Planted Journal

[ian]

wanted to start one of these for a while, but just haven't actually gotten the plants how i like them. It low tech.

tank - 190 ltr corner
lighting - 2 x T5's
Substrate - Aquabasis plus and sand
Ferts - Daily Easycarbo and weekly Ferropol
Plants - Anubias varied - Java fern - Vallis varied - Aponogeton ulvaceus - Ludwigia Peruviana - Egeria Densa - Crypts varied
Livestock - 21 Cardinal tetras - 2 Bolivian Rams - 5, 5 banded barbs - Varied Cory's - Varied Shrimp - ADF (lost angel fish in a fight)
Maintainance - 20% water change every 5 days at present.



I wanted to keep a Journal here, so i can see the progress of the plants.

thanks for looking, comments welcome

 

[Biulu]

Looks nice, especially with that great piece of wood you have! It will only get better once the plants start growing out.

 

[flyhawk]

wow the bolivians are just stunning

how about a big patch of rotala indica or repens?
maybe cabomba to, to add a finer touch to the aquarium
just a suggestion!

 

[ian]

thanks for the suggestions Flyhawk, went to the LFS today to see what plants they had in. I ended up getting a Lily, i had one before but killed it. This ones more established though. So its in and i'll pop some pics up later.

I also bought 2 halfbeak killifish.

 

[Ben M]

hi, tank looks great. love the crypts.

cheers

 

[lljdma06]

This is a good start. The wood is fantastic.

I look forward to tracking this tank's progress. The rams look great.

llj

 

[ian]

thanks, i had a bit of a move around yesterday as the Aponogeton has gotten huge! I have also bought another Aponogeton and place them at the back. They are a great plant, i wish i had found them earlier. The Lily has survived 3 days now as well!

 

[ian]

just a quick update, just to show how big the Aponogeton has got in 6 days. Also had a move around at the weekend.

moved aponogeton to the far right as it was taking over the middle.

 

[Biulu]

Boy, that plant did get big in only 1 week! The tiger lotus will give some nice colouring to your tank. Any plans to put some plants in the foreground?

 

[Truck]

Love it, nice layout, is that Anubias barteri? or is it a bigger species?

 

[ian]

thanks guys, yes, Truck its a 'Barteri', it as well is sprouting new leaves at least 1 a week at the moment. As for the front, i don't know what to do...i don't know whether to use some kind of carpeting plant?

any suggestions?

 

[Ben M]

you could get some more crypts. maybe C. parva. or possibly dwarf chain sword or dwarf hairgrass.

cheers

 

[ian]

still yet to get some carpets plants. Just a quick update, things are going well (i think).

and a quick one of one of my Halfbeaks

 

[lljdma06]

still yet to get some carpets plants. Just a quick update, things are going well (i think).

and a quick one of one of my Halfbeaks

This tank is really coming a long. Is that a 3-dimensional background? I'm not familiar with all the tank models in the UK. From the pictures, it looks 3-dimensional. I wonder if you can attach plants to it. Bolbitis and mosses would look amazing on that.

llj

 

[ian]

it is a 3D Juwel backgroung, its also a Juwel tank. Do ya know saying that, someone posted tank in a thread the other day with plants on a 3D background and it looked great!

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/324639-discus/page__p__2695515&#entry2695515

tis in this thread about halfway down. I don't know how i'd go about attatching moss or anything else to it though?