Office planted tank...

**MbmC** · 6th Nov 2008, 23:05

My first planted setup. On my table in my office. Takes up most of the space, but heck, I don't mind. Small tank, 45x20x25cm, roughly 20litres.

Lights - total of 60W, 1 x 36W PL and 1 x 24W PL
Pressurized CO2 on solenoid valve
Eheim hang on filter
Ferts - Seachem Flourish, Iron, Nitrogen, Potassium
Base soil - ADA power sand
Soil - ADA Amazonia
Water change 15% once weekly

Flora - Cabomba Caroliniana, Echinodorus X Barthii, Myriophyllum tuberculatum, Glosso, Cryptocoryne (Brown), Amazon frogbit
Fauna - some blue, tiger, cherry red shrimps, harlequin rasboras x 3, Flying Fox (?algae eater), Black Otto.

**MbmC** · 6th Nov 2008, 23:08

I'm thinking of removing the frogbit coz the roots are starting to mess up the place a little. What do you guys think?

**YiDaLi** · 6th Nov 2008, 23:43

Maybe you can shift them (frogbits) to one corner? Anyway, nice set up there

**MbmC** · 7th Nov 2008, 00:16

Tried to shift them, but current keeps moving them all around. I'm thinking of dumping them behind the myriophyllum, but I'm afraid it'll block off the light to these red, light-demanding plants.

**psp1000** · 7th Nov 2008, 07:43

You can always trim the roots...

**MbmC** · 7th Nov 2008, 11:28

I think I will

**psp1000** · 7th Nov 2008, 12:13

trim is much more better then throw it away, kinda waste.

**alexlbw** · 9th Nov 2008, 17:26

Bro, it looks very comfortable... nice setup there...!! Thinking to setup a small planted tank at mine room too... hehe....

**MbmC** · 8th Apr 2009, 12:20

After this amount of time, numerous trimmings, attack of the BTA (which I don't think is over yet)...had a major trimming session. And uprooted all of the glosso which had covered the entire floor of the tank. What's the moss I have on the piece of wood on the right side of the tank?

**linuswee** · 8th Apr 2009, 13:24

looks like fissidens to me...

**zhou yuande** · 8th Apr 2009, 13:47

i thought it looks like kind of algae......... as there's no fissidens in the initial few photos

**MbmC** · 8th Apr 2009, 15:16

I'm not referring to the branched wood. Just the wood on the floor on the right side.

The branched wood, that's probably algae

Fissidens then?

**Cross** · 8th Apr 2009, 15:26

Thats US Fissidens bro

Beautiful plant with many leaves.

**Verminator** · 9th Apr 2009, 06:00

I want that Echi! Do you have much success with the US Fissidens?

**MbmC** · 9th Apr 2009, 11:36

The fissidens is a beautiful plant. I hope it grows and survives well.

That Echi is nice huh? The leaves are red/pinkish, nice waveforms about them too.
Success with fissidens? Honestly, I don't know, I'm a newbie

This tank's been up for about 6 months now, the fissidens have been doing ok for about 2 weeks only.

**inque** · 9th Apr 2009, 13:55

Originally Posted by MbmC

I'm thinking of removing the frogbit coz the roots are starting to mess up the place a little. What do you guys think?

the roots of the frogbit u can trim off no problem one

**Augustine_81** · 19th Jul 2009, 15:10

Nice looking tank and healthy plants.
Would like to have one like that on my office table as well.

**actorial** · 21st Jul 2009, 16:13

why uproot those glossa

i love them though XD got them to spread all around my foreground in my new 3ft tank ( im new to planted btw XD ). hope they spread well. and nice set up btw!! always learned something by seeing u guys set up. cheers!