Dave;
What plants do you have in there again?
Cheers.
Jim
180g, two weeks in - update may 23
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Well, things are progressing pretty well! Haven't dosed a thing, tank has been up a month. Still running 8x39w in TEK fixtures 9 hours a day. Green spot Algae is hitting the glass and anubias leaves now, so I may start dosing some P soon.
I've started adding livestock. Cherry shrimp are in, about 50 of them. Hald dozen Amanos, dozen nerites, 6 otos, a small school of about 20 pygmy cories who are impossible to photo for me.
I also got my first school in place! I've been waiting a while now to get some stock from a local club mate, a really nice gentlemen who happens to have line bred the first female Preacox Rainbows that hit the states. He's been line breeding them for over a decade. His males are incredible, and his females make a lot of the males that are bought today pale in comparison. He was very short females the last few months, so I did add 4 females of decent looking stock from a LFS to round out the school. I now have 3 awesome males and 11 females.
Also added a few new plants. Echinoduros Midifleur was a nice gift from another club mate, as was the Microsorum pteropus "Fingers" or "Trident" as I guess it is being called. Both of these were brought over from ECS last year, and are rather uncommon in the states.
So... photos! My camera is slightly sub par - my photography skills horridly so. Hope these will do.
The whole Tank:
These fish are definitely not used to being in front of a lens, they are very shy yet, but here is a male and female:
And part of the group:
The Pogostemon Stellata, has grown 6" easily in the month, and showing color 12" from the water surface:
Echinodorus Midifleur. This never showed bright red leaves like this in less light. 3 new leaves in a week and a half in the 180g now, and all bright pink/red new leaves:
The new Java fern cultivar:
Echinodorus Vesuvius going crazy! At least three runners shooting out now, were none when planted:
I've started adding livestock. Cherry shrimp are in, about 50 of them. Hald dozen Amanos, dozen nerites, 6 otos, a small school of about 20 pygmy cories who are impossible to photo for me.
I also got my first school in place! I've been waiting a while now to get some stock from a local club mate, a really nice gentlemen who happens to have line bred the first female Preacox Rainbows that hit the states. He's been line breeding them for over a decade. His males are incredible, and his females make a lot of the males that are bought today pale in comparison. He was very short females the last few months, so I did add 4 females of decent looking stock from a LFS to round out the school. I now have 3 awesome males and 11 females.
Also added a few new plants. Echinoduros Midifleur was a nice gift from another club mate, as was the Microsorum pteropus "Fingers" or "Trident" as I guess it is being called. Both of these were brought over from ECS last year, and are rather uncommon in the states.
So... photos! My camera is slightly sub par - my photography skills horridly so. Hope these will do.
The whole Tank:
These fish are definitely not used to being in front of a lens, they are very shy yet, but here is a male and female:
And part of the group:
The Pogostemon Stellata, has grown 6" easily in the month, and showing color 12" from the water surface:
Echinodorus Midifleur. This never showed bright red leaves like this in less light. 3 new leaves in a week and a half in the 180g now, and all bright pink/red new leaves:
The new Java fern cultivar:
Echinodorus Vesuvius going crazy! At least three runners shooting out now, were none when planted:
Dave
Aaron please come in to the thread I opened and talk about the Soil substrate etc if you would.Aaron wrote:Don't dose! Don't do it man! I've fallen into that temptation too many times with the soil substrates. Try some more olive nerites first. It should settle out in a bit.
Looks good Dave!
The other Jeff
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