55g Planted tank (The Start)

[Bk718]

The potential looks like its going to be a great looking tank!

My Rummy nose have decided to attack the leaves my Blyxa Aubertii it's driving me nuts as I just added the plant. I'm hoping the growth will out pace the damage would you say it Blyxa Aubertii is a fast grower?

Thanks Jay, so far my rummies dont touch any of the plants. I noticed that when the aubertii has been planted and had not been moved/disturbed for atleast a month, the growth rate will increase fast. My mature plant had been sheding leaves here and there but its also shooting out new ones few times a week with flowers so the loss isnt really noticed.

 

[noodles62]

wow! Quite the before and after....Lookin good BK - can't wait to see what you do next.

 

[JAY973]

Cool I there is hope for my Blyxa Aubertii after all.

I can't wait to see this grow in I'm always looking for inspiration from fellow hobbist. Looking forward to progress pics.

 

[Rbishop]

Looking terrific!

 

[Reddog80p]

Nice BRO...

 

[DrNo]

Awesome Yuriy... likin' the arch; add one and you can name the tank Mickey D's

 

[Bk718]

Thanks everyone for the kind words..

Grant but then i would be breaking Bk policy..
you get your aubertii yet?? check out mine, would look sweet in your tank

 

[DrNo]

you get your aubertii yet?? check out mine, would look sweet in your tank

Don't ask.... still not here and its gonna be DOA once it arrives. It's my fault due to a Paypal addy mix-up (grrrrr). I'll be checkin' out PTF for more. In the interim, the japonica are yellowing just a bit as they settle into my tank but otherwise all systems go. Spent the entire day installing the new gamma UV.

 

[Bk718]

Havent updated in a while..
Nothing major going on with the tank. Im still being stupid and keeping the floaters which multiply so fast to cover the whole tank top within a week. But im slowly getting rid of them.. need to get the upper hand in this lol.
After looking at my older posts of the tank i noticed that my lighting over the months has greatly dimmed. So i went and ordered new bulbs from Drfoster along with some glass versa tops.. Finally will minimize the 6" weekly evaporation
The bulbs were a had decision.. I was going back and forth between 10,000K and 8,000K from allglass but went with the 10,000K for extra brightness. Cant wait to get the bulbs, right now the tank has a 5500 and 6500K bulbs so these super daylight bulbs should be interesting lol.
If the lights make a difference in the plant growth, then maybe ill consider getting some of the harder to find plants like erio
Also I hope to soon get a few BN plecos for the tank, who knows maybe will have luck breeding them.
Will post some tank shots after i clear everything out

Thanks for reading.

 

[spunjin]

Can't wait to see the growth.