New shots... SE Asian and African biotope tanks
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Thanks Bnoble!
Great idea using the stone beads! They should conceal well if you had nook/scrannies and the screws eliminate the need for that mess of fishline; I have never been able to ignore the lines I've used previously to tie down fern and it has always been a distraction. My ferns were not doing poorly, but they were indeed (typically) slow. They sent me the tropica variant and the gold gouramis have been picking at the tips ever since placement in the tank. With such slow growth, they became more of a nuisance than a pleasure.
Great idea using the stone beads! They should conceal well if you had nook/scrannies and the screws eliminate the need for that mess of fishline; I have never been able to ignore the lines I've used previously to tie down fern and it has always been a distraction. My ferns were not doing poorly, but they were indeed (typically) slow. They sent me the tropica variant and the gold gouramis have been picking at the tips ever since placement in the tank. With such slow growth, they became more of a nuisance than a pleasure.
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Finally pulled the trigger on a DFS order for 2 synodontis nigriventris (smaller upside down cats) for the Lake Tanganyika tank; they join the clump of new anubias v. nana in that tank. After a lot of waffling between danios vs. barbs. vs, minnows, I also finally ordered a school of 6 green tiger barbs for the SE Asian tank. They join several new green wendtii. I need to pull out the camera again soon I suppose...
opcorn:
Updated tank shots as it has been a while...
SE Asian:
This tank is going through a transition as I have removed the root ornaments on the right side of the tank to make room for some ADA branched wood that is shipping this week. It also has new stock of 6 schooling tiger barbs and the java fern has been replaced with some new green crypt wendtii.
I'll update again after the ADA wood arrives/is logged.
The Dwarf hair grass grows uncontrollably and must be cut constantly.
Green tiger barbs.
I'm now going to train the two fields of grass to grow into one another. New crypts on the left in front and in selected spots on tank right.
New double tank shots:
Lake Tanganyika:
A new cluuter of anubias v. nana was placed in this tank to flesh out the foreground and balance the look between the two tanks. The bichir really seems to appreciate this planting group. I also added a few mors stones to the pile on tank left. The comps continue to grow (albeit slowly).
SE Asian:
This tank is going through a transition as I have removed the root ornaments on the right side of the tank to make room for some ADA branched wood that is shipping this week. It also has new stock of 6 schooling tiger barbs and the java fern has been replaced with some new green crypt wendtii.
I'll update again after the ADA wood arrives/is logged.
The Dwarf hair grass grows uncontrollably and must be cut constantly.
Green tiger barbs.
I'm now going to train the two fields of grass to grow into one another. New crypts on the left in front and in selected spots on tank right.
New double tank shots:
Lake Tanganyika:
A new cluuter of anubias v. nana was placed in this tank to flesh out the foreground and balance the look between the two tanks. The bichir really seems to appreciate this planting group. I also added a few mors stones to the pile on tank left. The comps continue to grow (albeit slowly).
Thanks Dark... I'm looking forward to getting my ADA wood so I can get the tank back to completion. I payed a reasonable price for these ADA pieces of wood and I thing many are wondering what the shipped pieces will look like (as am I LOL).
Thanks Bk.... dwarf hairgrass certainly is one of the brightest (if not the best) part of the SE Asia tank. As I said before, there is some mild melting of the crypts after planting but they are already sending out new growth from the substrate. I'd love for them to fill in the foreground a bit better especially at tank left.
Thanks Bk.... dwarf hairgrass certainly is one of the brightest (if not the best) part of the SE Asia tank. As I said before, there is some mild melting of the crypts after planting but they are already sending out new growth from the substrate. I'd love for them to fill in the foreground a bit better especially at tank left.
Hows the growth rate of the HC? One thing that sorta puts me off is that I might not be able to give them to my LFS..
As fast as the dwarf harigrass grows in my tank, the Hygrophila grows twice as fast. It really is a beast nutrient sponge.
