Peter16 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Havent updated in a while. added 3 new plants, val, pink baby tears and scarlet ludwigia. all of which are doing well. The last remainding broad chainsword has sent out a runner with 2 plantlets which have taken off. The corkscrew did the same, very happy about the corkscrew val, as it wasnt looking good. The hansons nardoo is shooting up every where but the field looks bad as the original plants are covered in hair algae. The banana lilys are doing great, lots of leaves up on the surface now. This is a pic of one of the leaves covered in co2. I separated the blyxa into 3 plants all of which have settled in well, anyone know what these are? possible flower buds perhaps? No full tank shots yet, as its all just a jungle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter16 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Bought 3 shrimp yesterday. I dont know what they are, do you have any ideas? Might want to view the full image for this shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter16 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 The scape is back in action, a little different to original idea. I completely tore down the tank and even managed to find the 3 riffles, very surprised at that. I went to the lfs and got more plants and ordered 2 SAE's, the ottos were to expensive. I had around 30 cherries arrive today, and some free plants. very happy with them, has been a long wait!! barely slept last night.... came with 2 very berried girls. I hope all the youngins turn out as good as these grandmas thats all for now, sorry not the best shots. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holycow Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 look like glass shrimp. ooOOOo, like the cherries. don't like SAE as they get big and aggressive. but ottos suck as well as they tend to die very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter16 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 They did have some pretty big SAE's in their display tank, hopefully mine wont get too aggressive, there arent any other fish in the tank though. The 3 original shrimp are definitely riffle shrimp. :cheer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter16 Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I canceled the SAE order and bought one otto, tiny little fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenserpentine Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 aww....so cute I love little shrimpies. Your tank looks lovely and green and I adore the substrate your using Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter16 Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thought I would do an update as I would like some points of view. The foreground is almost complete, just a small amount up close to the glass, but its not how i imagined it, maybe it needs to get denser. I am considering ripping it out and start again with hair grass.Opinions? Also the gravel is plagues with debris, BGA (?) and hair algae. Also the blyxa has grown quite considerably and has pretty much covered the wood, so I am starting to lose the focus point, so I am thinking of putting a big anubia plant on it, one that flowers. Opinions and species suggestions please? Any how here are some shots. Wood being over run by blyxa, hoping anubia plant will draw your attention back to it. This shot is back when i first put the wood back in. looks pretty sad. This was it earlier today in need of a trim. almost exactly 1 month after after the shot above. Vals have sent out runners and trimming as encouraged branching of the rotalas so now i have a nice thick backdrop which im happy with, but i need it to grow directly behind driftwood to cover filter intake, but I am unable to reach the soil so I cant put anything there until i get proper tweezers. This is it today after its 2nd (fortnightly) major trim, some of the vals are about 4 foot long. Im hoping after i get a second light the rotalas will start to reddein up a bit more, atm they only turn red at the surface of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighter boy Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 it is looking really nice right now mate. id be very happy with it if i was you. though i do think it needs more of a centre piece. maybe take out the wood and put a bigger piece in or even some sort of rock... also i think it needs more variety of colour. maybe some tiger lotus or something red? well done.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter16 Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Like i said earlier once i get the 2nd light and start adding extra iron the rotalas should come up red again. I will snip off a few stems of blyxa to make the wood more prominent as well as adding a flowering anubia (?) Thanks for the comment. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter16 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 about time for an update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninoid12 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 WOW thats all i can say WOW (looks amazing. Wish it were mine!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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