Se Asian Biotope

[mike455555]

specs
 
CO2: none
ferts: none
light: 1 T8 bulb, maybe 2 later on if plants are leggy
substrate: john innes no.3 with a sand cap
filter: fluval 105
 
flora:
 
rotala sp. vietnam
limnophila aromatica
cryptocoryne wendtii "tropica".
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne Balansae 
Taxiphyllum alternans
Barclaya longifolia 
Aponogeton Crispus
Microsorum pteropus (java fern)
Microsorum pteropus windelov
Microsorum pteropus "trident"
Microsorum pteropus "needle"
Microsorum pteropus "mini" 
Microsorum pteropus philippines
Microsorum pteropus narrow
 
fauna: 
 
chilli rasboras (Boraras Brigattae)
assassin snail (Clea helena) 
blue pearl shrimps (Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis var. blue)
 
 


day 1 of planting, no fish no heater no filter in yet, that comes tomorrow, well today seeing at its just hit 1:15 am here >.> 
 

 

[attibones]

Absolutely lovely! What size tank is that? I'm in love with the wood you have in there.

 

[mike455555]

thanks its a 3F clearseal, the wood i found myself in my local woods, it dident take long to sink

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Looking good! Hope to see updates soon.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Hmmmm.... Needs more ... Cow bell.



Overall a very nice scape, but where are the rocks?!

 

[mike455555]

long due update to this  is finaly here.
 
 
Barclaya longifolia  and Aponogeton Crispus  are both flowering =D the crispus has got large seed pods on it 
 
heres the barclaya 
 
full tank shot, sorry about the quality i'll get a better pic when its dark 

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Looking forward to that better pic. 

 

[ncguppy830]

stupid question here what size is the tank?

 

[mike455555]

3 foot by 1 by 1 and the better pic will be up later today i hope 

 

[mike455555]

as promised 

im going to lose the limnophila aromatica, or wait until it buds out into more stems but i think a gap would look good there, and in the left corner i'll put some more Aponogeton Crispus (where the cleaner is) then its waiting time for the crypts to fill the bottem of the tank =] 

 

[Zikofski]

omg dude this is looking amazing so far

 

[mike455555]

thanks =] it can only get better

i think with a water change and some riccia taken out of the top and the little algae in there gotten rid of it would look better, i'll do that sometime this week have a little trim 

 

[mike455555]

pics of the tank after being left while iv been at uni are coming soon (next few weeks)... i'll let you share in my horror of the plant loss. im expecting to see or growth... 

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

I got misled at your first pics by the tank in your sig haha!

Nice tank, i must say. Too clean/clear for a real south-east asian biotope but nicely done