my new ~1.4 ft cube tank

[ongtw]

hi all,

time again for a quick update and would also like to seek your professional advice. i'm not sure if algae is visiting me already. just fitted with a 36 watts light so now i'm running 36watts and 11+11 watts pl light.

anyway i notice that my lotus has a holes on their leaves and weird thing is, on one leaf, bubbles are being produced from this holes. below is a pic i've taken to show the hole. any idea what's that?


also the following picture is taken from top view. i noticed that this plant is sort of like turning yellow slowly and there's dirt on its leaves. is something wrong with my setup maybe?


below is the top view from the left side


below is the overall view of the aquarium at week 3


also, just purchased my female viejita from y618. was forced to isolate her for now as the male is too horny. kept swimming around her and chasing her around the tank.


please advice!

Thanks a lot in advance

[Panut]

Your female viejita has super nice colouring!
Im worried the Blyxa would "destroy the scape" as it will float higher and higher as time pass by.

[ongtw]

hi magic,

thanks... she's nice eh? i'm not really sure cos very new.. heheh still waiting and see if she's ready to breed. also not sure what shades of yellow will she be in when she's ready. keeping my fingers crossed.

as for the blyxa, it was a poor design on my side. didnt know it will grow upwards... i'll see what i can do when that happens

[torque6]

Ong, the apisto cave not sinking properly, you have this lava rock on top of it

[Panut]

Instead of blyxa, maybe.. u can try eriocaulon sp. I have some myself and all i can say they look ->

[ongtw]

torque,

actually the cave is sinking nicely. just that i got no place to put the lava rock with riccia. so i just put it there for the time being.

so anyone has got any idea what's wrong with my plants?

magic, i'll go google and check to see how the plant look like. thanks

[Jervis]

Looking good! Love the deep deep cave

[ongtw]

thanks jervis for the kind words,

mine is no where near yours ... i'm still xperimenting with a lot of stuffs. ferts regiment and all. just hoping algae will stay away...

anyway does anyone know if a viejita male can breed with some other females (interbreeding)? i wanted to get another female for him but looks like its pretty hard these days to get viejita.

[ongtw]

hi guys,

a quick update of my tank at week 5. did a little adjustments





comments welcome. btw the riccia that you see in the picture is there temporarily.

[juggler]

The pot makes it look like a train tunnel.
Eye-catching. But can you take one picture without the pot and the thermometer? It would look more natural for submission for ADA.

[ongtw]

hi juggler,

ADA is way out of my league... lol.. this is only my first attempt at planted setup. i'll be removing the pot in a day or two. got a clay cave for them. gonna collect it tomorrow.

[tcy81]

quite impressive setup. I also think you can remove the thermometer & pot and take a photo to submit to ADA contest.
No harm trying, since its free also.

[mobile2007]

Very impressive planted tank. Just beware that the apisto might dig up a crater for you

Saw the male hiding behind the lotus stem on the left hand side. looks good

[ct13]

Nice setup, and is that dwarf japanese hair glass?? Or just Japanese hair glass we can get from any LFS? Curl so nicely, mine like growing straight upward???

Thanks in advance

[ranmasatome]

wah.. growth explosion... good good..

[ongtw]

hi ct13,

i think its the japanese hairgrass. i got it from colourful.

ranmasatome,
yeah.. everything is growing nicely and rapidly and i'm liking it. gonna see what adjustments i can do :d

[fireblade]

very nice tank for a "beginner" !!
plants are growing very nicely too!!
if can transform the pot to looks more natural like a cave, I think the effect will be very good!!

[ongtw]

hi fireblade,

thank you for your kind words, i've just got a cave from illumnae. i'm gonna probably tie some moss over it and put it into the tank. i'll be removing the unsightly pot tonight.

hehe..

[torque6]

I agree with most bros here, pot looks abit foreign in your natural setup. Looking forward to see your tank with one of illumnae's exclusive cave collections.

[ongtw]

hi guys,

finally removed the crappy pot and took another picture of the tank minus the thermometer. illumnae's cave is at the front right side of the picture (front left side of the tank) covered with moss..