HybridHerps 75 Gallon Tank (High Tech Planted Tank, with an assortment of fish)
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My rainbow cichlids have been nibbling all of my plants.Yours look lovely.
What plants? Mine destroyed wisteria and continue to do so.
The expensive stuff is fine though (shrugs)
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So far wisteria, one of my crypts and some guppy grass. I haven't tried anything else with them since they tore up my crypt Tropica. I have all the plants with the platies now. Naughty little fish haha. Going to pick up some java fern and try that route in their tank.
Interesting...mine tried pulling on some windelov java fern...but shortly gave up when it stopped working. I think they care less about plants when there are a ton, as they used to pull on jungle val but now they don't. Also, the sheer number of fish I think mellows them out.
Suprised about the crypt though, are you sure it was being chewed and not just melting? Cause crypts do that.
Suprised about the crypt though, are you sure it was being chewed and not just melting? Cause crypts do that.
So finally, I make that update. Wasn’t feeling well last night so wasn’t worth typing this all up and uploading the pics and all.
I’ve made some additions to the tank. I was getting a lot of dead spots so I had to fix up my flow. Added another korelia 750 that I got in a trade for some plant clippings from a guy that used to keep it salt water…cleaned it off by just soaking it in a 1:1 thing of vinegar and tap water. Easier than scrubbing that’s for sure. Joraan, whom I recently met, told me how to set up my flow, although I slightly modified his idea with my own simply because I don’t think the flow on an Eheim is really worth its weight. Maybe excessive, probably. Does it work? Yes. So do I care? Nope, as long as it works
I kinda am too lazy to write out what is and what isn’t new…so I’m just going to post up the entire list of plants in this tank again. Also, got new light bulbs finally….my lighting now is 2 6500K Bulbs for 8 hours….and a pink grow bulb and a 5000K for 6 hours (should be 4 but….tbh I kinda don’t mind doing it like this if it helps things color up and all)
Bottom
· Rotala Mexicana var. 'Goias'
o Partial carpet between R. sp. ‘Vietnam’ and S. repens
· Staurogyne repens
o Partial carpet
· Micrantherum umbrosum var. ‘Monte Carlo’
o Partial carpet in front of S. repens
· Hygrophila sp. ‘Araguaia’
o Partial carpet to the right of S. repens
Foreground
· Eichhornia diversifolia
o In front of Wood #1
· Hygrophila pinnatifida
o In front of Wood #1
· Blyxa japonica
o In front of Wood #1 and #2
· Nesaea pedicellata – “Yellow Nesaea”
o In front of N. aquatic
· Cryptocoryne parva
o Edge of crypt ring
· Cryptocoryne nurii
o Crypt ring
· Cryptocoryne sp. ‘Green Gecko’
o Crypt ring
Mid-Ground
· Echinodorus sp. ‘Rose’
o Middle of crypt ring
· Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Florida Sunset’
o Back of crypt ring
· Limnophia aromatica
o Right next to crypt ring
· Nymphaea micrantha
o Near crypt ring
· Rotala macrandra var. ‘Japan Red’
o In front of Wood #4
· Rotala sp. ‘Vietnam’
o Behind R. macrandra var. ‘Japan Red’
· Nymphoides aquatic – “Banana Plant”
o In front of right side of Wood #4
· Nymphaea stellata – “Dwarf Lilly”
o On top of N. aquatic
· Echinodorus angustifolia ‘Vesuvius’
o In front of N. aquatic
· Hygrophila polysperma var. ‘Sunset’
o In front of H. sp. ‘Brown’
· Echinodorus sp. ‘Aflame’
o In front of R. sp. ‘Sunset’
· Nymphaea zenkeri – “Red Tiger Lotus”
o In front of the gap of Wood #2
· Ludwigia inclinata var. ‘Pantanal’
o In front of L. inclinata var. ‘Tornado’
· Micrantherum umbrosum
o In front of L. senegalensis
· Didiplis diandra
o In front of M. umbrosum
Background
· Hydrocotyle tripartita – “H. ‘Japan’”
o To the right of Wood #6
· Vallisneria sp. ‘Leopard’
o Behind Wood #6
· Alternanthera reineckii var. ‘Rosaefolia’
o Back right corner
· Nesaea praetermissa – “Red Nesaea”
o Between P. stellatus and H. corymbosa
· Cryptocoryne crispatula var. flaccidifolia
o Allow to grow around back of crypt ring
· Cryptocoryne usteriana
o Keep in back of crypt circle
· Cryptocoryne sp. Wendtii Hybrid
o Said to grow tall
· Pogostemon stellatus var. 'Broad Leaf'
o In between N. praetermissa and A. reineckii
· Hygrophila corymbosa – “Giant Temple”
o Bordering back right of Wood #4
· Hygrophila corymbosa – “Kompact”
o Same as other variant
· Rotala sp. ‘Bangladesh’
o In between H. corymbosa and C. furcata
· Cabomba furcata – “Red Cabomba”
o Behind Wood #4, in-between A. madagascariensis and R. sp. ‘Bangladesh’
· Aponogeton ulvaceus
o Behind N. aquatic
· Aponogeton madagascariensis – “Lace Leaf”
o Behind N. aquatic
· Hygrophila sp. ‘Brown’
o Around A. madagascariensis
· Persecaria praetermissa 'Ruby'
o Behind Wood #2
· Myriophyllum tuberculatum – “Red Myrio”
o Behind Wood #2
· Proserpinaca palustris – “Mermaid Weed”
o In the gap of Wood #2
· Crinum calamistratum
o Behind Wood #1 and in front of Wood #3
· Hydrotriche hottoniiflora
o Keep to the right of Ludwigia forest
· Ludwigia sp. ‘Rubin’
o Back right of Ludwigia forest
· Ludwigia glandulosa
o Back left of Ludwigia forest
· Ludwigia sp. ‘Atlantis’
o In front of L. sp. ‘Rubin’ and L. glandulosa
· Ludwigia inclinata var. ‘Cuba’
o In front of L. sp. ‘Atlantis’
· Ludwigia inclinata var. 'Tornado'
o In front of L. inclinata var. ‘Cuba’
Non-Substrate
Hardscape
Wood #1
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Petite’
o Allow to carpet wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Micro’
o Allow to carpet wood
Wood #2
· Microsorum pteropus var. ‘Windelov’
o Allow to carpet top of wood
· Fissidens fontanus – Mini Fissidens
o Allow to cover wood
Wood #3
· Microsorum pteropus var. ‘Trident’
o Allow to carpet bottom of wood
· Fissidens fontanus – Mini Fissidens
o Allow to cover wood
Wood #4
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Nana’
o On wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Broad-Leaf’
o On wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Coffeefolia’
o On wood
· Anubias hastifolia
o On wood
Wood #5
· Bolbitis heudelotii var. ‘Mini’ – “Mini African Fern”
o Allow to cover wood
· Fissidens fontanus – Mini Fissidens
o Allow to cover wood
Wood #6
· Lagenandra meeboldii ‘Pink’
o Let it grow huge
· Vesicularia montagnie – “Xmas Moss”
o Let it grow compact and bushy
Stones
· Lomariopsis sp. ‘Subwassertang’
o Allow to form a nice layer on stones and wood
Yah…that’s a lot of plants lol I still have a few more I want, and of course I need things to grow in. Gotta refill my co2 tomorrow though, thing ran out (sadface but also expectedface)
Joraan grows plants like nobodies business. Shout out to him, this aromatica came straight from him. 15 stems...I might actually thing it a tad because my crypts will need room to grow, as well as the sword, but they are fine like this for now
Found this at my LFS. Red Nessea. Picked it up because why not. Its getting brighter now and I have high hopes that this will do well for me. It seems really pretty. And will look great between the H. corymbosa and the P. stellatus (which is slowly coming around)
H. Japan in the background say what? I saw someone grow this up as a big bush….decided why not since someone gave me some extras. If I don’t like it, I can just let the A. reineckii take its place or the Leopard Val.
The Lagenandra has not looked super happy for me in a long, long time. But it is slowly becoming something, at least I hope so. If I come across this plant for sale again I might just buy a new one since its easier to grow healthy plants than wait for things to recover, but I don’t see it around often so I’ll work with this.
Some green gecko and nurii going on. Growing slowly but surely. I find crypts take a few months to get the ball rolling, but once they get rolling they are unstoppable forces….like Whitney’s Milktank (cool points for anyone who gets the reference)
Found more gold nessea (emersed grown) at my LFS…picked it up because mine seem to be stunted. Really, not realizing about my bulbs needing to be changed did a number on some of my plants…but they should bounce back in time.
Vietnam is doing well, Rotala macrandra is starting to do well (I always get a lot of melt when I first add it...hopefully this batch does well for me and I can propagate it myself. OTV if you are reading this, TELL ME YOUR SECRETS)
I like Madagascar Lace plant, but it does not like this tank, or this heat. I like to keep the tank closer to 76 degrees but with the summer its been higher than that which makes that plant angry. However, this Aponogeton should be better suited, and should look nice with the lace when that eventually comes back (the bulb is still there and healthy with new sprouts…its just being difficult)
Bought more of this too. Will be a good little weed once it gets going.
This was a surprise tbh. Pantanal is doing very well for me. Better than twisted and cuba so far, although I have fresh cuba elsewhere that I will transplant at some point in the next week or two. Got this from Joraan, and am very happy with the purchase.
I cut down all of my ludwiga’s though, because I feel that the best growth will come from the new growth in this tank, as opposed to how things where growing in other tanks that they where in before mine. Its all coming in slowly, the newer lights are helping though that’s for sure.
I still have some diatom issues though, but the added flow, and a little something else I’ll show, will make that a thing of the past soon enough.
Guys, what do you call a fish with no eyes?
FFSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH
I like cichlids. My cichlids like this tank. I am a happy person.
I like these, my mom doesn’t. She thinks they look drab…and compared to something like the EBJD or the Pearls she is right. But I like how the have complexity to their color, you have to look into it, and when you find it it is very nice. Might get 3 more of another variety though, as right now I’m at 4 of these, one of which is the dumpy one that, in terms of looks of the tank, doesn’t quiet count…it swims funny due to its body shape and probably should have been a cull earlier on. It also is having a fin problem so I’ll have to keep an eye on it. I hate to be that guy, but I might give it away to someone that would appreciate a fish with special needs more…but then again I might not, if he can keep up with the rest that’s fine but if not he will be rehomed.
Under rated gourami.
Seriously, these belong in every planted tank 55 gallons and over
I just like this shot. They haven’t been digging much and very few things get up rooted (well, new things get uprooted when they are planted in the corners of edges of the tank, but that’s expected with or without fish)
Dat fin
Hard to take a good picture of these guys…move too much.
Close enough
Baby delhezi Bichir. I got this little guy in china town…growing him out in my 10 gallon. Slowly but surely…he should be to size in a month or two…Got him mainly because my retropinnis is super shy and might like a friend more his species that isn’t as active as the sen. I might grab another ropefish at some point as well….but the single rope is actually doing very well so I might not.
Won these at an auction. 5 of them in fact, two growing out in my 10, three smaller ones growing out in my 5.5. Albino Blue Eye Bristlenose Plecos. These should put a nice dent in that GSA on the front glass and the detritus. They will go into the 75 once they are big enough where I feel the bichirs won’t try and be stupid.
In the 5.5…they will come with me to school as well and should be happy eating my algae in that tank for a few months or so. Then they can graduate to the 10 and then the 75.
His fins are starting to look nice. His color is very nice. Glad I got this guy when I did.
We where just talking about you. How’s it going dude? Good? That’s great.
The rope and Bichir like feeding time. They also have a soft spot for algae wafers….even though they are carnivorous (shrugs) Of course I feed them carnivorous foods as well but this works too.
That’s all for now. I just gotta keep dosing and feeding, and refill the co2. And for the grow outs….feeding and water changes will be my friend. Also, growing out some extra plants in there that are already in the 75…it’s a good strategy cause it helps me get more sideshoots of stems….keep the tops in the 75 to look good, keep the bottoms in the 10 to grow more sideshots that will become new tops. Works.
Ummmmm, so apparently I forgot that I had a thread for this tank on here :S my badddddddd
A added a lot of plants recently, and the fish list is probably different than what it used to be. So, I'm just going to post that up towards the end of this post. Also, this baby is being UV sterilized now by a Vecton 600.
I should be adding a long fin albino bristle nose female tomorrow. Possibly a Pictus too pending on its size and likelihood of becoming Bichir food. Later on in the summer, I want to add some big ol' Red Velvet Swords to this tank, but I'll probably have to grow them out a bit first to beef them up and prepare them for this madness. The Electric Blue Acara is big enough to not be bichir food now, but I'll wait to put him in here until he is a bit bigger since I know the EBJD will want to pick a fight. Or maybe the Acara will pick a fight and not realize that it can't be a little snot very successfully. He beat up the leopard ctnepoma (who is almost fully recovered now after I divided the 10 gallon using a pasta strainer).
I’ll post the list of plants I have after doing the pictures, because its probably a nuisance for those who just want to look at pics to see a wall of text right away.
Syganthus belem is a larger plant than I initially thought. I thank Joraan for talking me into grabbing this species, I feel like it will work very nicely right where I have it, since I’d be wanting to keep it shorter anyways to show off the tops of the stem.
Barthog had a special on erios….I couldn’t resist. Parkeri in the front is the small one, but man am I excited for that compressum. I had to pull it apart as it was all one mass at first, and then I trimmed off the bad leafs, but from seeing Barr’s tank, I can say I’m excited for these to grow nice and thick.
Ludwigia brevippis sneaking out the wood. Also spheracopa in front of the wood and Cuphae. I only have small stubs of Hygro araguaia in here now, but I have some I’m adding as soon as they convert to submerged for me. Might also add an Aflame sword over the summer.
Ludwigia species are an addiction. Its going to be interesting differentiating them after some time has passed, but this is why I keep really, really good records of what I plant where.
This is also going to become a very colorful area for sure.
Mermaid weed and Lace plant popping out the top of this wood will look really cool. I know lace likes getting large, so I figure this is a way to let it do its thing while also letting it be a little more reeled in.
Ulvaceus is there, died back but is sprouting again. There is also a Marble Queen as that leaf type will look cool behind the sunset Hygro. I moved the brown to the front since the sunset was blocking it, and to be honest I like the look more like this, and it makes more sense since sunset just grows faster.
Some shoreweed framed by S. repens. I’d love for this to carpet, but if not, I’ll try something else, maybe Monte Carlo. Or blood vomit if I’m feeling really crazy and wild.
Lots of Rotala here and Hygro. Also some S. Bihar in front of the corymbosa now, I want to let that grow tall as well so that it can get that orange color. Seems like a really cool plant.
Surprised that the Red Ammania is growing for me. New growth isn’t really red but that’s okay, still looks cool. Also have some narrow leaf Stellatus behind the Limno now, so that’s fun.
EBJD, listen, I just want to show a nice pic of the variegated Althernathera. You aren’t the star of the show okay?
FINEEEEEE, you can be the star right here, alright? Good.
The Lagenandra went on an adventure around the tank for a while when I was gone so, that’s why it looks so BLEH. Should stay in place now. More importantly, that variegated looks sick. Can’t wait for it to grow nice and big.
Got this from a LFS. Not sure what it is…but I like it.
All that green is Repens x Arcuata. There is also Repens hiding somewhere in this area, but whatever. It will become more apparent to others what Ludwigia is here as they grow towards the light and get their colors.
The nice thing about L144 and albino fish, are that they are pretty easy to see. The male has a nice head but good luck finding him in a spot where he sticks out sigh
I suck at picture taking but whatever. Awesome congos are awesome regardless of my picture quality.
So blurry, ugh
Woah, throwback. I guess this says a lot about my progress, being that this picture is from when I first decided to go planted. This was like, 2.5-3 years ago.
And this, explains a lot. As in, my BBA problem. For a frame of reference, this was a week or two after Sandy had it, and it devastated my tanks. This one especially, never got a real complete overhaul, since there were always some fish still alive in this tank. Probably not best to turn an established tank into a planted tank without resetting the tank, but hey, its taken some time but I’m finally getting the hang of this craziness.
Nostalgia fest done. Here’s the plant and fish list as it is now.
Bottom
Rotala mexicana var. 'Goias'
· Behind S. repens
Staurogyne repens
· Partial carpet
Littorella uniflora
· Partial carpet in front of S. repens
Hygrophila sp. ‘Araguaia’
· Partial carpet to the right of S. repens
Foreground
Cryptocoryne sp. ‘Green Gecko’
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne nurii
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne becketii petchii
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne x willisii
· Edge of crypt ring
Ammania pedicellata – “Yellow Nesaea”
· In front of N. aquatic
Eriocaulon cinereum/compressum
· Back of Erio grouping
Eriocaulon parkeri
· In front of Erio grouping
Syngonanthus sp. “Belem”
· In front of Wood #1
Mid-Ground
Ammania praetermissa
· Directly behind crypt ring
Echinodorus sp. ‘Rose’
· Middle of crypt ring
Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Florida Sunset’
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne wendtii - “Red/Brown Crypt”
· Crypt ring
Limnophila aromatica
· Right next to crypt ring
Rotala macrandra var. “Mini Butterfly”
· Behind Limnophilia rugosa
Limnophilia rugosa
· Next to Wood #5
Rotala sp. ‘Vietnam’
· In front of Wood #4
Rotala mexicana var. ‘Araguaia’
· Left of R. sp. ‘Vietnam’
Rotala wallichii
· Left of R. mexicana var. ‘Araguaia’
Nymphaea micrantha
· In front of R. sp. ‘Vietnam’
Nymphoides aquatic – “Banana Plant”
· In front of right side of Wood #4
Hygrophila polysperma var. ‘Sunset’
· Back of left Hygro group
Hygrophila pinnatifida
· Between H. Brown and H. Sunset
Hygrophila sp. ‘Brown’
· Front of left Hygro group
Murdannia sp. 'Red'
· Left of H. sp. ‘Brown’
Persecaria kawagoeanum
· In front of Wood #3
Cuphea anagallidea
· In front of Wood #2
Aponogeton madagascariensis – “Lace Leaf”
· In the gap of Wood #2
Proserpinaca palustris – “Mermaid Weed”
· In the gap of Wood #2
Ludwigia palustris
· In the gap of Wood #2
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
· In-between Wood #1 and Wood #2
Ludwigia sp. ‘Red’
· Behind L. arcuata and L. senegalensis
Ludwigia brevipes
· In front of L. sp. ‘Red’
Ludwigia inclinata var. ‘Pantanal’
· Behind L. arcuata and L. senegalensis
Ludwigia arcuata
· Behind L. inclinata var. ‘Pantanal’
Ludwigia senegalensis
· Front of genus
Background
Vallisneria sp. ‘Leopard’
· Behind Wood #6
Alternanthera reineckii var. “Variegated”
· Back right corner
Cryptocoryne sp. Wendtii Hybrid
· If so, use to frame crypt sp. group
Nymphaea stellata – “Dwarf Lilly”
· Next to H. corymbosa
Pogostemon stellatus var. 'Needle Leaf'
· Behind L. aromatica
Hygrophila corymbosa – “Giant Temple”
· Bordering back right of Wood #4
Staurogyne sp. ‘Bihar’
· In front of H. corymbosa
Cabomba furcata – “Red Cabomba”
· Behind Wood #4
Echinodorus cordifolius var. “Tropica Marble Queen”
· Behind H. polysperma var. ‘Sunset’
Aponogeton ulvaceus
· Behind Hygrophila polysperma var. ‘Sunset’
Myriophyllum mattogrossense var. ‘Red’
· In front of E. sp. “Marble Queen”
Persecaria praetermissa 'Ruby'
· Behind Wood #2
Myriophyllum tuberculatum – “Red Myrio”
· To the right of Ludwigia forest
Crinum calamistratum
· Behind Wood #2 and in front of Wood #4
Ludwigia sp. ‘Unknown’
· Request ID (maybe repens x arcuata?)
· Back of right of genus
Ludwigia sp. ‘Rubin’
· Back left of genus
Ludwigia sp. ‘Atlantis’
· In front of L. sp. ‘Unknown’
Ludwigia repens x arcuata
· In front of L. sp. ‘Unknown’
Ludwigia repens
· In front of L. sp. ‘Atlantis’
Ludwigia sp. ‘Pink Ovalis’
· In front of L. sp. ‘Rubin’
Ludwigia inclinata var. 'Tornado'
· In front of L. sp. ‘Pink Ovalis’
Hardscape
Wood #1
· Fissidens fontanus – Fissidens
o Allow to carpet wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Petite’
o Allow to carpet wood
Wood #2
· Fissidens fontanus – Fissidens
o Allow to carpet wood
· Riccardia chamedryfolia – “Mini Pellia”
o Allow to look like coral
· Microsorum pteropus var. ‘Windelov’
o Allow to carpet top of wood
Wood #3
· Microsorum pteropus var. ‘Trident’
o Allow to carpet bottom of wood
Wood #4
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Nana’
o On wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Broad-Leaf’
o On wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Coffeefolia’
o On wood
· Anubias hastifolia
o On wood
Wood #5
· Bucephalandra sp. “Brownie Red”
o On wood
· Bolbitis heudelotii var. 'Mini'
o On wood
· Taxiphyllum sp. “Flame”
o On wood
Wood #6
· Lagenandra meeboldii ‘Pink’
o Let it grow large
Current Fish/Inverts
Herotilapia multispinosa – “Rainbow Cichlid” x2
Acarichthys heckelii – “Threadfin Acara” x2
Rocio octofasciata – “Electric Blue Jack Dempsey”
Trichopodus leerii – “Pearl Gourami” x3:3
Melanotaenia splendida australis – “Australian Rainbow fish” x5
Phenacogrammus interruptus - “Congo Tetra” x8
Polypterus senegalus – “Senegal Bichir”
Polypterus retropinnis
Polypterus delhezi
Erpetoichthys calabaricus – “Rope fish”
Ancistrus sp. “Albino Blue Eye Bristlenose L144” x0:1
Ancistrus sp. “Brown Bushy Nose” x1:0
Melanoides tuberculata - “Trumpet Snail”
A added a lot of plants recently, and the fish list is probably different than what it used to be. So, I'm just going to post that up towards the end of this post. Also, this baby is being UV sterilized now by a Vecton 600.
I should be adding a long fin albino bristle nose female tomorrow. Possibly a Pictus too pending on its size and likelihood of becoming Bichir food. Later on in the summer, I want to add some big ol' Red Velvet Swords to this tank, but I'll probably have to grow them out a bit first to beef them up and prepare them for this madness. The Electric Blue Acara is big enough to not be bichir food now, but I'll wait to put him in here until he is a bit bigger since I know the EBJD will want to pick a fight. Or maybe the Acara will pick a fight and not realize that it can't be a little snot very successfully. He beat up the leopard ctnepoma (who is almost fully recovered now after I divided the 10 gallon using a pasta strainer).
I’ll post the list of plants I have after doing the pictures, because its probably a nuisance for those who just want to look at pics to see a wall of text right away.
Syganthus belem is a larger plant than I initially thought. I thank Joraan for talking me into grabbing this species, I feel like it will work very nicely right where I have it, since I’d be wanting to keep it shorter anyways to show off the tops of the stem.
Barthog had a special on erios….I couldn’t resist. Parkeri in the front is the small one, but man am I excited for that compressum. I had to pull it apart as it was all one mass at first, and then I trimmed off the bad leafs, but from seeing Barr’s tank, I can say I’m excited for these to grow nice and thick.
Ludwigia brevippis sneaking out the wood. Also spheracopa in front of the wood and Cuphae. I only have small stubs of Hygro araguaia in here now, but I have some I’m adding as soon as they convert to submerged for me. Might also add an Aflame sword over the summer.
Ludwigia species are an addiction. Its going to be interesting differentiating them after some time has passed, but this is why I keep really, really good records of what I plant where.
This is also going to become a very colorful area for sure.
Mermaid weed and Lace plant popping out the top of this wood will look really cool. I know lace likes getting large, so I figure this is a way to let it do its thing while also letting it be a little more reeled in.
Ulvaceus is there, died back but is sprouting again. There is also a Marble Queen as that leaf type will look cool behind the sunset Hygro. I moved the brown to the front since the sunset was blocking it, and to be honest I like the look more like this, and it makes more sense since sunset just grows faster.
Some shoreweed framed by S. repens. I’d love for this to carpet, but if not, I’ll try something else, maybe Monte Carlo. Or blood vomit if I’m feeling really crazy and wild.
Lots of Rotala here and Hygro. Also some S. Bihar in front of the corymbosa now, I want to let that grow tall as well so that it can get that orange color. Seems like a really cool plant.
Surprised that the Red Ammania is growing for me. New growth isn’t really red but that’s okay, still looks cool. Also have some narrow leaf Stellatus behind the Limno now, so that’s fun.
EBJD, listen, I just want to show a nice pic of the variegated Althernathera. You aren’t the star of the show okay?
FINEEEEEE, you can be the star right here, alright? Good.
The Lagenandra went on an adventure around the tank for a while when I was gone so, that’s why it looks so BLEH. Should stay in place now. More importantly, that variegated looks sick. Can’t wait for it to grow nice and big.
Got this from a LFS. Not sure what it is…but I like it.
All that green is Repens x Arcuata. There is also Repens hiding somewhere in this area, but whatever. It will become more apparent to others what Ludwigia is here as they grow towards the light and get their colors.
The nice thing about L144 and albino fish, are that they are pretty easy to see. The male has a nice head but good luck finding him in a spot where he sticks out sigh
I suck at picture taking but whatever. Awesome congos are awesome regardless of my picture quality.
So blurry, ugh
Woah, throwback. I guess this says a lot about my progress, being that this picture is from when I first decided to go planted. This was like, 2.5-3 years ago.
And this, explains a lot. As in, my BBA problem. For a frame of reference, this was a week or two after Sandy had it, and it devastated my tanks. This one especially, never got a real complete overhaul, since there were always some fish still alive in this tank. Probably not best to turn an established tank into a planted tank without resetting the tank, but hey, its taken some time but I’m finally getting the hang of this craziness.
Nostalgia fest done. Here’s the plant and fish list as it is now.
Bottom
Rotala mexicana var. 'Goias'
· Behind S. repens
Staurogyne repens
· Partial carpet
Littorella uniflora
· Partial carpet in front of S. repens
Hygrophila sp. ‘Araguaia’
· Partial carpet to the right of S. repens
Foreground
Cryptocoryne sp. ‘Green Gecko’
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne nurii
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne becketii petchii
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne x willisii
· Edge of crypt ring
Ammania pedicellata – “Yellow Nesaea”
· In front of N. aquatic
Eriocaulon cinereum/compressum
· Back of Erio grouping
Eriocaulon parkeri
· In front of Erio grouping
Syngonanthus sp. “Belem”
· In front of Wood #1
Mid-Ground
Ammania praetermissa
· Directly behind crypt ring
Echinodorus sp. ‘Rose’
· Middle of crypt ring
Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Florida Sunset’
· Crypt ring
Cryptocoryne wendtii - “Red/Brown Crypt”
· Crypt ring
Limnophila aromatica
· Right next to crypt ring
Rotala macrandra var. “Mini Butterfly”
· Behind Limnophilia rugosa
Limnophilia rugosa
· Next to Wood #5
Rotala sp. ‘Vietnam’
· In front of Wood #4
Rotala mexicana var. ‘Araguaia’
· Left of R. sp. ‘Vietnam’
Rotala wallichii
· Left of R. mexicana var. ‘Araguaia’
Nymphaea micrantha
· In front of R. sp. ‘Vietnam’
Nymphoides aquatic – “Banana Plant”
· In front of right side of Wood #4
Hygrophila polysperma var. ‘Sunset’
· Back of left Hygro group
Hygrophila pinnatifida
· Between H. Brown and H. Sunset
Hygrophila sp. ‘Brown’
· Front of left Hygro group
Murdannia sp. 'Red'
· Left of H. sp. ‘Brown’
Persecaria kawagoeanum
· In front of Wood #3
Cuphea anagallidea
· In front of Wood #2
Aponogeton madagascariensis – “Lace Leaf”
· In the gap of Wood #2
Proserpinaca palustris – “Mermaid Weed”
· In the gap of Wood #2
Ludwigia palustris
· In the gap of Wood #2
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
· In-between Wood #1 and Wood #2
Ludwigia sp. ‘Red’
· Behind L. arcuata and L. senegalensis
Ludwigia brevipes
· In front of L. sp. ‘Red’
Ludwigia inclinata var. ‘Pantanal’
· Behind L. arcuata and L. senegalensis
Ludwigia arcuata
· Behind L. inclinata var. ‘Pantanal’
Ludwigia senegalensis
· Front of genus
Background
Vallisneria sp. ‘Leopard’
· Behind Wood #6
Alternanthera reineckii var. “Variegated”
· Back right corner
Cryptocoryne sp. Wendtii Hybrid
· If so, use to frame crypt sp. group
Nymphaea stellata – “Dwarf Lilly”
· Next to H. corymbosa
Pogostemon stellatus var. 'Needle Leaf'
· Behind L. aromatica
Hygrophila corymbosa – “Giant Temple”
· Bordering back right of Wood #4
Staurogyne sp. ‘Bihar’
· In front of H. corymbosa
Cabomba furcata – “Red Cabomba”
· Behind Wood #4
Echinodorus cordifolius var. “Tropica Marble Queen”
· Behind H. polysperma var. ‘Sunset’
Aponogeton ulvaceus
· Behind Hygrophila polysperma var. ‘Sunset’
Myriophyllum mattogrossense var. ‘Red’
· In front of E. sp. “Marble Queen”
Persecaria praetermissa 'Ruby'
· Behind Wood #2
Myriophyllum tuberculatum – “Red Myrio”
· To the right of Ludwigia forest
Crinum calamistratum
· Behind Wood #2 and in front of Wood #4
Ludwigia sp. ‘Unknown’
· Request ID (maybe repens x arcuata?)
· Back of right of genus
Ludwigia sp. ‘Rubin’
· Back left of genus
Ludwigia sp. ‘Atlantis’
· In front of L. sp. ‘Unknown’
Ludwigia repens x arcuata
· In front of L. sp. ‘Unknown’
Ludwigia repens
· In front of L. sp. ‘Atlantis’
Ludwigia sp. ‘Pink Ovalis’
· In front of L. sp. ‘Rubin’
Ludwigia inclinata var. 'Tornado'
· In front of L. sp. ‘Pink Ovalis’
Hardscape
Wood #1
· Fissidens fontanus – Fissidens
o Allow to carpet wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Petite’
o Allow to carpet wood
Wood #2
· Fissidens fontanus – Fissidens
o Allow to carpet wood
· Riccardia chamedryfolia – “Mini Pellia”
o Allow to look like coral
· Microsorum pteropus var. ‘Windelov’
o Allow to carpet top of wood
Wood #3
· Microsorum pteropus var. ‘Trident’
o Allow to carpet bottom of wood
Wood #4
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Nana’
o On wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Broad-Leaf’
o On wood
· Anubias barteri var. ‘Coffeefolia’
o On wood
· Anubias hastifolia
o On wood
Wood #5
· Bucephalandra sp. “Brownie Red”
o On wood
· Bolbitis heudelotii var. 'Mini'
o On wood
· Taxiphyllum sp. “Flame”
o On wood
Wood #6
· Lagenandra meeboldii ‘Pink’
o Let it grow large
Current Fish/Inverts
Herotilapia multispinosa – “Rainbow Cichlid” x2
Acarichthys heckelii – “Threadfin Acara” x2
Rocio octofasciata – “Electric Blue Jack Dempsey”
Trichopodus leerii – “Pearl Gourami” x3:3
Melanotaenia splendida australis – “Australian Rainbow fish” x5
Phenacogrammus interruptus - “Congo Tetra” x8
Polypterus senegalus – “Senegal Bichir”
Polypterus retropinnis
Polypterus delhezi
Erpetoichthys calabaricus – “Rope fish”
Ancistrus sp. “Albino Blue Eye Bristlenose L144” x0:1
Ancistrus sp. “Brown Bushy Nose” x1:0
Melanoides tuberculata - “Trumpet Snail”
Isis end up getting both the longfin albino bristle nose female and the pictus cat.
Probably the largest pictus I've ever seen, and pretty darn active all day as well.
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Probably the largest pictus I've ever seen, and pretty darn active all day as well.
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