Mikaila31
Always Watching
They finally arrived! Took about 9 days total for them to make it all the way from Singapore to Wisconsin. I also ordered a diffuser and bubble counter, witch arrived a few days ago. I'm guessing the plants got held up a little in customs, and customs wrote that the package contained "soft toys", not plants 
. Plant wise, I bought pellia, round pellia, mini pellia, Fissidens zippelianus, Plagiomnium Trichomanes, red tiger lotus, and Barclaya longifolia "red". All from the seller AquaticMagic. All arrived in pretty good condition 
, considering they where shipped when it was barely above freezing outside. Except half of the Fissidens zippelianus is a yellow-brown and it smells like mushrooms 
, is that normal? Also a little mix up or a shortage of mini pellia, cuz I don't think I got it. I have one bag that says "round pellia" and 3 that say "pellia". I only ordered one of each, so I think I have two extra bags of regular pellia and no mini pellia. Either way I am still happy with what I got 
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The F. zippelianus. It was a little dry, but I think it is all alive, but it smells funny. Suggestions? Should I put it in the tank or not?
The tank everything is going in. I need to clean it tonight and get the CO2 back up and running. Since it has been off for about a month, cuz my bubble counter died and cuz fleetfarm can't seem to fill a paintball canister w/o breaking their fill station. Either way half the plants in there and the java moss on top of the filter, are claimed by someone and I am waiting for it to warm up enough to ship them. So then I will have some space. Tank is a 20gal high with: 2.75wpg, pressurized CO2, liquid ferts(phos, K, N, FE, trace), substrate is pure flourite, and pine sticks from outside.
Sparkling gourami has single handedly reduced the cherry shrimps population growth by over 50%
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My shy female sword, and yes I know she clashes with the tank terribly .
Will post some more pics later after I clean the tank and add all the new plants.
. Plant wise, I bought pellia, round pellia, mini pellia, Fissidens zippelianus, Plagiomnium Trichomanes, red tiger lotus, and Barclaya longifolia "red". All from the seller AquaticMagic. All arrived in pretty good condition , considering they where shipped when it was barely above freezing outside. Except half of the Fissidens zippelianus is a yellow-brown and it smells like mushrooms , is that normal? Also a little mix up or a shortage of mini pellia, cuz I don't think I got it. I have one bag that says "round pellia" and 3 that say "pellia". I only ordered one of each, so I think I have two extra bags of regular pellia and no mini pellia. Either way I am still happy with what I got .
The F. zippelianus. It was a little dry, but I think it is all alive, but it smells funny. Suggestions? Should I put it in the tank or not?
The tank everything is going in. I need to clean it tonight and get the CO2 back up and running. Since it has been off for about a month, cuz my bubble counter died and cuz fleetfarm can't seem to fill a paintball canister w/o breaking their fill station
. Either way half the plants in there and the java moss on top of the filter, are claimed by someone and I am waiting for it to warm up enough to ship them. So then I will have some space. Tank is a 20gal high with: 2.75wpg, pressurized CO2, liquid ferts(phos, K, N, FE, trace), substrate is pure flourite, and pine sticks from outside.
Sparkling gourami has single handedly reduced the cherry shrimps population growth by over 50%
.
My shy female sword, and yes I know she clashes with the tank terribly
. Will post some more pics later after I clean the tank and add all the new plants.
