Tank for Pterophyllum scalare Rio Manacapuru

[Bakker050]

Beautiful tank! It looks very natural.

Love the scalares with their red back.

[pikkuadi]

My pterophyllum died today. Words can't describe how sad I am..

[boumansjpa]

nice tank! I am a great fan of wild angels too!

[MannyFresh1x]

i know these fish feel right at home in this tank wild or not.

[deo75ify]

Fantastico acquario con dei fantastici scalari!complimenti!!

[PinkSbabykin]

What a wonderful aquarium you've got here!! Wish I had your aquarium, hehe.. But how do you clean it? I mean, there's alot of plants and stuff.. ^^

[LilFly1705]

Well done! Nice copy of South-America, love it.

[beavertown2006]

They all look very happy. I want to be a fish being there.

[jchng00]

very nice! i wished i have a tank like this... joseph. singapore

[FictitiousMe]

It must be a pain in the ass for the angel fish to move around in that dense plantation. Nonetheless, nice tank.

[MannyFresh1x]

@FictitiousMe no not really they have flat body's so they can get throught the dense plants .to get away from predators. Its where they live in the wild.

[Wolfars]

does not seem an Amazonian biotope, but an Asian biotope, you were wrong vegetation, scalar (in your case P.terophyllum Altum) enjoy broad-leaf plants such as Echinodorus, etc.

[bmxtrickmen]

dit is mijn droom aquarium !!!!!

[csopihori]

very very perfect!!!! :)

[redstarmode]

i have angels n rams too! check out my vids plz!! im a rookie at this.. lol!! plz check it out!! ty!!

[P0G0NA]

I think I agree with everyone here! The tank looks like a beautiful piece of jewelry!

[brandasiuandrei]

hey, great tank, can u tell me what kind of leaves are those on the substrate?

[DruidoBianco]

This is really good man! I wish i can call you Master! ;-P

[Ylofen]

Very nice tank, I love that the plant is covering the surface, still it's space to swim under the plants...

[pharyngealized]

One of my favorite tanks

[ramsvella1]

great tank... I like a lot! Angels are in heaven

[Cheddar254]

what it that grassy type plant that has taken over your tank?

[92cvang]

Great tank but i have a feeling that the angels don't have enough room to swim. They look kinda traped.

[Lusingus]

AWESOME! Super akwarium, troche korzeni i byloby jeszcze bardziej klimatyczne ;)

[mogojan1]

the best tank...good job dude...;)

[thomazone]

There were:

Echinodorus tenellus

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Eleocharis acicularis

Hydrocotyle sp.

Pistia stratioles

Vallisneria nana

[AltumAngelz96]

@thomazone

do rams fight with angels?especially altums?plzreply bcuz i wanted some rams..:)



[radiactivo357]

Hey sir, for what i see, you stold a piece of amazon river, Excellent job.

[blownable]

HE didn't even get convicted by the natives.

[radiactivo357]

Exactly,he supposed to be in jail.

[atenaglia]

I would dream to be able to build my acquarium so well. How to you keep water and most important sand so clear?

what it the light power?

thanks

ale

[thomazone]

There was Arcadia T5 4 x 54W with Arcadia PlantPro. Once a week I defecated substrate and changed 20% water.

[pharyngealized]

@thomazone you "defecated substrate" !?

Please explain.

[oflamemakero]

@pharyngealized sucked the fish shit out of the substrate

[Nasser90santour]

@atenaglia ... you can put carbon in your filter. I have done that with two of my filters and still after 3 months it is clear without waterchanging.

[moreno633]

questo e l'acquario piu' bello che io abbia mai visto...meraviglioso...ma come si chiamano le piante ???

[pillesnoop]

very, very, very natural. damn what a good job!

[luno1989]

Dude, this tank is great. Fish and plants looking healthy. Good job.

[mattthefishlover]

wow, the most natural looking tank ive ever saw

[Axolotlvriend]

Nice tank

[RealFan]

What are the dimensions?

[thomazone]

120x70x50cm

[shahimz]

Hey whats the gravel you have used, it looks beautiful

[thomazone]

Hi, thanx.

This is a classic silica sand with fraction to 1 mm.

[shahimz]

the setting looks really nice, whats the filtration system you use? can you use an under gravel filer with this sand? and how do you clean the tank, wouldn't siphoning remove some of the sand as well? (Soory about so many questions, I have only had bare cement tanks with power filters)

[Thomas55Pham]

my manacapurus is like 29 cm female and 30 cm male. is it ok for them to go in a 530 litres or should i be even bigger?

[thomazone]

Admirable dimensions, congratulations. If you have a few of these fish in the tank, it's for them more than enough. Especially should have enough space for movement and the height of the water column.

[Thomas55Pham]

would two pairs be ok? i have a big root , som im placing that in the middle of the aquarium so they could get two territories. with loads of plants. But they will still fight wont they?

[jerune61]

is that special zand?

cause myn look yellower, and do you get black spots on the sand?

[thomazone]

This is a classic silica sand. Black resp. brown spots are Akadama, which is released under the plants.

[JesusRiveraA]

All right, thx. I'd like to try to find that specie... And how many would you say it's ok?

[thomazone]

To start, I recommend 4-6 young fishes. It's better. Breeding pair will be selected between them over time and their number will be reduced. :)

[trini82]

One of the best looking tanks on youtube. Wow!, just incredible. Do you inject co2?.

[thomazone]

Thank you so much. :)

Yes, I have CO2 system. Keeps pH 6.3 when 27°C, GH 6°dH, KH 9°dH. Regulates the water using reverse osmosis

[JesusRiveraA]

Hi, congratualtions for your fish, they're wonderful.

One question, how many scalares can I put in a 29 gallons aquarium? It's 90x30x40 cm...

And wich other species would you recomend me to add? corydoras, paracheirodon, etc?

Thanks?

[thomazone]

Hi. Thanx for your comment. 40 cm in height is low for Scalare. But if you want to Scalare, I recommend the species of "Pterophyllum leopoldi". It is a smaller species.

And wich other? It is up to you. Maybe some Tetras, Corys, Microgeophagus, ...

Good luck.

[Thomas55Pham]

isnt the heigh for aquariums important? i once saw in a petstore that fully growns angels was in a 30 cm heigh tank!!

isnt that evil? there was like 13 .

[thomazone]

The height of the water column is very important for high fish as the Pterophyllum or Symphysodon . There may be distortion

if the height is small.

[curak147]

Pěkná džungle

Nice jungle

[redsono1993]

What kind of Angels are these and where can I get some? Amazing tank.

Steve

[thomazone]

Thank you. They are called "Pterophyllum scalare Rio Manacapuru".

[kingdjin]

Oh my god!!!!What a beautiful tank!!!Great job!

[nelumbo74]

Beautiful tank! Very natural looking. Well done.