Reply With QuoteVery nice and interesting 'wild' and also 'wow ' look. Do the air plants do well? And how do you plant the umbrella sedge?
Sharing my 6x2.5x3ft tank
Livestock:
13-14" GATF
8-9" VATF
6-7" BD male
14" endi bichir
Angelfish and some corys and clown loaches
I wanted plants but it's hard while having a stingray and bichir.. and I wanted something out of the ordinary and cliche. I didn't like the usually bare tank look for monster fishes too. So here you go..
Let me know what you think!
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Very nice and interesting 'wild' and also 'wow ' look. Do the air plants do well? And how do you plant the umbrella sedge?
Hahaha I just bought the airplants yesterday. And I'm planning to add more - including Spanish moss to replace the creeper plant that is drying up due to my failure to water conscientiously. I wouldn't see why they should not do well though.
I plant the umbrella palms by securing their roots with stones and gravel.
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Am thinking you could explore getting bromeliads in addition to the air plants. The bromeliads could add more colors and are easy to care too. Umbrella sedge would need strong lighting and rich substrate to grow well.
With such set up, I reckon feeding time will be a real spectacle. Thanks for sharing bro
Thanks for the suggestion! I tried looking around a little for bromeliads. Found some "red star". Do those grow easy mounted too?
Any suggestions where I can find more variety with affordable pricing?
Actually feeding is the most challenging part of this tank and not spectacular at all haha. These fishes are skittish and fussy like babies. They refuse to touch food that has landed on the gravel. I have to drop food in one by one and they won't go for the food if they are wary. I have to step back once I drop in one piece of meat. I and currently figuring if I should introduce more tankmates to help them calm down.
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Yes some bromeliads or guzmanias cab be grown mounted like epiphytes but growth will be slower. There are quite a few easy to care ones and they come in different colored bracts. You can try Far East Flora, they have a few varieties at affordable prices. If you have time, drop by at some nurseries they would usually have guzmanias
Think more tank mates would help the fish 'feel more at home' but am not sure if the ray will be affected as I heard they can be quite sensitive
I googled and saw so many nice and colorful variants. Following your advice, I got a lime green bromeliad from Carousell. Hope to find a red one soon. I stay at King Albert Park so actually Far East Flora (I think) is round the corner! Do you roughly know how much they cost?
Haha I am going to add 2 peacock bass tonight from a friend, hopefully it works out. My ray should do fine but I just hope there won't be any issues with aggression!
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Guzmanias are not expensive, I saw some wet markets selling around $8 onwards, FEF should be $10 onwards depending on the varieties and size.
Oh I didn't know wet markets sell those too..! Which wet markets have you seen selling?
May I know what are FEFs?
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FEF = Far East Florist
Ahhhhh... alright thank you!Originally Posted by fireblade
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You can try Redhill market there's 2 stalls there selling air plants, orchids...etc. Bromeliads are in limited quantity and not always available. Better bet with FEF
Need to add that the Redhill stalls usually close after lunchtime after 1pm. When you are there you can also visit Aquatic Avenue nearby which opens after 1.30pm.
I visited the stretch of Florist at Caldecott/near macritchie and unfortunately they only have very limited (like 1-2 varieties) of bromeliad/guzmania.
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I may go to FEF at Ridout next week or the week after, will try to snap some pictures and let you know. I remember they have around 4-5 varieties
Thank you so much. Really appreciate it.
On the other note, an update:
I DIYed a drip/water fall at the back of the plants and wood. If you look closely at the video you can probably notice it.
I also added a silver Arowana.
[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/v--5Qe7Pdxw[/YOUTUBE]
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Growing old with this forum.. :)
nice monster planted tank! how much does a GATF cost? Do they come in small sizes?
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Thank you! GATF is about $90 for a 5".
They usually only come in small sizes. It is very rare to see a large ones >9" for sale.
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Went to Ridout Far East Flora and there are no guzmanias. Was told by one of the staff that this plant move very slow and they temporarily stopped stocking it, she added their Thomson main branch might still have it. Sorry bro, I do not have better news for you
Went down to Redhill market today and one of the stalls is having a few guzmanias, please see attached photo.
By the way John, I don't seem to be able to access the youtube link you'd provided.
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