Here's my 4weeks old 1ft tank. Not very clear photo.
I'm no good at aquascaping. I hope this is a good try.
Tank specs as follows,
Substrate: GenX
Filtration: None
CO2: None
Flora:
Echinodorus sp. (plantlets)
Eleocharis acicularis (Hair Grass)
Eleoharis vivipara
Rotala rotundifolia
Windolev fern
Limnobium Laevigatum(frogbits)
Hornswort
Red tiger lotus
Java moss+spiky moss
Hydrocotyle sp.
There were some problems with the windolev ferns rotting a while ago. After removing the rotting parts, they seem to be ok already.Also the hairgrass has not taken off yet.
Fauna:
Taenicara candidi x 01 pair
Nematobrycon palmeri (Emperor tetra) x 02
Nannostomus trifasciata x 01
Otocinclus x 02
Nannostomus eques (juvenile) x 05
Copella nattereri x 02
Water change: 50% once a week.
Dosing: A few drops of Wondergro macro and micro after water change.
I do know the bioload is on the high side but the fishes are doing quite well so i've no problems with that.
Feel free to comment. Thanks.
my tips for planting ferns to avoid rotting leavesOriginally Posted by limchongyu
i cut all the mature leaves
left only the stem part and tie it to wood/rock whatever its supposed to be tied to
abit ugly initially lah but after a while it will adapt and grow new leaves
Oh. I just cut off the affected leaves and parts of the rhizome and roots which are rotting. Now can see new shoots coming out.
if you bought your ferm from LFS, it is normal for fern to rot because it was grown emerse.
Oh. I just cut off the affected leaves and parts of the rhizome and roots which are rotting. Now can see new shoots coming out.thats why i cut them all off right at the start when setting up
Oh ok thanks a lot. I didn't know they were emersed leaves. I'll cut off the rest of the original leaves today.
Last edited by doppelbanddwarf; 12th Aug 2007 at 08:52.
not getting any small hang on filter? water clear and clean without a filter?
nice scape. keep the pictures coming
where you get those branchy driftwood??? i cant seem to find them anywhere
I want to get an Eden 501 but can't seem to find it anywhere near my house. So far seems like C328 has it. The water seems fine with the 50% water change every week.
As for branchy driftwood i got them from Go Nature which is near Aquastar Y934 in Yishun. I saw even nicer ones at Biotope. Think is the so called ADA dw if i'm not wrong.
You cut it all? Isn’t that a bit extreme? How will the plant photosynthesis without leave? What if the plant do not have enough nutrient storage to start new leave? Although I'm not sure if emerse leave can be use for submerse photosynthesis or notthats why i cut them all off right at the start when setting up
I never try this methot before, may be try it next time. It is also easier to tie without leave
recently only c328 has the original eden501
the other places mostly selling the replicas like shiruba or seven-star
very branchy dw several places like y618 and c328 got sell
but those will leach and will float
so have to do some extra work to make them usuable
yeah biotope has the good ones, but stock limited when i went there
will go again end of month to check for new stocks
it seems okay for meYou cut it all? Isn’t that a bit extreme? How will the plant photosynthesis without leave? What if the plant do not have enough nutrient storage to start new leave? Although I'm not sure if emerse leave can be use for submerse photosynthesis or not
I never try this methot before, may be try it next time. It is also easier to tie without leave
no problems with ferns even if i cut all
only fern i couldnt succeed with was the philippine variant
gonna try again sometime
the guys at CAU also cut all
i learnt from there. see link: http://www.cau-aqua.net/index.php?op...d=33&Itemid=41
Nice tank you have there, Lim. Do keep us posted of the updates.
BTW, I may be going to C328 next weekend (25/8/07) or the following week. SMS me if you need me to get Eden501 for you.
Cheers,
U.K.Lau
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