Jeffrey's "Big Boy"---120g Planted
- Thread starter jmhart
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Well, it's been long enough without an update.
Everything's pretty much growing strong. The 2 hour midday burst is doing wonders for the crypts and narrow leaf java fern. A little gsa here and there. I'm still dialing in co2, and may decide to reduce the 6 x54w midday burst to a 4x54w midday.
I got in those lilaeopsis pots and planted them. They're growing strong, but still a few months away from being a full carpet. Other plants are doing pretty well too.
The overall scape is start to get a little closer to the image I have in my mind.
Current stocking is:
~30 Otos
13 Wild Scalare x Pb Angels
16 Red Phantom Tetras
5 Nannostomus marginatus
1 Dojo loach
20+ olive nerites
and I toss in about 20-30 RCS every 3-4 weeks.
Everything's pretty much growing strong. The 2 hour midday burst is doing wonders for the crypts and narrow leaf java fern. A little gsa here and there. I'm still dialing in co2, and may decide to reduce the 6 x54w midday burst to a 4x54w midday.
I got in those lilaeopsis pots and planted them. They're growing strong, but still a few months away from being a full carpet. Other plants are doing pretty well too.
The overall scape is start to get a little closer to the image I have in my mind.
Current stocking is:
~30 Otos
13 Wild Scalare x Pb Angels
16 Red Phantom Tetras
5 Nannostomus marginatus
1 Dojo loach
20+ olive nerites
and I toss in about 20-30 RCS every 3-4 weeks.
I think Red Phantoms are probably tops in my book. They are fun to watch and truly have an amazing color. I feed them a wide variety of food, including FD Blackworms, FD Bloodworms, Spirulina Flake, assorted Frozen foods, and NLS Small Fish Formula, which I think helps make the colors pop.
Thank you both.
I'll get some more pictures in a couple of days and post them.
Thanks!
Aside from the dojo loach(which is a hold out from about 5 years ago), I was trying to stick to SA black water fish. Between the soft/acidic water of Atlanta, a big piece of driftwood, and gobs of AS, the water is ideal for all of these fish.
I've got a pair of Apisto Cacs breeding in a 10g bb tank at the moment, but after this next spawn comes of age, I'll probably "retire" them to the "big tank in the sky", as in, this one. At that time, I'll pull the N. marginatus and try to breed those.
