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Hello everyone!

I think about 2 years ago I asked some advice here because I was going to set up a tank. Now the tank has been up and running for I'd say at least 1.5 years and I thought it was time for some pictures!

I've been trying to take some decent (not blurry) pictures but I just don't have the right camera but I'll try to give you an impression anyway.
The tank is 2.4m x 0.85m x 0.75m, it's filtered by three external EHEIM filters and is lighted by normal lights with a sunset/sunrise thingy.
Its most important inhabitants are of course the clowns.
It holds a beautiful school of around 20 clowns. Aside from that there are around 20 botia striata (zebra loaches), a pack of corydoras, a smaller school of siamese algae eaters, a school of marbled hatchetfish, a fair amount of ancistrus (I started out with 4 from my old tank and they started breeding -.-) and finally a school of rainbowfish.

This might sound like a lot but the tank is huge, it still looks empty . i got powerheads set up to keep a continuous current and judging by their behaviour, all fish are very happy. I check all relevant water parameters weekly and perform water changes.

The plants on the picture aren't as pretty as they normally are because I just ripped half of them out (a 2-weekly job, to prevent my aquarium becoming a jungle).

I hope you like it!

Ben
https://picasaweb.google.com/1022915082 ... uKQm_iX1AE

Looks lovely. Unusual substrate. Where's the background from?

Lovely is the word. You have something to be very proud of there. Thanks for sharing the pics.

REALLY lovely tank,
Those loaches look very happy, and I like the layout. It is a natural and calming tank.
Is that a "bristle nose something" on the first shot? ...so close I could not ID it, but looks interesting.

Hey guys!

Thanks for the comments .

The background is from my LFS, wouldn't be able to tell you if it's a certain brand or something. It's 5 panels that are glued next to each other. They are made in such a way that a piece overlaps so you can't actually tell where one ends and the next one begins.

On the first shot it's just an ancistrus from really really close by . It was one of the only sharp shots i achieved so i just wanted to post it :p. The male ancistrus have those really big antlers on their noses. The females have it as well but much smaller, it looks more like a beard with them.

greets,

Ben

Looks great

Thanks for sharing