Radar
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Just a pic or 2 of my latest display tank.
It's a standard 4ft tank, that I've installed glass dividers on. They are about 20cm apart at the front and angle back to about 45cm apart at the back of the tank. The middle section holds a micro planted freshwater aquarium, with ambulia, hairgrass, milfoil, a banana lilly and some lilaeopsis. There's also a bit of duckweed on the surface, it keeps my algae and ammonia levels under control, and I keep it under control
There's a few cherry shrimp and 3 small BN catfish in there as well for interest. Lights are a 12 inch T5 Powerglo and a 48 inch T8 Aquaglo, substrate is fine black gravel (2-3mm) with a layer of laterite mixed in. I use Seachem fertilizer tabs, Florish excel and 'Florapride' liquid fertiliser (couldn't seem to find anything else when I set it up).
In each end I house geckos. A pair of N. levis levis in one end, and currently a single box patterned gecko in the other, although that will soon become a pair of asper instead
The way it's set up, the geckos sleep all day when the lights are on, and the fish/shrimp are acitve, when the lights go off the geckos come out for a feed and romp around. I've always been worried that if the glass collapses Im gonna drown/suffocate not only my pets (the girlfriend would kill me) but also lose a few pretty expensive animals in the process. Hasn't happened yet though
Anyway, pics....these are from a couple of weeks back before I had any shrimp or fish in there. Im still cycling the tank so stocking is minimal atm. I've also got rid of the defunct 2 footer underneath and put my scorp/tarantula tanks along the bottom.
It's a standard 4ft tank, that I've installed glass dividers on. They are about 20cm apart at the front and angle back to about 45cm apart at the back of the tank. The middle section holds a micro planted freshwater aquarium, with ambulia, hairgrass, milfoil, a banana lilly and some lilaeopsis. There's also a bit of duckweed on the surface, it keeps my algae and ammonia levels under control, and I keep it under control
In each end I house geckos. A pair of N. levis levis in one end, and currently a single box patterned gecko in the other, although that will soon become a pair of asper instead
The way it's set up, the geckos sleep all day when the lights are on, and the fish/shrimp are acitve, when the lights go off the geckos come out for a feed and romp around. I've always been worried that if the glass collapses Im gonna drown/suffocate not only my pets (the girlfriend would kill me) but also lose a few pretty expensive animals in the process. Hasn't happened yet though
Anyway, pics....these are from a couple of weeks back before I had any shrimp or fish in there. Im still cycling the tank so stocking is minimal atm. I've also got rid of the defunct 2 footer underneath and put my scorp/tarantula tanks along the bottom.
