UPDATED+Plant Layout PokeSephiroth's 20 Gallon Walstad Tank

[Chiisai]

RE: Hanging the lights

Go to the hardware store and get a few "J" hook to mount from your cieling. Then use chain. You can mark every other link with a sharpie. This allows you to raise or lower your lights as you need aprox 3/4" per link. Play around with it till you get it just right. Just my 2 cents.

 

[PokeSephiroth]

Neat! Thanks for the info, Chiisai!

 

[Ewb46]

I am loving the 20L set up. I have 3 dirt tanks myself, and will not go back to having any other kind of substrate. Blue Rams are a hoot! I have a breeding pair in a 5 gal planted w/dirt. The pair I have go nuts for micro and blackworms. 0k.

 

[PokeSephiroth]

Ewb46: Thanks! Yeah, have been going through the dirted path, I've never wanted to use any other substrate. =P That's why all my tanks are dirted now (with the exception of my 8 foot long divided tanks. lol)

 

[cichlid-gal]

Well, I told myself that I would do a plant layout graphic for this tank, and I've put it off for the longest time now, because I've been lazy lol. So, here it is.

It's currently going through some transitioning/re-scaping...and it being dirted, is a daunting task. I know I shouldn't be re-arranging a dirted tank, but it's just... not the way I really want it to be. I took out all of the Valisneria that I could, and transfered them into my 55 gallon. That cleared up A LOT of space.

Nice schematic....what did you use to do the drawings and such with Angelo? Any update pics? And I didn't notice those Vals in your shots of the tank on page 3 of the thread ... only in the cleanout pics. Glad you removed them...I think it will look better without them.

Pics, pics and more pics please.

 

[PokeSephiroth]

Thanks cichlid-gal! I used photoshop to make the schematics, it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it, because you have to create a circular or oval shape then you have to re-shape it and warp it so that it covers the necessary areas hehehe.

I'm glad I took out the vals as well, I transfered them to my 55, and they seem to look a lot better in there due to the extra height of the tank.

I will take some pictures hopefully by tonight and make a new plant layout as I have somewhat changed it up a bit since I made that last one... I believe.

 

[PokeSephiroth]

So... I think I've hit a hump in the road. The tank isn't looking as nice as I had wanted it to look, so I think I will postpone taking pictures and making the new plant layout, until after I've trimmed the jungle, a bit.

Hahaha, I almost feel bad for the fish. They're pressed right up against the glass.  :  (oknonotreallybutyougetthepoint).