My 30gal Journal

[Esfa]

Oooh, free. My favorite word in the english language

Haha, nah I'm okay mate. Im getting so many new plants soon, I hope. Gunna be hard enough fitting them all in.

Cheers, though.

And after what happened last time with your riccia....

 

[Themuleous]

Sounds like a good xmas list. Have you thought about pressurised CO2? Be much easier to maintain the right level. EC is a good substrate, used it several times with good results.

How big will Syno get?

Sam

 

[Esfa]

Sounds like a good xmas list. Have you thought about pressurised CO2? Be much easier to maintain the right level. EC is a good substrate, used it several times with good results.

How big will Syno get?

Sam

I think pressurised is a bit too expensive for me

Im guessing about 8". If he gets too big, I will put him in the 45gal

 

[Themuleous]

I got a complete pressuried CO2 for 75-80quid. Get bits at a time?

Sam

 

[Ark]

were did u get it for 75 - 80 quid or did you make it using a fire extuigisher

 

[Esfa]

I'm struggling to save £15 for the fermentation set, what with x-mas coming up, and I'm saving to go on a school trip to france in the summer.

 

[Esfa]

Okay, I put some Tetra-Plant Complete under the sand. It only took 5 hours.

I re-scaped it and got rid of a bucketfull of plants. I'm gunna buy this and this.

Can anyone see any problems with the plants there?

I can't wait, haha.

Oh, and I added another c02 system

 

[kribensis12]

Love the plants!!!!!!!!! I can barely get my amazon sword to grow, let alone all those things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Esfa]

Pics

Right hand side

Almost full tank shot

I chopped this all up today, haha. It was becoming really leggy, so i cut all the stems off at the bottoms and replanted them, and cut the tops bits off. It was growing out of the water, it was so tall.

 

[Esfa]

Okay, today i added 115 plants. By added, i mean stuffed in any space i could find.

Full tank shot

Sorry, I'm really bad with cameras, haha. It looks rubbish in there pics, but I think it looks really good, I can't wait for it to fill out.

 

[SJ2K]

Nice one man, really padding out there cant wait to see more! Whats the stocking list?

 

[Esfa]

Nice one man, really padding out there cant wait to see more! Whats the stocking list?

1 reedfish
5 congo tetras
1 synodontis
1 bn plec
5 otos
Chinese hillstream loach
Bumblebee Catfish
3-spot gourami

Kinda mitch and match. I'm hoping to just have platies, the otos, the Chinese hillstream loach, chrry shrimps and the Bumblebee Catfish.

 

[RadaR]

Should look lovely when filled in mate.

 

[ICEEGRL]

I would separate the stem plants just a tiny bit instead of planting in a big bunch. That way the light will get to the bottoms better. That will probably help the filling out process.
It looks very good.

What are the 2 spotted fish in the front of the pics? Are they corys? They are really pretty!

I can't wait to see how this progresses.

 

[Esfa]

Yep, cories they are.

Thanks, I will seperate them out a bit tomorrow. Dunno how I'm gunna get them all to fit.

I'm also going to attatch some java moss to the main "branch" on the bogwood.

What is the best way of doing this? Just some fishing line?