My planted freshwater tank

[RampantReptiles]

Hey been noticing a lot more posts about fish tanks so thought I would share mine. Its still a work in progress, I need to work on my aquascaping skills.

This was it last fall?

Here it was back in December?

Angelfish pair taking care of eggs that they ate after two days...
The female got stuck on a log while I was on vacation over new years... damn her

Here it is today, I upgraded the lighting which made a HUGE difference

 

[AMoore311]

What kind of lights did you upgrade too?

I changed the light on my planted 75 gallon and had great results. I actually decreased the actual intensity, and shifted the spectrum a little.

I moved from (2) 175 Watt Halides, to (4) Power Compacts.

 

[RampantReptiles]

The top tank is a 45 gallon with an overflow that runs down into the homemade filter on the 29 down below. Then I have a small area divided off which could be considered a freshwater refugium, in which I have cherry shrimp and a few small fish. Then have a rio pump bringing the water back up into the 45.

I already had a dual fluorescent on there so I just added another one. I almost got power compacts but the money was just a little more than I wanted to spend. I have all low light plants in a very deep tank so everything seems to be doing great.
I also have a homemade dual fluorescent on the bottom tank.

 

[marineman26]

Wow, looks really nice I like your angelfish youve got in there. I bet he feals like being back in the amazons with those plants youve got setup for him.