36g bowfront! comments?!

[-[AnThOnY]-]

please let me know what you think my first shot at a planted tank...

close up on left

close up on right (couldnt get reflection of blinds out >,< lol)

2 Java Fern
Micro Sword
1 Crypt
1 Water Sprite
1 Caboma
1 Ancharis

 

[Bk718]

Nice, those are brazilian swords on the sides right? you an spread them up more so they spread faster to fill foreground.

edit: ehh lol nvm it is brazilian sword/micro sword.. You can break up the clumps more.

 

[-[AnThOnY]-]

thanks,

make more clumps like i have all the way on the left? that little patch?

 

[Plant_Aq]

what kind of sand is that?

 

[Bk718]

yup more like the one on the left.
But i will tell you this, that micro swords are a very hard plant to grow. Even with high light/co2/ferts the plant grows very very very slow.

 

[-[AnThOnY]-]

ultrareef marine sand,

said was good for SW and FW and was only 5 bucks a bag, so decided to give it a shot

 

[-[AnThOnY]-]

yup more like the one on the left.
But i will tell you this, that micro swords are a very hard plant to grow. Even with high light/co2/ferts the plant grows very very very slow.

ive heard from some that they grow quick and some that they grow slow, but im not in any hurry they can take as long as they want i just cant wait to see it when they cover the bottom

 

[Bk718]

ive heard from some that they grow quick and some that they grow slow, but im not in any hurry they can take as long as they want i just cant wait to see it when they cover the bottom

some had them for months and it still didnt fill in the bottom. you will get like a new runner a week lol thats how slow it is.. If you want the foreground filled then try dwarf hairgrass. It will grow way faster without any issues.

 

[-[AnThOnY]-]

yea that is pretty slow lol, but i like the way it looks alot more than the dwarf hairgrass, how fast does that grow in comparison to one runner a week lol

 

[Bk718]

yea that is pretty slow lol, but i like the way it looks alot more than the dwarf hairgrass, how fast does that grow in comparison to one runner a week lol

Hairgrass grows pretty good if provided the right conditions. If you trim every 2-3 weeks it will spread even more. Hard to say how many runners a week, harder to count lol. (way easier with the micro sword since it was like watching paint dry.. and paint still dries faster.. )

If you like the look of micro sword look into micro E. tenellus. It has the look close to like micro sword but it spreads way faster.