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Those are some nice tanks! What type of anubias is that?
Sadly no clue anymore. It is a cutting from a cutting from a piece from a main plant that was in someone else tank 12 years ago and since then it is in all of my tanks and it looks the same. I think it was supposed to be nana, but it has gotten quite large
 
Sadly no clue anymore. It is a cutting from a cutting from a piece from a main plant that was in someone else tank 12 years ago and since then it is in all of my tanks and it looks the same. I think it was supposed to be nana, but it has gotten quite large
Ohh I see, thanks! It really takes a while to grow them large, eh?
 
Ohh I see, thanks! It really takes a while to grow them large, eh?
If I were to measure what the plant would look like, without the cutting, the donations, the replanting, it would have like two meters at least
This is what I gave away in the summer :)
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Fun plants. Gotta love them
 
If I were to measure what the plant would look like, without the cutting, the donations, the replanting, it would have like two meters at least
This is what I gave away in the summer :) View attachment 332926Fun plants. Gotta love them
damn! How I wish to have anubias this huge. Just takes time right??
 
I like how simple this is, That's just a single Java fern pad right? Those are easily accessible here

Yes, It is beautiful, when I saw it in the LFS, I had to get it. With a bunch of Java moss and a small rock... That's it...

I'm not very good at miniaturization, and when I see what you guys do... All your cubes are awesome !!!
 
Daym! That looks good. Is that a high tech? Are those stem plants at the back of the second pic hornwort?
Thanks! :)
This is definitely not a high tech, quite the opposite. Apart from having that dodgy soil (powder size), few small dragon rocks and a couple of twigs, there is nothing much in it. Even stock 1000L/h pump is replaced with downtuned 120L/h pump. I'll probably replace it with Czech airlift soon.
Light is just a old plain cheap 4000K CFL lamp. I tried with low power light that has some from UV spectrum. I am about to build my own computer controlled light with independant control of each LED, but didn't have enough time to play with it.
So, mainly, this setup is created by just putting things in a box, and left to figure out itself. First couple of months there was only a few snails (MTS) till I discovered copepods, tiny detritus worms and some other miniature creatures. Then I decided to put in 20ish red cherry shrimps. No casualities, just lots of babies after a while.
Maintainance - just cleaning side and front glass with a sponge. Change about 2-5 liters of water taken from the top once in 2-3 weeks. Never vacuumed substrate.
Yes, it's hornwort (foxtail as they call it). I actually just wanted something that grows fast and it's easy to propagate. Usually I start with fast growing plants, and then after a few months I introduce some slow growing ones. No rush :) Main attraction is moss on "branches", as it gives depth and making things interesting above and below. I personally don't like setups where there is a pile of hardscape and plants. I love to see as much on substrate level as I can, while having something over it to make tunnels and passages. I'm always trying to find the smallest of everything, from soil, driftwood, stones, plants, but with plenty of details. Also, I do drill stones and connect them with driftwood to make it stable.

Once the tank is fully established I might try with more demanding plants, lights and CO2. Who knows ;) The only thing that I don't like about this setup is the tank. It has filter chamber and it's way too large for this setup.
 
Thanks! :)
This is definitely not a high tech, quite the opposite. Apart from having that dodgy soil (powder size), few small dragon rocks and a couple of twigs, there is nothing much in it. Even stock 1000L/h pump is replaced with downtuned 120L/h pump. I'll probably replace it with Czech airlift soon.
Light is just a old plain cheap 4000K CFL lamp. I tried with low power light that has some from UV spectrum. I am about to build my own computer controlled light with independant control of each LED, but didn't have enough time to play with it.
So, mainly, this setup is created by just putting things in a box, and left to figure out itself. First couple of months there was only a few snails (MTS) till I discovered copepods, tiny detritus worms and some other miniature creatures. Then I decided to put in 20ish red cherry shrimps. No casualities, just lots of babies after a while.
Maintainance - just cleaning side and front glass with a sponge. Change about 2-5 liters of water taken from the top once in 2-3 weeks. Never vacuumed substrate.
Yes, it's hornwort (foxtail as they call it). I actually just wanted something that grows fast and it's easy to propagate. Usually I start with fast growing plants, and then after a few months I introduce some slow growing ones. No rush :) Main attraction is moss on "branches", as it gives depth and making things interesting above and below. I personally don't like setups where there is a pile of hardscape and plants. I love to see as much on substrate level as I can, while having something over it to make tunnels and passages. I'm always trying to find the smallest of everything, from soil, driftwood, stones, plants, but with plenty of details. Also, I do drill stones and connect them with driftwood to make it stable.

Once the tank is fully established I might try with more demanding plants, lights and CO2. Who knows ;) The only thing that I don't like about this setup is the tank. It has filter chamber and it's way too large for this setup.
Woah! Nice! You have one impressive tank. You saying that makes it even more impressive. How do you even do that?
I am about to build my own computer controlled light with independant control of each LED, but didn't have enough time to play with it
 
Woah! Nice! You have one impressive tank. You saying that makes it even more impressive. How do you even do that?
Thank you for your kind words :) I don't find it impressive, but I like it. I'm guilty of being one of those who want to do things right by buying half of the store, and I still have piles of expensive stuff around - unused. Now I'm trying to find a balance between nature, tech, me and my time. For every hour that I stare at my tanks, I think of doing something for half an hour, and actually doing it for one minute ;)

If you're interested, here are some photos from day zero and few days later. I don't know if you can see it on pictures, but substrate is around 12cm deep back left, 8cm back right, 2 cm front right, 4 cm front left.
 

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Thank you for your kind words :) I don't find it impressive, but I like it. I'm guilty of being one of those who want to do things right by buying half of the store, and I still have piles of expensive stuff around - unused. Now I'm trying to find a balance between nature, tech, me and my time. For every hour that I stare at my tanks, I think of doing something for half an hour, and actually doing it for one minute ;)

If you're interested, here are some photos from day zero and few days later. I don't know if you can see it on pictures, but substrate is around 12cm deep back left, 8cm back right, 2 cm front right, 4 cm front left.
How old is that tank? I'm interested in using microswords. But they seem to take a while to carpet in low tech, also in lines like yours
 

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