Plecory's Altum Planted Tank

Hand itchy after setting up the chocolate gourami planted tank so now convert my bare boring altum tank to a planted one too. The tank has certainly liven up alot & my family seems more interested in the tank now. Actually had this wild idea of doing a mini sumida aquarium amano style but i guess i will make do with this



Plant List
Anubias barteri var.nana
Anubias barteri var.barteri
Anubias barteri var.nana 'Petite'
Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov'
Microsorum pteropus 'Trident''
Taxiphyllum Barbieri 'Java Moss'

Fish List
Altum angels
Flame back bleeding heart tetra
Cardinal tetra
Otocinlus
Amano shrimp

[Redbean]

Cool setup..definately will attrack attention of ur family member n many others

Looks beautiful!

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[Markvtec2]

Clean and nice setup. good job.

[Sakai]

simple yet nice , have given me some idea

[thee_boss]

nice tank. dimension?

is there underflow? how do u stop the sand from going in?

[Bigfoot1989]

Ur scape always very nice. Envy much.

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[illumnae]

I preferred the "boring" version of the tank

Originally Posted by plecory

Hand itchy after setting up the chocolate gourami planted tank so now convert my bare boring altum tank to a planted one too. The tank has certainly liven up alot & my family seems more interested in the tank now. Actually had this wild idea of doing a mini sumida aquarium amano style but i guess i will make do with this



Plant List
Anubias barteri var.nana
Anubias barteri var.barteri
Anubias barteri var.nana 'Petite'
Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov'
Microsorum pteropus 'Trident''
Taxiphyllum Barbieri 'Java Moss'

Fish List
Altum angels
Flame back bleeding heart tetra
Cardinal tetra
Otocinlus
Amano shrimp

Originally Posted by Redbean

Cool setup..definately will attrack attention of ur family member n many others

Originally Posted by isaacgsk

Looks beautiful!

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Originally Posted by Markvtec2

Clean and nice setup. good job.

Originally Posted by Sakai

simple yet nice , have given me some idea

Originally Posted by Bigfoot1989

Ur scape always very nice. Envy much.

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Thanks all for the compliments.

Originally Posted by thee_boss

nice tank. dimension?

is there underflow? how do u stop the sand from going in?

Thanks. It's a 4.5x2x2.5ft IOUS tank. The sand i use is not the very fine kind so no problem with that. I have to put jap mat at the underflow to prevent small fishes from entering.

Originally Posted by illumnae

I preferred the "boring" version of the tank

Hahaha, yeah...i want a change from the biotope style aquarium

[hiisoka]

Originally Posted by plecory

Hand itchy after setting up the chocolate gourami planted tank so now convert my bare boring altum tank to a planted one too. The tank has certainly liven up alot & my family seems more interested in the tank now. Actually had this wild idea of doing a mini sumida aquarium amano style but i guess i will make do with this



Plant List
Anubias barteri var.nana
Anubias barteri var.barteri
Anubias barteri var.nana 'Petite'
Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov'
Microsorum pteropus 'Trident''
Taxiphyllum Barbieri 'Java Moss'

Fish List
Altum angels
Flame back bleeding heart tetra
Cardinal tetra
Otocinlus
Amano shrimp

I love it! Simple and great looking!