Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Haven't posted pictures of my NPT yet, used THIS method. Was first set up in May, did take pics of setting it up. Will start from the beginning, watch it progress before your eyes! The tank (spawn tank next to it, I believe I was starting to cycle it for a spawn attempt) - It gets better, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 More can't wait to see what new plants you got ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Thanks Milk Crate. Then there was this - .... and then we got to the pictures I took yesterday before my new plants, and I must take some this morning. To be continued. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Hurry up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Don't rush me! I was on my morning tea break! Before the new plants were planted yesterday - And it is NOT as green as dirty as it looks! No idea why, but this tank always comes up icky looking in photos! <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Still cloudy, needs a top up and a bit of a clean... but here it is... Home to the lovely endlers Matt sent me for my birthday. I want to get red cherry shrimp in it too. Milk Crate also suggested Delicate Blue-Eyes. Very open to suggestions. Not excatly sure what half the plants are. The crypst on the far right I'm hoping will straighten up - they were coiled up in the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Looks good Sarah. Well done. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Thanks Busman. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 That was quick. Lol. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yeah I was sitting in here, stalking posts to comments as usual. Haha nah really I didn't notice. Just happened to load the forum and see your comment soon afterwards. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Thats great Sarah, are you going to identify all the plantsin your new plantied tank? or are you already in the prosess LOL I bet you are cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 I'll try I'd them when I get home :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Hehe, thanks Les. As Milk Crate said, he'd do it for me. I'm terrible at ID'ing plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 oooo I like the red gravel. Is that a 4 ft tank? How are you going to have shrimp in there with the betta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 It's 3 foot with zeolite, great for plants, absorbs nutrients the plants can access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 As what Matt said - 3ft tank. I used zeolite from a pool shop. As for the Betta, he is in another tank now. I just had him in there temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Is that better than regular soil in Walstad tanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 I have soil in the tank. Just stuff out of the garden that I had soaking for a couple weeks. The zeolite is the cap over the soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 ah, I have much to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 As do I, as do I! Really new to the world of live plants. Very proud of myself I've kept alive plants for so long! I've never been able to keep terrestail plants alive. So one day, only this year or the end of the last, I thought to myself, "surely I could keep a WEED alive, right?" So I got one.. potted it up, cared for it, made sure it had sun, photosynthesis and stuff, watered it a little..... it died. I couldn't believe I had killed a weed... but ALAS, all the plants I got in May are still there today. Very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 I've had trouble with terrestrial plants too, especially if I kept them in pots. If I planted them directly into the ground they tend to do better but potted plants and I don't mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yes the zeolite is a great addition to soil, I like it as even shallow rooted plants can use it or new plants with few roots. Did the chain sword survive?Sarah, you killed a weed? Gosh you are talented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Hehe. My mum is a big green thumb - she's so good in the garden. I have my own Magnolia tree & Dwarf Cherry Blossom, she planted them (I was going to help but she forgot), and I water them with old fish water and watch them just be pretty. Haha sounds cheesy.Which one is the chain sword? Oh just remembered! The only one that didn't make it was the little ones at the front in the first lot of pictures.... Oh um yeah, I forgot I wasn't going to mention to you the whole weed-killing thing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 LOL, Sarah the weed died becouse you cared for it, weeds are ment to be neglected and then they thrive Cheers les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Lol@Les. Love the logic. Don't know what your complaining about Sarah, I STILL kill all my mosses, regardless what tank I put em in. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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