brad908 Posted March 3, 2017 2 hours ago, smiz said: Every time I plan a new build I have to stumble on one of these tanks....Damn you brad! Back to drawing board. Hahaha, sorry! 2 hours ago, Zer0 said: You take some excellent photos there, Brad. Everything is so nice and white and bright, I love it. I really love the placement you chose for the mangroves. Are you going to let them grow however they want, or are you going to guide their growth with wires/rods so they form the shape you want? Either way, I know this will turn out fantastic! Good luck! Thanks! Now that each mangrove has 2 sets of leaves, I have started pruining them. I will most likely start wire shaping them like in my other tank. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Moolelo Posted March 4, 2017 I bet you could speed this up with a free Archer fish and slowly shifting to brackish water. It would be pretty cool for a little while too. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted March 6, 2017 On 3/3/2017 at 9:10 PM, Moolelo said: I bet you could speed this up with a free Archer fish and slowly shifting to brackish water. It would be pretty cool for a little while too. Just looked them up, cool fish but says they need 125 gallons +. This is 5 gallons lol On 3/3/2017 at 10:02 PM, urbaneks said: Simple and elegant. Love it. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post
pokerdobe Posted March 6, 2017 This tank makes me want to abandon my idea of a frag tank in favor for a mangrove tank. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
spectra Posted March 11, 2017 Looks like it needs a little water.............were you doing a water change or ? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted March 13, 2017 On 3/10/2017 at 6:54 PM, spectra said: Looks like it needs a little water.............were you doing a water change or ? I was doing a water change, but technically they could probably survive in that little bit of water. I was thinking of adding some mollies this past weekend, but didn't have a chance to get to the LFS. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Zchauvin Posted April 6, 2017 This is awesome man. I always loved planted tanks and have had several but never wanted to deal with dosing nutrients and co2 ect. It got to be expensive and a headache very fast. I have a 60F in the mail right now to move my brain collection into it. Im thinking I will have to order another to replicate this. Would be the perfect tank to look at to relax. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted April 10, 2017 On 3/10/2017 at 6:07 PM, brad908 said: Bringing the mangroves in a bit Exactly one month ago, will update hopefully tonight with new pictures. Pretty big growth change and roots are starting to come out of the sand (probably won't be able to capture this in photos yet) 6 Quote Share this post Link to post
kimberbee Posted April 10, 2017 Looks nice!! Can't wait to see the updated pics 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
flatlandreefer Posted April 10, 2017 22 minutes ago, kimberbee said: Looks nice!! Can't wait to see the updated pics +1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted April 12, 2017 Week 20. 4/15 will be 21 weeks. Glass is dirty and sand got pushed around since I've been lazy about top offs. Mangroves are doing well. 14 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted April 12, 2017 15 hours ago, flatlandreefer said: Looking great! Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post
Christopher Marks Posted April 12, 2017 They're showing tremendous growth so far. Are you planning to top them with a prune so they start to spread wider? I noticed the one in the back is already branching out. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted April 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: They're showing tremendous growth so far. Are you planning to top them with a prune so they start to spread wider? I noticed the one in the back is already branching out. I don't know why the back one is growing like that, lol. I never trimmed that one, grew naturally like that. All the other ones have been pruned though after each set of leaves has grown in. Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted April 13, 2017 WIth cloudy water I'm debating to switch tanks around. Move the bigger macro/mangrove tank back to my 18" cube, then place this inside the 48x18x14. Just Fiji pink sand, mangroves, and a ton of chromis or similar brackish/fw grouping fish. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted April 17, 2017 On 4/12/2017 at 8:19 PM, jstuver said: Very cool they are looking great! Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post
Christopher Marks Posted April 17, 2017 Switching tanks?! But you've come so far already Can these be moved without disrupting the roots too much? I like seeing it full of water again. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
brad908 Posted April 29, 2017 Morning sun shining into the planted tank 10 Quote Share this post Link to post
