Yeah, well I have tried some of the more "pink" cultivars (jacobsenii & flamingo? & maybe another "pink") in my low tech tanks & I'll just say...they're different without co2 or higher light. Not less pretty,, just maybe less pink, lol.
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Yeah they're pretty distinctive among the crypts, hard to mistake them even submersed haha
The price kinda has kept me from flamingo though. It's expensive
The price kinda has kept me from flamingo though. It's expensive
Just further growth on this tank.
I wasn't happy with the layout, so I made it into 2 separate "islands". Bit stirred up from the moving things around, but I think I'm liking this. Less monotonous like the wall of mess it was before. Fish seem to like it.
I wasn't happy with the layout, so I made it into 2 separate "islands". Bit stirred up from the moving things around, but I think I'm liking this. Less monotonous like the wall of mess it was before. Fish seem to like it.
Me too!
Ended up taking a new pic today since the water is clearer and not stirred up from moving things. Looks better. The fish seem to like it too, didn't get rid of their cave system under the wood, but creates a more dynamic area for them to explore. Been seeing the tetras explore further into the tank besides their spot under the log where the pleco cave is lol
Side view! This is the side I see from the couch, this tank is beside the couch in our living room.
Couple more photos of the brochis splendens. Really lovely fish, I love the colour (green is my favourite colour after all). One individual is darker than the other.
Betta tank. Had to bomb it with some hydrogen peroxide the other day, had a bit of an issue with cyanobacteria in a couple places. So I removed the betta, did a heavy spot dose of peroxide, let it sit for a bit, then rinsed it all out a couple times, then filled it back up properly, put a spray bar onto the filter for extra circulation and it's so far good. She doesn't seem to mind the flow, been actually entertaining her a bit, she likes to chase her food down haha
And little Miss Seashell herself, looking for food.
I found what I think may be an albino ramshorn snail, so I've separated it to another container after these pictures to see if it breeds true, or if it's just a genetic glitch.
I did a trim on some of the plants that needed it on this one.
And did a more detailed video too.
And did a more detailed video too.
Love the new look! What's the purple plant in the vid (pic 3?) I don't know that 1 or the really tall aponogeton(?). Nice fish pics, but I expect that from you 
, husband liked them too!
, husband liked them too!
Love the new look! What's the purple plant in the vid (pic 3?) I don't know that 1 or the really tall aponogeton(?). Nice fish pics, but I expect that from you
That little plant is still (but slowly) growing, it is caloglossa cf. beccarii, aka "red moss". It's technically an algae, but sold as a moss. It's relatively rare, especially in my country lol can expect to pay $20 for a 1.5" ball portion. It's easy though, but slow. But really pretty. My portion there is about the size of a quarter. Very small. Mine came as a random contaminant from a plant order from somewhere that sells it, so I lucked out. Been growing it from the size of a dime though lol
(Not a plant compatible with peroxide, algaecides, or flourish excel, will melt to high heaven)
The tall plant is Cryptocoryne usteriana! Easy plant, but grows massive (up to 3 feet tall). I love it, mines still relatively young to this tank, coming back from a melt from being added. Bought a mature large plant from a local. I put it directly in the flow of my tank though, since it's pretty durable.
I put together a list of plants I keep:
Pogostemon g a y i
Pogostemon stellatus
Pogostemon stellatus octopus
Vallisneria nana
Vallisneria gigantea
Vallisneria Americana
Giant hairgrass
Hydrocotyle tripartita "japan"
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Hornwort
Stargrass
Pearlweed
Ludwigia repens
Limnophila sessiliflora
Cabomba caroliniana
Bacopa monieri
Helenthium tennelum red
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus oriental
Echinodorus red ozelot
Echinodorus flame
Echinodorus red melon
Hygrophila polysperma
Hygrophila stricta narrow
Hygrophila corymbosa
Taiwan lily
Elodea nuttallii
Cryptocoryne wendtii bronze
Cryptocoryne wendtii green
Cryptocoryne wendtii green gecko
Cryptocoryne tropica
Cryptocoryne lutea "hobbit"
Cryptocoryne lucens
Cryptocoryne becketti
Cryptocoryne usteriana
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Cryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Cryptocoryne undulata
Anubias barteri
Anubias barteri nana
Anubias barteri golden nana
Anubias mini kirin
Anubias barteri caladiifolia
Anubias hastifolia
Anubias congensis
Anubias mini
Anubias lanceolata
Anubias heterophilla
Anubias coffeefolia
Dwarf Sagittaria
Bucephalandra green wavy
Bucephalandra sp red
Bucephalandra aurora
Bucephalandra lamaudu red
Riccia moss
Java moss
Taiwan moss
Red moss (caloglossa cf. beccarii)
Phoenix moss
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Water Lettuce
Salvinia minima
Amazon frogbit
Minor duckweed
Giant duckweed
Hygroryza aristata
Java fern
Needle Java fern
Bolbitis heudelotii
Homalomena sp sedakau south
Piptospatha ridley
Sußwassertang
Rotala rotundifolia
Murdannia Keisak
And fish list:
8 hoplosternum punctatum
3 goldfish
1 platy maculatus
1 sparkling gourami
7 harlequin rasboras
8 boraras urophthalmoides
1 betta splendens domestic
6 skirt tetras
6 lemon tetras
10 ember tetras
10 black neon tetras
10 emperor tetras
6 inornata/splendida rainbowfish
6 praecox rainbowfish
2 Ancistrus bodenhameri
2 Ancistrus cf cirrhosis
1 l240 vampire pleco
1 Farlowella Vittata
1 Farlowella Platorynchus
1 Farlowella Mariaelenae
1 Bolivian ram
7 cherry barbs
1 scarlet badis
X number of neocaridina shrimp
2 bamboo shrimp
2 garra cambodgiensis
2 pan04 pangio loaches
4 pangio doriae loaches
3 pangio anguillaris loaches
2 pangio myersi loaches
4 pangio semicincta loaches
5 pangio oblonga loaches
9 corydoras sterbai
10 corydoras pygmaeus
8 corydoras eques
4 corydoras weitzmani
7 corydoras paleatus
4 corydoras elegans
2 corydoras CW028
1 corydoras C102
1 corydoras panda
1 corydoras leucomelas
1 corydoras ambiacus
4 corydoras aeneus
8 brochis splendens
13 corydoras trilineatus
13 corydoras schultzei
6 corydoras loxozonus
X number of ramshorn snails, bladder snails, trumpet snails, assassin snails, limpets
2 trapdoor snails
1 mystery snail
Pogostemon g a y i
Pogostemon stellatus
Pogostemon stellatus octopus
Vallisneria nana
Vallisneria gigantea
Vallisneria Americana
Giant hairgrass
Hydrocotyle tripartita "japan"
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Hornwort
Stargrass
Pearlweed
Ludwigia repens
Limnophila sessiliflora
Cabomba caroliniana
Bacopa monieri
Helenthium tennelum red
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus oriental
Echinodorus red ozelot
Echinodorus flame
Echinodorus red melon
Hygrophila polysperma
Hygrophila stricta narrow
Hygrophila corymbosa
Taiwan lily
Elodea nuttallii
Cryptocoryne wendtii bronze
Cryptocoryne wendtii green
Cryptocoryne wendtii green gecko
Cryptocoryne tropica
Cryptocoryne lutea "hobbit"
Cryptocoryne lucens
Cryptocoryne becketti
Cryptocoryne usteriana
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Cryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Cryptocoryne undulata
Anubias barteri
Anubias barteri nana
Anubias barteri golden nana
Anubias mini kirin
Anubias barteri caladiifolia
Anubias hastifolia
Anubias congensis
Anubias mini
Anubias lanceolata
Anubias heterophilla
Anubias coffeefolia
Dwarf Sagittaria
Bucephalandra green wavy
Bucephalandra sp red
Bucephalandra aurora
Bucephalandra lamaudu red
Riccia moss
Java moss
Taiwan moss
Red moss (caloglossa cf. beccarii)
Phoenix moss
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Water Lettuce
Salvinia minima
Amazon frogbit
Minor duckweed
Giant duckweed
Hygroryza aristata
Java fern
Needle Java fern
Bolbitis heudelotii
Homalomena sp sedakau south
Piptospatha ridley
Sußwassertang
Rotala rotundifolia
Murdannia Keisak
And fish list:
8 hoplosternum punctatum
3 goldfish
1 platy maculatus
1 sparkling gourami
7 harlequin rasboras
8 boraras urophthalmoides
1 betta splendens domestic
6 skirt tetras
6 lemon tetras
10 ember tetras
10 black neon tetras
10 emperor tetras
6 inornata/splendida rainbowfish
6 praecox rainbowfish
2 Ancistrus bodenhameri
2 Ancistrus cf cirrhosis
1 l240 vampire pleco
1 Farlowella Vittata
1 Farlowella Platorynchus
1 Farlowella Mariaelenae
1 Bolivian ram
7 cherry barbs
1 scarlet badis
X number of neocaridina shrimp
2 bamboo shrimp
2 garra cambodgiensis
2 pan04 pangio loaches
4 pangio doriae loaches
3 pangio anguillaris loaches
2 pangio myersi loaches
4 pangio semicincta loaches
5 pangio oblonga loaches
9 corydoras sterbai
10 corydoras pygmaeus
8 corydoras eques
4 corydoras weitzmani
7 corydoras paleatus
4 corydoras elegans
2 corydoras CW028
1 corydoras C102
1 corydoras panda
1 corydoras leucomelas
1 corydoras ambiacus
4 corydoras aeneus
8 brochis splendens
13 corydoras trilineatus
13 corydoras schultzei
6 corydoras loxozonus
X number of ramshorn snails, bladder snails, trumpet snails, assassin snails, limpets
2 trapdoor snails
1 mystery snail
