Rebirth of my 2 feet planted tank!!

[fireblade]

Hi there..

just set up this tank few days ago...
just to share with you my master piece..

welcome any comments!!

[benny]

Not bad at all!! But the rocks look strangely out of place. I assume that's to weigh the wood down?

Actually, I would prefer to keep the wood off centre. Now it sits squarely in the middle.

Cheers,

[fireblade]

thanks benny!
yes the rocks are to weigh the wood down..

actually the wood got a long tail which I place it starting from the right back corner.. think I might need to saw off that part..

[fireblade]

after 1 month of setup.. here is a little update..

wonder if it is because the light not strong enough...

APP is growing upwards..

if they don't grow well, think I'll remove them..

comments welcome!!


left side of the tank..


my RTL.. growing bigger and bigger..

[doubleace]

I think your app growing upwards is because they are reaching for the light.

[|squee|]

Nice wood.

Yea, light levels for your APP are not enough. Remove them for more moss instead?

[equidorz]

nice looking tank, can i know whats the plant at the bottom left of your tank? the gu jing look alike plant.

[biweilow]

nice looking tank, can i know whats the plant at the bottom left of your tank? the gu jing look alike plant.

The foreground plant on the left is E. Tenellus.

[fireblade]

have another shot at a different angle..

[dwgi32]

Bro, nice tank setup. Where do you get your sae. I have been looking for the real sae coz kena conned by LFS, end up buying Flying Fox instead.

[doubleace]

Bro, nice tank setup. Where do you get your sae. I have been looking for the real sae coz kena conned by LFS, end up buying Flying Fox instead.

Bro you can get sae from C328, polyart, NA or Seaview. They do carry some stocks.

[benny]

hmm.. How much light do you have in your 2 ft tank? Looks like the plants are reaching up. Might want to consider plants with lower light requirements.

Cheers,

[fireblade]

i have 2 x 36 watt pl light..
maybe life spane of the tube is coming to an end soon...

for SAE, a bro gave it to me..
btw, can try rosy barb for combating your algea..
I can see that my rosy barb attacking the algea when he is hungry.. :>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntius_conchonius

[fireblade]

took some pictures of the moss that are tied to the wood...
looks like they are happy.. and growing well...

[Thirteen]

any intention of letting e.ten to take over the foreground? Leaving the app there as it is somehow instills a wild look in the tank.

[fireblade]

taking out the APP will be a better choice?
maybe can use it for the other tank.. plant the APP inbetween the pebbles and see how..
I will let the Tenellus grow there by its own then.. :P
think they will take over my gu zing then...

[Thirteen]

i think take out app..otherwise will have algae problems sooner or later. E.ten + app both fast-growers, soon they will over-crowd out the bottom.

[fireblade]

found that my plants flower few days ago... :>





today did a "hair" cut for the plants and remove bigger leaves of the RTL and amazon sword..



still thinking where to plant my APP , therefore, just leave it at the moment
moss is growing wild on the bog wood...

[fireblade]

another update of the tank

[fireblade]

Recently I tried to have the timer turn on at 7am to around 8am so that I can see and feed my fishes before going to work(wonder if this should carry on) and switched on the light again at 6pm till 12midnight.
I suspect the timer did not off yesterday morning.. so the plants has more then 12 hours of light starting from 7 am till 12 midnight!
My german ferns and moss are bubbling like crazy... same goes for other plants... I also noticed that my CO2 is about 1 bubble per 3 sec which is more frequent then normal.. :>

Attached are the pictures of the bubbling plants
german fern



Is this Java Moss?