My 2ft rescape

[Urban Aquaria]

Can I say these short ones are HC?

Yes, the short ones with tiny leaves will be HC.

[rachel]

Yes, the short ones with tiny leaves will be HC.

Whew! I'm glad! Thank you!

[ichise]

Can I say these short ones are HC?

NO .. all these are anubias ...

[rachel]

NO .. all these are anubias ...

you are too free right

[wuguidan]

It's growing fast and good! Hope to see more updates soon!

[rachel]

It's growing fast and good! Hope to see more updates soon!

yes I hope it grows faster! Everyday I look at the tank, my mom thinks i am weird. She said ' there are no fish inside, what are you looking at??'

[limz_777]

if you are still unsure , this is a comparison picture , MC in front , HC behind .

[Urban Aquaria]

The emersed form of HM/MM actually looks alot like MC... quite difficult to tell them apart until they develop into their submersed forms.

[rachel]

And now there are bubbles on the rocks!


On a brighter note, there is ONE bubble on the plant.
(spot the bubble game -_-')

[wuguidan]

yes I hope it grows faster! Everyday I look at the tank, my mom thinks i am weird. She said ' there are no fish inside, what are you looking at??'

Transparent Fish. Only wise people can see.

Your rock is alive!

[rachel]

brown algae attack!!!



The brown alage floss

so I added in the cleaning crews. 11 shrimps ( 1 died yesterday) and 3 ottos. Everyday I spent an hour to manually pick up the brown algae floss thingy. Did a pretty good job. Pick up the plant and wash it and replant it back again. Its cleaner now




a mixture of HC and monte carlo ( I think) trimming and replanting them.


cleaner leaves..


Cleaner sand! but I got to clear the black soil from the white sand.. HEADACHE!

[markus92]

MC is a nice plant to keep recently its the IN thing, adding in a group of yammato to clean algae would be good since u already got some cherry and SAE's, dosing chemicals to kill algae should be the last resort as u never know what other problems may arise, good luck bro!

[rachel]

MC is a nice plant to keep recently its the IN thing, adding in a group of yammato to clean algae would be good since u already got some cherry and SAE's, dosing chemicals to kill algae should be the last resort as u never know what other problems may arise, good luck bro!

Yep I have 2 yamato shrimps. But I don't really like them because they look big and reminds me of cockroaches :P
what is SAE?

ps: I am not bro

[markus92]

SAE= Siamese algae Eater.

Oh my I'm so sorry just came out without realizing 😅 it's good to have more lady's in AQ

[rachel]

SAE= Siamese algae Eater.

Oh my I'm so sorry just came out without realizing 😅 it's good to have more lady's in AQ

no worries!
I dare not get any SAE after the two I got jumped out from tank and my dog ate it!
Record of how many fish my dog ate: 3!

[rachel]

I got a problem. Why are the roots of the plants (Monte Carlo) seem to be 'walking' on the surface of soil? some of the plants are not flat on the soil. They seem to be above soil with their roots acting like legs supporting the plants.

[Urban Aquaria]

I got a problem. Why are the roots of the plants (Monte Carlo) seem to be 'walking' on the surface of soil? some of the plants are not flat on the soil. They seem to be above soil with their roots acting like legs supporting the plants.

Thats quite normal for MC, their roots are very shallow and they have a creeping growth pattern, so you will sometimes see exposed roots growing out of the creeping runners. If you find those roots unsightly, just manually push those runners with roots deeper into the soil substrate to hide them.

Eventually the MC will grow all over each other in dense layers and you'll see runners and roots everywhere anyways, so they just need to be trimmed and pushed back into the substrate during regular maintenance.

[rachel]

Thats quite normal for MC, their roots are very shallow and they have a creeping growth pattern, so you will sometimes see exposed roots growing out of the creeping runners. If you find those roots unsightly, just manually push those runners with roots deeper into the soil substrate to hide them.

Eventually the MC will grow all over each other in dense layers and you'll see runners and roots everywhere anyways, so they just need to be trimmed and pushed back into the substrate during regular maintenance.

oh so its normal! I thought its because I did not plant it well in the initial stage. Everyday I stand at tank to plant those roots in, so tiring! Cant really push them into the soil, I push one end, the other end pops up

Thank you for explaining!