330L Tank Journal

[techen]

Looks sexy

 

[Questions?]

do you know the reason of the algea outbreak?

 

[Zikofski]

not yet no i have theory's but i have opened up a post here that is helping and hope will help

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/411386-seriouse-of-algae-issues/

 

[Questions?]

ok

 

[Zikofski]

okay so this is the big update for my new scape so far, haven't got time to do my cave today, will glue the sand on tomorrow and then leave for a week to cure and then i shall bury it,

I have finished scape'ing my plants for now i am very happy with the plants aqua sent me top notch to them

here are the pics
Starting with the Process of removing all my plants and adding the nutri base i used all 10L of it covered the area i wanted very well

then we have the process of adding the plants so here are the plants that i got

and to the planting

Full range of pics can be found here
http/s1096.beta.photobucket.com/user/Zikofski/library/330L%20Journal%20Pictures/New%20Scape%20Project

hope you like i am going to put my wood back in tomorrow also, along with the anubais and try to judge where to stick the grass in the middle

 

[Questions?]

looks great, can't wait to see it finished :0

 

[Zikofski]

okay i have finished on the plant front and finished sanding my cave now i just need to let it cure for 5 days and then i shall put it in

okay first off some pics of my finished cave

now for the wood
il be honest although all the other plants where fine i am a little disappointed with the anubias, managed to break 3 into 5 plants and spread them onto my wood

this one broke off stuck him in not sure if it will survive we will see

and now the grass and moss
jelly was annoying and the moss is hard to attach onto wood when in the tank was silly and forgot about it when i put the wood in and the grass was easy to cut looks great made a mess of the tank with lots of little grass bits tho haha

very nice clean grass this is a good close up

full tank as it looks now

no more changes to the scape other than the cave on the left, once it cures

i do have flow issues at the moment that i am going to try and sort out tomorrow if i can

its amazing looking back at how the tank started out love how its developed over time

cheers for checking my journal out

ziko

 

[Questions?]

looks great!
how did you break apart the anubias, and crypts?

 

[Zikofski]

thank's the anibius i just broke them apart at the base of the plant there a thick part that the stems come from sorry cant remember 100% what it is called,

as with the crypts, when i bought them from the LFS i just plunked them in but i guess they where lots of plants in the pot but when you take it out of the pot i guess you can just separate the plants they where just tangled up in with roots but i cut most of them off, don't be afraid of being aggressive with plants, cut like 80% of the roots off, and dead leafs this will promote faster growth and it makes it easier to plant

 

[Baccus]

That's going to look amazing once its all grown in

 

[Zikofski]

cheers baccus sadly due to me mucking up, i lost two torpedoes the other night but i did go out and buy 3 more so i have 6 again i also bought 6 green tiger barbs and if all goes well over the next few days i shall buy 6 more i think they look amazing and are just what is needed to finnish my stocking for the tank

i have a few videos to upload i shall post once they are done

 

[Questions?]

thank's the anibius i just broke them apart at the base of the plant there a thick part that the stems come from sorry cant remember 100% what it is called,

as with the crypts, when i bought them from the LFS i just plunked them in but i guess they where lots of plants in the pot but when you take it out of the pot i guess you can just separate the plants they where just tangled up in with roots but i cut most of them off, don't be afraid of being aggressive with plants, cut like 80% of the roots off, and dead leafs this will promote faster growth and it makes it easier to plant

thanks

 

[Zikofski]

okay my fish are starting to get really annoy me now haha, they keep uprooting my grass so i have put down some netting that i found it was used to cary some oranges

not ideal but i hope it dose the trick


Pic of my tank before the netting

 

[epic154]

that looks great

 

[Zikofski]

okay not much has changed over the last few days i have a decision to over dose ferts now adding 50ml from my 25ml, according to the bottle i was under dosing a bit and over dosing wont hurt and wont in cure algae but under will so to eliminate this and to make things easier for me and the people looking after my tank when i am away i shall be putting in 50ml.

But i also want to get a few more plants maybe some red ish plants at the back i have these two in mind,


Echinodorus hormanii - red
Alternanthera sessilis

They both require high light that i don't quite have yet but will have soon, so i think the red will add more colour to my tank so much green in there at the moment even with my red crypts

I thought I will make a list of all the proper names of plants i have in my tank at the moment will help me and you in the future maybe,

Cryptocoryne beckettii
Cryptocoryne Nevellii
Anubias Nana
Echinodorus Rose
Echinodorus Uruguayensis
Hygrophila Guanensis
Eleocharis SP Mini (DHG)
Vesicularia Ferriei (Weeping Moss)
Twisted Vallisneria

So well, plant update is needed i think.
My grass i think is growing in height more are poking through the plastic but both my crypto's, nothing seems to stop them they are booming, nearly a new leaf every day few weeks and they will look lovely.

Hygrophila is growing slowly but nicely don't know how this plant grows seems to be like a tree, a single stem and it grows from the top, be interesting see how this one develops new leafs are very lush bright green compared to the older more darker green leafs.

Echinodorus rose (amazon Swords) well after cutting the leafs off them i think i may have killed it off

we shall see i think i shall give it 2 weeks to a month if no leafs grow il unearth the roots and see if they are rotting or growing.

Anubias have fully melted now not a leaf in site but the rhizome is still green and looking good, fingers crossed it will sprout new leafs in the next week or two.

Weeping moss altho i lost quite a bit its going okay no new growth yet and it still hast stuck to the wood, i was told give it a few weeks maybe a month for it to take hold.

Echinodorus Uruguayensis is growing weirdly TBH, the new leafs are red and look like melted so I'm confused by this plant will give it time see how it turns out.

if anyone wants to know how and what i do, as soon as i see a leaf now that has any sign of algae, or holes and cuts in it i cut it off strait away as close to the sand as i can, unless it is the last leaf on the plant then wait for a new leaf to start developing, other than that i do nothing haha

not much maintenance at the moment, no need for trimming, no uprooted plants this morning which was good, and even less plant on my powerhead's a few scruds but thats normal.

glad to have people still watching this

did not expect it to be so popular thank you all for your support and continuos watching

and MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all