card... the parental has a habit of taking things that aren't his out of my room... we'll see where it's gone.

Hardware.
Tank is 60"x??? Dang. I Forgot, but it is 100 gallons. I'll remeasure when I get home later today
Coralife 48" 4x65w bulbs. 2x 6,500K and 2x 10,000K. I really like the combination of the two, as I find pure 6,500K to be too yellow, and pure 10,000K too white/bluish.
2x Marineland 350 canister filters.
CO2 injected.

The next rescape will consist of manzanita driftwood and river rocks. I was going to place the manzy so it looks roots coming into the water.

Livestock:
??? neon and green neon tetras - I'm considering getting rid of them
2x German Blue Rams - they used to breed frequently, although none of the eggs ever made it. They haven't bred since my original 100g tank cracked last January...
5x Bolivian Rams
3x Angels; one koi and two blacks.
1x Bristlenose Pleco
9x "Mystery" Snails
3x Olive Nerite Snails
2x Displaced female bettas

Planned flora:
Anubias Barteri var. Nana "Petite"
Anubias Barteri var. nana
Anubias Barteri Coffeefolia
Anubias ??? It's pretty big
Cryptocoryne Wendtii
Some type of Lotus... maybe a couple more, depending on whether or not I have room.
Hygrophila Corymbosa Augustifolia
Rotala Indica???
Blyxa Japonica? (I found a couple of small stems that were hiding in between the anubias)
Possibly keeping some e. tenellus for a foreground until my nana petite multiplies enough to create a foreground. Anubias plants have grown pretty quickly for me, so maybe in a year I can have a foreground of it. :)

[Darbex]

Very nice need more tetras

[emmanuelchavez]

Thanks! :)
I was actually thinking of getting rid of the tetras, and just having the rams and angels.... Those tetras are bigger piggies than the other fish. I've had a few jump out of the tank from excitement of getting fed, a couple were saved... and several weren't :(.

[FIREFISH]

What a peaceful looking tank! Looks Great!

FF