Reply With QuoteThat ecihnodorus bleheri will grow very big out of the water and starts flowering..
Tropical Haven 2011....
Here's the tropical tank which in my home office/library. Photos from last week =) Some rearrangement of aquascape performed yesterday, but these are the most current shots. Will update =)
Stock List:
Fancy Guppies, Endler Livebearers, Olive Nerite & Malaysian Trumpet Snails.
2 Amazon Swords, 1 Red Rubin Sword, Various Anubias species, Java Fern, Java Moss, Apon., 1 Nymphaea Rubra, Ludwigia, Salvinia Auriculata.
Lighting:
2 watts/US gallon, fluorescent 6700K, 11hrs. a day.
Moonlighting is LED from above, underwater... Strip contains 6 blue elements and is on 3.5hrs. at night.
Filtration:
External @ 150 GPH.
Live plants!
Lava Rocks.
Substrate:
Fluorite. Also various natural lava & rainbow rocks throughout aquarium.
Tank Temp.:
74˙F minimum in winter - 82˙F max. in summer . Heater is installed.
Aquarium Dimensions & Stuff:
2'W x 1'D x 18"T. About 22 USG. Glass covered.
***Note that these photos are not post-water change shots. The last water change was performed 3wks. prior.
Questions & comments welcomed!
That ecihnodorus bleheri will grow very big out of the water and starts flowering..
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and he will drink beer while getting sunburnt.
Nice big swords.
Is that white piece in the center a coral? Nicely shaped!
Jeffrey
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Thanks all for the kind comments!
The E. Bleheri is about 4" shy of the surface. It's been in there for a while and hasn't grown much taller -- yetWhen it does outgrow this tank is will be move over to the 5ft. tall one. If it outgrows that one, we'll grab some salad dressing and go to town
The white piece in the center is a small rainbow rock. It has since been replaced with a much larger piece with Anubias mounted on it =) It captures the moonlighting so nicely, too =)
Will update this thread with new shots once I get over being sick....
Did you use any base fert or root tabs around the Amazon Sword and the echinodoras plant (the one at the middle of the tank and in front of the white "rock")?
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The base "fert." is the fluorite substrate throughout the tank. The swords also get root tabs, yes.Originally Posted by aquarius
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