Brhino's 75g Supercommunity Aquarium

[homemadepopcorn]

Whats the lighting like?

[Brhino]

I heard it is tok light and messes with water params, and is overpriced as far as the substance goes... What is your opinion?

weight of it is fine, haven't noticed any water parameter problems. I think the price isn't too much more than a good quality aquarium sand or some of the other planted substrates. I've been pretty pleased with it overall.

Whats the lighting like?

I use 2 coralife 48" dual-T5 light fixtures. My main complaint is that they kept falling off the lid (velcro did NOT work) but I think I've finally got that solved. I have a fair bit of algae so the lighting/nutrient/co2 balance isn't perfect, but I'm reasonably happy overall.

[CrazedMichael]

Been a while since i last posted and have just read everything from when i did, and i have to say it's been very entertaining. I feel a surge of inspiration to breed a few fish to boost my stock rather than buy. Just gotta ask the boss for another small fry tank....

Beautiful tank mate, and plant growth looks well lush. I wasnt too keen on the scape to begin with but now i can say it looks perfect!

[Brhino]

I picked up 3 pearl gouramis yesterday to replace the one that died a while back. I had forgotten how shy they are when you first get them. They're in QT now.

Neither I nor the employee were 100% confident on the genders of the fish I got. We both thought they all looked female but one or more could be a juvenile male (they're all pretty small) so I could run into problems down the road. One of them was poking one of the other ones while they were acclimating in the bag, but stopped once they got in the QT tank (10 gallon with some hiding spots).

[Lain]

I've read this thread all the way through, and I really love your tank. Can't wait to see pics of the new gouramis!

[CrazedMichael]

I like pearl gouramis. I had a couple a while back and one bullied the other a fair amount.

[ldoerr]

Would love some pictures of the new fish.

[PhillipOrigami]

Ditto.
In the future, do you plan to add more species of fish? Its a bit stocked, but some loaches/tetras would be cool... :D

cant wait to see the pearls!

[Brhino]

I do not plan to add any more species. I consider it fully stocked. I do have tetras though, black skirts! And I have clown loaches in a tank down in the basement. ...I need to update that thread.

I'll try for some pictures of the gouramis in QT, but they probably won't care much for the camera and I don't want to badger them too badly.

[PhillipOrigami]

Just sneak around the door and use your super-camera zoom! (lol)