New 2ft tanks.

[wingwa77]

Hi folks,

started a new 2ft low tech tank . Good / bad comments and advises welcome.

Center view: http://bp2.blogger.com/_y2O4esGW8U8/...s1600-h/b7.JPG

From the right:
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From the left:
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[fireblade]

nice tank setup..
love the rock backdrop..
the 2 big plants on the left need to be changed, they are not aquatic plant..

[torque6]

Wing,

Ah, you are into dutch aquascaping ?

[wingwa77]

nice tank setup..
love the rock backdrop..
the 2 big plants on the left need to be changed, they are not aquatic plant..

Thanks .

did not know the 2 big plants on the left are not aquatic will change them when i know what to replace them with.

However just wondering what harm does it bring when a non aquatic plant is in a tank?

Do they still take part in the oxygen cycle and nitrate cycle? Because they have been in my tank for 3 plus months seems not to melt or rot.

[wingwa77]

Wing,

Ah, you are into dutch aquascaping ?

Dutch aquascaping.. Erm.. does it mean putting a bit of every type of plant?

Actually I just started into planted tanks so just bought plants that I thought looked nice and the lfs recommended which are easy to care for.

[torque6]

Dutch aquascaping refers to arranging plants in a orderly fashion.

[vinz]

... like a landscaped garden.

[wingwa77]

Thanks both, I learn something new. Yup guess I am into Dutch aquascaping.


Anyway my hands itched last friday went down to C328, got more metal sheets and more moss and did a rescape.

[torque6]

Looking good though. Keep it up

[Jungle-mania]

Your plants on your left must be removed, as they will eventually rot in the tank if part of it is not exposed above water, especially the leaves. I recommend changing the plants to nana. Secondly, change the plants on the right to a light coloured stem plants. One bunch should be enough.

[wingwa77]

Your plants on your left must be removed, as they will eventually rot in the tank if part of it is not exposed above water, especially the leaves. I recommend changing the plants to nana. Secondly, change the plants on the right to a light coloured stem plants. One bunch should be enough.

Thanks. Will remove the plants on the left, as for the plants on the right they are quite light coloured just that the fan is blocking the light.

[Jervis]

Looks original! Make sure you have enough soil for your stem plants behind... it looks a bit too thin currently for stem plants to develop healthy rooting system

[torque6]

If you are worried about the fan blocking the light, i used a clear colored framed fans instead of those black ones.

[wingwa77]

Rescaped again, hopefully my hands do not itch again. . .

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