seangee
Fish Connoisseur
More frogbit thinning as the ceratopteris thalictroides is starting to take over.
Dialled the light back to 9 hours because I was starting to see more algae than I like on the frogbit roots.
More hygrophila splitting - in case you think they aren't growing well my original 10 stems have turned into 27. Don't think I need anymore so now they can go up.
Much more ludwigia splitting. Every time one sticks its head above the parapet I chop it off and bury it. That explains the gap in the surface plants in the pic - there is an advantage of having a shallow tank right next to where you work.
Removed the coconut shell caves for now. I am still thinking of dwarf cichlids but it won't be for a few months yet. Next addition is likely to be a group of boraras brigittae. I have said for some time I'd like a large tank with hundreds of nano fish. Well this isn't a large tank - but its not a nano either
Stumpy has shown considerable improvement. The white (infection?) on her caudal and dorsal fins has almost completely gone. I can no longer pick her out with the lights off or in a photo and have to look really carefully to spot her. There does seem to be some regrowth on the dorsal fin. The tail may just be wishful thinking - it was really badly damaged. Its remarkable how resilient the little guys are. A week ago I gave her no chance and thought I was wasting my time trying.
Dialled the light back to 9 hours because I was starting to see more algae than I like on the frogbit roots.
More hygrophila splitting - in case you think they aren't growing well my original 10 stems have turned into 27. Don't think I need anymore so now they can go up.
Much more ludwigia splitting. Every time one sticks its head above the parapet I chop it off and bury it. That explains the gap in the surface plants in the pic - there is an advantage of having a shallow tank right next to where you work.
Removed the coconut shell caves for now. I am still thinking of dwarf cichlids but it won't be for a few months yet. Next addition is likely to be a group of boraras brigittae. I have said for some time I'd like a large tank with hundreds of nano fish. Well this isn't a large tank - but its not a nano either
Stumpy has shown considerable improvement. The white (infection?) on her caudal and dorsal fins has almost completely gone. I can no longer pick her out with the lights off or in a photo and have to look really carefully to spot her. There does seem to be some regrowth on the dorsal fin. The tail may just be wishful thinking - it was really badly damaged. Its remarkable how resilient the little guys are. A week ago I gave her no chance and thought I was wasting my time trying.