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FryingPan
10-11-2007, 6:43 PM
Just finished planting this afternoon, so there's a lot of leaves and junk floating around that I'll have to skim off when everything settles.

Here's the before:
http://www.dubtona.com/upload/plantedtank.jpg

This setup was mainly a ton of wisteria, which eventually choked itself out and died.

And here's the new setup:
http://www.dubtona.com/upload/plantedtank2.jpg

The photo kind of sucks- my wireless speedlight batteries were dead so I'm charging them up to snap some better photos later.

I trained the wisteria to stay low and weighted the stems so they would sink in an attempt to keep it as ground cover. We'll see if it gets out of control here. I'm undecided on whether to keep the dwarf sag or not, as it's really not the look I'm going for. I'll give it a few weeks to see if it fills in more. Other than that there's parrot's feather, a bit of duckweed, java moss, moneywort, and red ludwiga.


I'll probably be rigging up some sort of DIY CO2 tonight.
Coral Keeper
10-11-2007, 6:47 PM
Looks very nice!!
destined_love7
10-11-2007, 7:12 PM
I love it! That's almost exactly the look I want to try when I get my 30 gallon here. Except maybe smaller rocks and some kind of cave deco or something.
msjinkzd
10-11-2007, 8:06 PM
looking very nice.
shaggbark
10-11-2007, 10:34 PM
I like the large rocks, they look like the rocks in Takashi Amano tanks 8)

I also love the splash of red that the ludwigia offers.

I say give the sagitaria some time, it will have a nice grassy effect.
FryingPan
10-11-2007, 11:51 PM
I like the large rocks, they look like the rocks in Takashi Amano tanks 8)

I also love the splash of red that the ludwigia offers.

I say give the sagitaria some time, it will have a nice grassy effect.

Thanks :)

The sag has me a bit miffed because it's a bit taller than I was wanting. Gotta love Aquadise and their substitution policy. :screwy:
mudskippers
10-12-2007, 12:45 AM
Looking good :)

Hope everything grows nicely for you! :)
Mgamer20o0
10-12-2007, 12:59 AM
looks a lot better.... with the added colors and better lay out.
FryingPan
10-13-2007, 10:34 AM
looks a lot better.... with the added colors and better lay out.

I agree. It makes everything look a lot bigger too :)
plantling
10-13-2007, 10:53 AM
Very pretty. Love the splash of red w/the greens and nice rocks. My dwarf sag filled in fast but then they got really tall. I'm talking like 12++ inches. I had to take a bunch out, but they can spread like crazy w/ all those runners.
FryingPan
10-13-2007, 11:01 AM
Very pretty. Love the splash of red w/the greens and nice rocks. My dwarf sag filled in fast but then they got really tall. I'm talking like 12++ inches. I had to take a bunch out, but they can spread like crazy w/ all those runners.

I figured it might get big. Oh well, that give me an opportunity to think about my next scape :o