50 breeder after a hack job

[JMLenke]

still battling clado in the substrate and on some plants but this picture shows the better look of the tank (right side is Bolbitis, Java fern and Clado).

4 months ago, not long after it was set up


4 months and a bunch of changes later



I need to change some stuff around, soem of it grew where it chose and not where I chose.

one of the inhabitants decided he wanted a picture

[ddavila06]

nice! so clear in there, fluvals are the best aren't they? do you do CO2 or bunch of liquids for fertilization? really nice pictures!!

[JMLenke]

CO2 bottle, the diffuser is below the return for the fluval.

No ferts, Ill add a capful of Potassium if I notice the hygro has holes in it leaves.

Substrate is Colorquartz overtop of SCMurphy's miracle mud hehe(soil substrate)..

Inhabitants are :
Buffalohead cichlids (only seen two but there may be 4+ in there)
Praecox Rainbows
Emerald Eye Rasboras
Rasbora Het?(my one eye brigade)
otosx3
Ancistrusx1
some amanos maybe and a few ghost shrimp

filtered by a Fluval 305, Hydor3 and a Xp2

[jcali10]

Tank looks like its really thriving. What kind of stems are those with the pinkish hue?
I only have an XP2 on my 50, your giving me a complex.

[JMLenke]

Im sure I have given Ingg, Ghaz, Chris and every other scaper here, a heart attack with the grow pattern...

Honestly, Im not sure what I am even growing in there beyond a few plants.

[ingg]

It looks like rotala sp. pink. I still have that one, algae infested nowadays though - pulled some clean stuff to try and grow out in another tank.

Crypts are beckettii...wendtii...

I see low grow..

I like the scape!

Just gotta get those runners of vals pulled and under control.

[krisw]

Looks great! Plants are healthy, fish look happy, what more could you want? We only judge scapes when you give us the head on picture.

[sherrymitchell]

Hey Jeff, I love that jungle look. Awesome! What's the tall grassy stuff in the back, Val?

[JMLenke]

yeah its val, for some weird reason, it has grown like regular Val in this tank. The previous tank it was in it only grew to about 8" or so.

I was happy with it at the 8" tall mark, at over a foot, I dont like it and I am probably going to yank it all.

the rocks have been completely buried under my crappy scaping job. I am going to probably pull all the Vals and replace it with Mayaca or a very fine stem.

[JMLenke]

a mostly head on view, I couldnt get JUST the tank in the pic.