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actually.. its not that its sticking out that matters..its that its sticking out so so so straightly... perhaps moss will help break that straightness... everytime i look at it..it seems like your tank is having a constant erection... or alternatively..you can use more wood to mask it...
I don't think i want to put any more hardscape in. Hopefully the moss will grow lush and help break the straightness. There will also be HM planted around the base of the wood, so when that grows out the bottom part of the branch will be obscured and there will be less of a branch to see...that may help?
anyone have any suggestions for fauna for this tank? my soft spot is still for south american dwarf cichlids, so if any can fit in here it'd be great. Other options i've come up with are:
1. a pair of small wild bettas (but i heard they're great jumpers and i have no cover)
2. a pair/trio of sparkling or croaking gouramis (are they easy to sex?)
3. a pair/trio of dario dario (are they easy to sex?)
3. a trio of threadfin rainbowfish (again, are they easy to sex? haha)
4. shrimp only (i'm trying to avoid this as i find shrimps rather boring)
the tank will be supplemented with an oto (zebra maybe?) for algae work and perhaps a few cherry/tiger shrimp if they won't get eaten by the feature fish. if space permits perhaps 5 boraras, but i doubt i can go with the boraras as the tank is real small
maybe you can try Pseudomugil gertrudae ?
find it very nice fish.
Chee Yong
it's a very beautiful fish...similar to the threadfin rainbows yet pretty in its own way
i've never seen it in our LFS though...where can i find them, and are they easily sexed? if i keep these i think i'll do a trio like with the threadfin rainbows
the only downside i can see is the short lifespan of about a year, based on a link i saw on google
didnt see it in LFS before.Need to look around. Male i think will be long fins & nicer colouration.Originally Posted by illumnae
it's a very beautiful fish...similar to the threadfin rainbows yet pretty in its own way
i've never seen it in our LFS though...where can i find them, and are they easily sexed? if i keep these i think i'll do a trio like with the threadfin rainbows
the only downside i can see is the short lifespan of about a year, based on a link i saw on google
only seen Pseudomugil furcatus before.
Chee Yong
Here it is planted in:
The HM is still short, i'm expecting it to grow higher to obscure certain parts of the hardscape to create a more natural feel. I'm starting to think that i paid for japanese hairgrass but got normal one instead, since it doesn't seem to be curling but is growing upwards instead...can anyone help with a positive id?
Anyone else have any suggestions as to the fauna i can keep in this tank?
Emersed Japanese hairgrass looks like normal hairgrass. Just give it more time to convert :-)
Based on my experience, I'm quite postive that the one in your tank is Japanese hairgrass. Like what yeoyl87 mentioned, it'll curl eventually.
Cheers,
U.K.Lau
hopefully it'll curl once the conversion from emmerse to submerse form is complete
My Japanese Hairgrass looks same as yours too.
You bought the emmerse downoi?
i bought the cheap downoi from c328. it was emmersed, but then put underwater for a few days before i bought it
think all LFS that sells downoi by pots should be emmersed. unless you get those already planted ones but not too sure if it will still melts when introduce into new tank like crypts.
how is your downoi now, did you trim off the melt leaves ?
Chee Yong
one downoi has totally melted down (as in all the leaves) while the other is half surviving...didn't know i was supposed to trim off the melted leavesi thought i had to leave them alone as with crypts...they fall off after a day or so. i'll trim off whatever's left now!
hopefully they survive...i think they'll look cute as a foreground feature sticking out amongst the japanese hairgrass lawn
you are using gex and gex is similar to ada, so it may not work well with downoi. Did you plant them the root only? That the way to plant downoi on ada to avoid melt.
Yup as mentioned above, i planted in roots only without the stem in the soil at all
Here's the tank after 1 month. I'm dosing excel 3 times a week and wondergro macro+ and micro+ once a week at 1/3 the recommended dosage based on Tom Barr's low tech recommended dosing. Growth is there, but slow...spreading of hairgrass still leaves much to be desired, but i haven't trimmed it to encourage creeping yet so maybe that's why. i've trimmed the rotala once...probably will need to do the HM soon as well to get a bushier cluster.
I'm still clueless as to what fish to keep in here. Any recommendations? It's too small for dwarf cichlids and i have no cover for bettas, but i would like fish with character and not boring swim back and forth fish like tetras...any recommendations?
A pair of dwarf gouramies or small gobies. Or just a simple small puffer.
Oh and the P.weitzmani tetra which Nicholas says is in stock at Biotope?
Last edited by doppelbanddwarf; 20th Nov 2007 at 08:06.
6 week old tank. the weeping moss is growing visibly since 2 weeks ago, but it doesn't weep. guess my water's not cold enough. HM and Rotala wallichii show obvious growth and i'm trimming them to try and get thicker and bushier growth. Hairgrass still isn't spreading despite a recent haircut
The fauna is now 5x Ruby tetras and 10x Tiger shrimp. the shrimp are a recent addition to help tackle some hair algae, and i must say that they're pretty facinating to watch. I never was interested in shrimp before thisThey're slightly annoying at times though as their sifting through the substrate for food tends to uproot some hairgrass and HM so i have to do daily replanting. Hope the plants root better soon!
The Ruby tetras are 3 reds and 2 orange...think the orange ones will never turn red sadly =( 2 of the red ones i bought from Midori's show tank todaythey're smaller in size but definitely redder than the 2 old orange ones i bought months back...hopefully they'll eventually grow to be the same size as my older 3. i hope they all colour up soon as they tend to disappear into the background at the moment due to their largely transluscent bodies.
i'm wondering now if my fauna is sufficient (still hunting for a tiger oto !) or whether i should add more ruby tetras to make a larger school or some feature fish (leaning towards a trio of threadfin rainbows from Biotope).
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