Je®vis 4FT PLANTED TANK

[Verminator]

But if your daring antics pay off, you'll be rewarded with stunningly grown plants that are truely the 'hard of hards' to grow.

I can't even make Cabomba grow without legs, or Java fern and Anubias species to grow without dieing at a faster rate. Your an inspiration to the keeping of plants.

You got any secret tips hehe

[genes]

Looking good. I see you are trying out the dennerle system now.

[Jervis]

But if your daring antics pay off, you'll be rewarded with stunningly grown plants that are truely the 'hard of hards' to grow.

I can't even make Cabomba grow without legs, or Java fern and Anubias species to grow without dieing at a faster rate. Your an inspiration to the keeping of plants.

You got any secret tips hehe

Yes that's a big IF All the plants are still relatively new especially the 2 in the previous pix... they were planted 2 days ago. Let's allow them to grow for a few more weeks before we even talk about inspiration and secret tips

[Jervis]

Looking good. I see you are trying out the dennerle system now.

Yupe... a full system following the recommended dosage closely... hopefully I will be rewarded with green/red healthy plants for this

[Zenislev]

Wow wow wow...i wonder how much this tank setup cost you....i guess i really cant afford that level of high tech. Haha

[Jervis]

Wow wow wow...i wonder how much this tank setup cost you....i guess i really cant afford that level of high tech. Haha

Emm... to me this is more like a recycled tank... all those equipments including the pump are from my 'marine dayz'... it's cheaper to use them back than to sell them at a 60% depreciation

But again high tech doesn't necessarily equates to great success... I wish things are that straight-forward

[Jervis]

Here's my final flora plan... finally completed yesterday.



Will try to post a pix next Monday

[blue33]

Even final flora plan also strictly Dennerle!

[route]

i get a headache just looking at that
thats alot of plants! can't wait to see the tank when its done!

[EvolutionZ]

No wonder jervis told me its Dutch style.. look at that plant mass!

[Jervis]

Even final flora plan also strictly Dennerle!

Yupe... I copied their illustration style

i get a headache just looking at that
thats alot of plants! can't wait to see the tank when its done!

Posting right away!

No wonder jervis told me its Dutch style.. look at that plant mass!

Probably too messy and disorganized to qualify as Dutch... just call it European style for the time being

[Jervis]

Here's a full tank shot (at an angle)... tank is 3 weeks old



Still a bit difficult to see the overall concept... let's give the scape a few more weeks



The left side of the tank is taking shape as the stems are growing faster than the rest.

The Madagascar Lace is not doing too well unfortunately

[Jervis]

Green stem plant shot on the 8 Aug 08



The same 'not-so-green' plant shot today (4 days later).



1 of the 8 giant Amano shrimps keeping the brushes clean

[Jervis]

Finally got the courage to introduce 10 Altum angels... they are really small and cute



Good news is they acclimatize quite well and feed immediately Hope they can survive this period.

[ccs]

For this tank, I am using 100&#37; DI water. The only disadvantage of using DI water is the <1 dkH... which I need to buffer to around 2dkH using kH powder to stabilize pH.

Wow where did you get so much DI water from??

[Captain Telecredible]

Bro Jevis,
Your Fauans and Floras and always been very nice, so you need not worry about them surviving, they will sure feel at home when in your tank
Cheers

[Jervis]

Wow where did you get so much DI water from??

Using a DI water filter (those sold at LFS, especially those specialized in marine). DI is different from Distilled water.

Bro Jevis,
Your Fauans and Floras and always been very nice, so you need not worry about them surviving, they will sure feel at home when in your tank
Cheers

Thanks for the nice words... but these wild Altums are known to be very unpredictable... I do worry for them

[ccs]

Yes. I meant Deionised water

[carlfsk]

Hey Jervis, that's indeed you yesterday at C328? You saw me or do you remember me at all.

I find this person buying altum angel very familiar...so

Finally got the courage to introduce 10 Altum angels... they are really small and cute



Good news is they acclimatize quite well and feed immediately Hope they can survive this period.

[Jervis]

Hey Jervis, that's indeed you yesterday at C328? You saw me or do you remember me at all.

I find this person buying altum angel very familiar...so

Were you the one observing the Altums? Or that bag of Plecos?