Post Pictures of your Plants

[joephys]

I hope I can get my tanks to look like that some day

 

[kill_a_watt]

bubble java moss?

my java moss dont have bubbles like yours how do u make them have bubbles?

 

[Peregrine]

Hello all,

1st post. Been out of the hobby for a few years now and am getting back into it.
This is my first ever community fish tank. Had enough of the agressive fish always ripping up plants. Also the first time I've used something other then natural colored gravel.
Tank is about 2 months in now. Had and am having a few issues.
Except for my plants (and my oto's), which seem to be thriving.

55 gal, all live plants (of course). Mollies, Barbs, Tetras, Varietas, Oto's.

I was never god with plant names. The one on the right with the big leaves here was fully 1/3rd this size when I bought it. The 'little' ferns in front had only 3 leaves and were half as tall.

This fern looking thing (sorry!) is 4 plants that totaled 12 leaves when I planted it.

All the rest of my plants are doing as well.
Also have healthy algae growth which keeps my Otocinclus (x3) fat.

How's that for my intro post?

Now can someone direct me to a forum where I can discuss my snaill issue?

 

[reiverix]

Thanks Roan. Before I joined this forum I had vaguely heard of anacharis.

What's your WPG on that tank? CO2? Dosing regime? Is this the one with the Ca problem?

4wpg. 4*65w 6700K and a 40w NO at 10000K. CO2 is kept at around 35ppm (if the KH/pH calculations are to be trusted) using the mist method to blow the fine bubbles around. Dosing is just typical EI. Add NO3/PO4 every other day although I add 5ml traces every day. K, Ca and Mg are added to my change water barrel which runs for half a week over crushed coral. Yeah I do remember messing with calcium a few months back and ended with sick snails and my rotala macranda dying off.

I got the stellata from Aquabid. It arrived in good shape but after planting it was like it got stuck in time. For weeks it stayed the same size and lost a lot of leaves too. Recently it started sprouting side shoots and gained a bit height. Still going slow but every day there's some new growth. Hopefully it will color up a bit when it gets taller.

my java moss dont have bubbles like yours how do u make them have bubbles?

CO2 + light. My java moss is right at the water surface.

 

[Captain Hook]

Very nice pics reiverix. I've been trying to find the plant you call Red Temple locally for a while.

Dwarf sag

Barclaya longifolia "red", I'm going to get a newer pic of this one soon. It can get pretty big and the leaves are wavy around the edges now.

Aponogeton ulvaceus dominating my tank

 

[Captain Hook]

Here's what the A. ulvaceus started out as. Grew to the size above in about a month I think.

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Java fern

 

[beviking]

This is a "Post pics of your plants" thread not "Post pics of your tank" thread right?
Looking good! :thm:

Is there some taboo about using aquabid usernames or something?

 

[Roan Art]

This is a "Post pics of your plants" thread not "Post pics of your tank" thread right?

RIGHT!

Is there some taboo about using aquabid usernames or something?

No, and if you are referring to Charley, aka Lowcoaster, I asked him and he said he would *love* it if we mentioned him by name here.

The guy gets the NICEST plants I have ever seen. The best, by far, Cyperus helferi, stellatus and tubercalatum I have ever laid eyes on.

The problem is keeping them looking so nice

I'm going to take some pics of my 36g plants and post.

Roan

 

[kyle3]

This is a "Post pics of your plants" thread not "Post pics of your tank" thread right?

if your tank is planted same thing right

didn't have close-ups on hand- sorry

 

[bigwater]

The big ruffled sword that just went to a LFS. The blue 1 foot ruler is for scale.