Riparium in Mr. Aqua 11.4

[hydrophyte]

Hey look here is a picture with all of the riparium foliage.

If you compare against the older shots you can see the foliage is much more full. This picture is from 1 January 2011.

The underwater portion doesn't look like much. There was a lot of algae there for a while so I removed the underwater plants. The pike cichlid murdered everybody else and now he's the only fish in there. I really like that fish, but he isn't very good for photography because he just sneaks around.

 

[hydrophyte]

Here is a quick FTS.

 

[hydrophyte]

Here's a quick photo update.

I added the manzanita branches and also a few more fish to fill more of that vertical space.

 

[mellowvision]

Looks great.

 

[hydrophyte]

Thanks!

 

[hydrophyte]

The baby panda bamboo is flowering! Grass flowers are usually pretty plain but this is cool anyway.

 

[hydrophyte]

Well now I think I might need to tear down this setup and replant it. I had wanted to get some new fish and clean up everything so I could do some more good photography, but now the baby panda bamboo has just gotten to be a bit too large and it's throwing too much shade. Whoops!

THis stuff takes a while (months) to grow in. It will be a while before I have the layout looking nice and full again.

 

[happypoet]

Darn! I was just in Madison last week. I meant to pm you and ask for a tour of your cool set-ups, but I completely forgot! Maybe next summer?

 

[hydrophyte]

Hey sorry to miss you happypoet maybe you can swing by next time.

Here's one more quick shot from today. I am tearing this tank down right now.

 

[spencerguy1]

i dont know why youre tearing them down. i keep reading through your threads and saying to myself, "this is amazing, id kill for this tank!" And then you tear it down, and im like, "come on! i loved how you set that up!" honestly, if i was you, then i would just keep it the way it is and sit back and admire it. its too beautifu to tear down.