Frosty's 10 Gallon
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hey this is very nice. you have some interesting and different plants in there. that looks like Hyptis there in the rear corner.
Thanks for the compliments, everyone.
Hyptis? I had no idea what that was until I googled it, and I can't figure out what species you mean. Do you mean the back right or left?
Here's my species list...
Asian ambula - One of the fastest growers I've ever had in any of my tanks. And its pretty, to boot.
Hygro sp. 'Bold' - Super slow grower in my tank. But probably my favorite stem in here. I wish it grew faster. It's covered up by the blyxa now
Ludwigua brevipes - I have one stem of this. It's grown a little bit and it's branching heavily at nearly every node near the substrate. I like it.
Myrio matto - Love it. A very easy plant in high light and fertile substrate. And the leaves are so feathery against the black background. This plant has grown about half inch a day.
Rotala verticillaris - One stem. It's growing sooo slowly but its rooted now and it's branching and splitting. Slowest growing Rotala I've ever seen.
Rotala mini type 2 - Interesting plant. Leaves are purple on the underside. Great for nano tanks.
Rotala mini type 1 - See above.
Marsilea minuta - I'm really disappointed in this one. My entire foreground is M.minuta, and it's barely grown at all. Im going to give this another month and see what happens.
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis - Frustrating much? It melted almost completely because what I purchased what grown emersed. It's growing sooooo slowly now. I'm not sure I'm patient enough for this one.
Java fern 'needleleaf' - Great plant. I've had this since before this rescape. It tends to look a little messy when it starts getting plantlets on it though. But really significantly nicer than the normal java fern imho.
Hemigraphis traian - Got one stem as a bonus. Leaves a little too large for my tank. Its in the back right almost totally covered in Myrio. The leaves were SUPER purple when I got it but are now just green.
Hyptis? I had no idea what that was until I googled it, and I can't figure out what species you mean. Do you mean the back right or left?
Here's my species list...
Asian ambula - One of the fastest growers I've ever had in any of my tanks. And its pretty, to boot.
Hygro sp. 'Bold' - Super slow grower in my tank. But probably my favorite stem in here. I wish it grew faster. It's covered up by the blyxa now
Ludwigua brevipes - I have one stem of this. It's grown a little bit and it's branching heavily at nearly every node near the substrate. I like it.
Myrio matto - Love it. A very easy plant in high light and fertile substrate. And the leaves are so feathery against the black background. This plant has grown about half inch a day.
Rotala verticillaris - One stem. It's growing sooo slowly but its rooted now and it's branching and splitting. Slowest growing Rotala I've ever seen.
Rotala mini type 2 - Interesting plant. Leaves are purple on the underside. Great for nano tanks.
Rotala mini type 1 - See above.
Marsilea minuta - I'm really disappointed in this one. My entire foreground is M.minuta, and it's barely grown at all. Im going to give this another month and see what happens.
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis - Frustrating much? It melted almost completely because what I purchased what grown emersed. It's growing sooooo slowly now. I'm not sure I'm patient enough for this one.
Java fern 'needleleaf' - Great plant. I've had this since before this rescape. It tends to look a little messy when it starts getting plantlets on it though. But really significantly nicer than the normal java fern imho.
Hemigraphis traian - Got one stem as a bonus. Leaves a little too large for my tank. Its in the back right almost totally covered in Myrio. The leaves were SUPER purple when I got it but are now just green.
Really awesome tank, Frosty! =] Nice seeing you here, I'm glad the plants are doing very well for you.
A little update. Well, I just got back from a vacation. I came home to one of my male peacock gudgeons sitting in his cave with about 10 baby peacock gudgeons. However, now the babies are all gone. Not sure what happened, but I figure they were eaten since I let them hatch in the community tank. Next time I'll be around, and I'll move them into a growout tank. In the meantime, I think I should get rid of some of these fish, as they're a bit nippy and all the females have some tattered fins. I think 2 males and 3 females would be plenty for this tank. There's also one true siamese algae eater in here and one amano shrimp. I know that the SAE will outgrow the tank if given the opportunity.
Full tank shot and a close up below. You'll notice I have two white PVC pipes in there and two black PVC pipes. I know that the white ones are very conspicuous, and I need to find replacements.
Full tank shot and a close up below. You'll notice I have two white PVC pipes in there and two black PVC pipes. I know that the white ones are very conspicuous, and I need to find replacements.
