Thanks
The riccia was replaced with a glosso carpet, I still have some growing at the back of the tank in case I want to use it future. Riccia is too high maintnance for my liking.
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Hi guys just a quick update, things are looking up, things are growing faster and faster in the tank and I see so much pearling now even the mosses are pearling lol, this week added some Monosolenium Tenerum (Pellia) and Fissidens splachnobryoides (which later found out is non-aquatic so will see how this does, the amano shrimp seem to love it).
Decided to trim the glosso again this week, trimmed it just over a week ago to test and it grew back pretty quick and stong so this week gave it another proper trim see how it reacts this time, hopefully by next week it will be looking lush again.
Also decided to try one more stone on the right side of the Blyxa, really like this mini landscape rock
Tank last week:
Here is the tank today:
Spiky moss in the center:
Close up of the glosso, in the middle the two new additions:
Another close up of the glosso:
The hairgrass is growing nicely for the first time in my tank:
Separated and replanted the Staurogyne sp.:
New addition to the tank, was too fast and this is the best shot I could get, will try another soon:
My rainbow:
Comments and critics always welcome, thanks for looking
Decided to trim the glosso again this week, trimmed it just over a week ago to test and it grew back pretty quick and stong so this week gave it another proper trim see how it reacts this time, hopefully by next week it will be looking lush again.
Also decided to try one more stone on the right side of the Blyxa, really like this mini landscape rock
Tank last week:
Here is the tank today:
Spiky moss in the center:
Close up of the glosso, in the middle the two new additions:
Another close up of the glosso:
The hairgrass is growing nicely for the first time in my tank:
Separated and replanted the Staurogyne sp.:
New addition to the tank, was too fast and this is the best shot I could get, will try another soon:
My rainbow:
Comments and critics always welcome, thanks for looking
Awesome tank. How many times do you trim? by the way, whats that carpet plant? looks spectacular
Many thanks
The carpet plant is Glossostigma elatinoides, which now needs a weehly mow, its very messy but its worth it. The rest of the plants I trim as I see necessary, once a week sometimes more.
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Just some photos of the tank, the L. Aromatica is growing pretty nicely, I think I am going to move things around and plant it to fill that left hand corner completly. and maybe move the anubias which are behind it to the front and see how it looks.
Also the Blyxa is looking great, the Skipy moss took a huge trim the other day when I sent out to 4 board members now needs to grow back again, still plenty there though. The Lilly is shooting new leaves on a daily basis at the moment.
Over the past 2 weeks I have been running 6x24w T5 on this tank just to see how it reacts to high levels of light, I have increased the CO2 slightly and also the ferts to cope with the extra light. So far I am seeing great results, specially from the L. Aromatica and the Glosso is growing ever more compact afer the trim I gave it a couple of weeks ago.
Some photos:
Critics and comments always welcomed, thanks for looking
Also the Blyxa is looking great, the Skipy moss took a huge trim the other day when I sent out to 4 board members now needs to grow back again, still plenty there though. The Lilly is shooting new leaves on a daily basis at the moment.
Over the past 2 weeks I have been running 6x24w T5 on this tank just to see how it reacts to high levels of light, I have increased the CO2 slightly and also the ferts to cope with the extra light. So far I am seeing great results, specially from the L. Aromatica and the Glosso is growing ever more compact afer the trim I gave it a couple of weeks ago.
Some photos:
Critics and comments always welcomed, thanks for looking
