Please pray for my 5 gal . . .

Well . . . replant I really hope this works . . .

I was so busy working on the ten gal, my work on the 5 gal became minimal . . . the fore-ground plants were doing badly enough, then the star-grass beat them out, covered them in shade and well . . . let's just say the glosso and riccia died.

I had a huge shipment of micranthemum come in-- so much of the stuff I don't know what to do with it all. I decided to use some to try and make a carpet . . . the plants had no roots though, and planting them regularly would just result in the bushy mid-ground plant version.

So, I tied them down sideways with a hair-net and stainless steal weights that I buried under the substrate. I hope they grow well . . .

Theoretically, each node should send up a new stem, and it should grow into a bushy fore-ground . . . pray with me . . .

The fish seem happy enough . . .

Here's one of the ember tetras scoping out the new micranthemum will-be carpet. Yes, that's his actual size.

Pygmy cories!

Just tossing this in for fun. A while ago we had an A.P. Art project where he had to draw our hand, and then make 5 different pieces out of the drawing.

Of course one of my pieces I had to transform my hand into a fish.

what a mess

jk

i think just a little re decorating should make it alright

what a mess
jk
i think just a little re decorating should make it alright

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Hm?

Everything's fine-- I mean pray with me that the micranthemum grows the way I want it to.

a mess indeed, looks like something crushed all your foreground plants

Hope you find out why your plants aren't doing well... Good luck

You guys . . . I said the old ones died . . . and I explained the new ones are being held down SIDE WAYS WITH A HAIR NET.

So, I tied them down sideways with a hair-net and stainless steal weights that I buried under the substrate. I hope they grow well . . .

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I'm not saying they're doing bad-- we'll have to see how they do. I know why the old ones died, we're praying for the new micranthemum . . . ok!?

ah the confusion in this thread you're mean to read the words, not jsut look at the piccies!

good luck with your new micranthemum tear-scar, in its present state your tank still looks better than 99.9% of other 5g tanks. nice work

Hi Tear-scar,

My Micranthemum micranthoides is taking ages to grow, small pieces keep floating away from the main plant. It's look healthy and is growing, just really slowly. I'm only running 1.8WPG though. Planning on adding another tube soon, going from 61W to 79W (24" T8) or possibly 86W (30" T8).

This 5 gal has 1 13w bulb-- so, 2.6 wpg. I have another bunch in my 10g, which is 3wpg. I've had it for 2 weeks and have already had to trim it twice-- I'll probably have to trim it again this weekend . . . grows straight up like a weed . . .

That specimen though is a really nice one with roots in place.