eddy planer's revamped 4 ft tank (after 2 weeks)

[eddy planer]

Hi folks,

Hmmm..finally glad to show you the pix of my recent revamped 4ft planted tank consist mainly killies of lampeye killies and 2 pair of Aphyosemion australe Orange killies. With some mosses, crypts, glosso and tall red crypt?

Got some problem with this glosso ...seems not spreading...
Hopefully this planted tank will be mature before CNY..







More pictures here in my gallery

Tank size: 4x1.5x1.5ft.
Lights : 4x54watts T5
Co2 : 3 to 5 bubbles per second
Temp: hoovering around 25C to 26C degree
Substrate : Lapis sand with JBL base laid to gradient 4 infront and 5 inches behind
Flora: C. becketii, C. griffthii, C. wendtii, US fissisden, Christmas mosses and Flame mosses , Echinodorous rubin and for foreground glossostigma eletinoides

Faunas: lampeye killies, Aphyosemion australe Orange killies, cherries ,yamatos and nirile snails.

Your comments are greatly appreciated to improve my planted tank's weakness.

[Thirteen]

Nice wood you have there!

I see that the glosso are in patches, so try to remove some individual plantlets from the patches and plant them evenly (2-3cm) in those blank area. If you're dosing, include magnesium, potassium and Iron as glosso are heavy user of those. Try to go easy on iron though, too much results in BBA. Good luck!

[FishFan]

Hey eddy,

Nice set-up you have there. Some comments if you don't mind.

(1) The background paper that is riddled with bubble pockets somehow discount the overall look of the aquascape. How about replacing it with a piece of Oyama paper?
(2) As Thirteen mentioned, you can spread out the Glosso to accelerate their proliferation over the foreground.
(3) There seems to be a lack of a strong focal point. Perhaps you can also add in some plants to fill up the empty spaces between the pieces of driftwood?

Oh, could you share with me the make and spaces of your 4ft lightset? Thanks!

[eddy planer]

Hi fishfan and thirteen

thank for your pointers..i will look into that.

The background..yeah agree with you , is alittle ugly sight. hmmmm that tank weight a ton! i will have difficulty to replace new black oyama. I thought of getting moss wall to cover it, but again this will take me another 3 months allow the moss wall to be fully mature.

I just add another more 8 pots crypts from Teo's around all the DWs and a narrow leaf ferns. But what i lack is tall and big plants to fill between the empty space of diftwood.Can you name or recommend any exotic plant to fill it?

Hehehe...to made spread out the Glosso to accelerate their proliferation over the foreground, i did spread it and now the whole Glosso start to pearl alots after i added another 39wx4 T5 light to it.So together with 54wx4 T5 light to made it look formidable light source for my 4ft tank. Now i have to watch for alage outbreak.I have also added 5 big yamatos, 10 cherries, 20Green shrimps, 5 snails and Seahem Excel to stand by for any alage outbreak.

Ok will show you guys more pix ...this week