feide 2 feet setup tank

[feide]

still looks nice after 8mths. You add root tab?

Thanks adrian. Yeah, added some root tabs after the jap hairgrass start to yellow...

Tank at 9 months - moss tree getting bigger, crypts growing all over the place, jap hairgrass yellowing ..

[blue33]

Jap hairgrass need to trim them short once awhile to get them kicking, if not you would encounter yellowing.

[unclerobin]

haha bro. am willing to take the main culprit (crypt parva and crypt lutea) if you are going to remove them from your tank.

[feide]

Jap hairgrass need to trim them short once awhile to get them kicking, if not you would encounter yellowing.

yeah, have been doing that but probably did not trim enough.

haha bro. am willing to take the main culprit (crypt parva and crypt lutea) if you are going to remove them from your tank.

Bro robin, too bad... I just trim off the leaves, did not remove the whole crypt as the roots were too long...
Will let you know if more crypt plantlets come along...

[cyruslaguna]

Hmm... maybe someone can confirm, but isn't this Fittonia spp., a terrestrial plant?

You might want to reconsider removing this plant as it is a terrestial plant; not suitable for aquatic use in as advised in my post:

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...006#post501006

Here's another link indicating it's a non-aquatic plant:

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=286992

They caused my guppies to die.

[feide]

thanks cyruslaguna for the note, that plant melted after a few weeks... am lucky not to lose any fishes for my case.
sorry for your loss.
Anyway, I have done some rescaping and adjustments in hope to revive my Jap hairgrass.
Will post some updates few weeks later if everything goes smoothly...

[limz_777]

You might want to reconsider removing this plant as it is a terrestial plant; not suitable for aquatic use in as advised in my post:

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...006#post501006

Here's another link indicating it's a non-aquatic plant:

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=286992

They caused my guppies to die.

can share why it cause your guppy to die?

[jiiang]

your tanks is growing well , however it will be much better if less equipments inside tank

[feide]

your tanks is growing well , however it will be much better if less equipments inside tank

Thanks, I have changed the internal diffuser to an external one.

[feide]

A quick update.

Tank after 1 year... My Jap hairgrass is yellowing despite the measures I took.



Calls for more drastic actions



After 4 hours, the tank looks like this



Changes made
- Upgrade lighting to T5 HO, 24watt x 4
- Remove moss tree and moss patch on the right
- Remove crypts that amongst the foreground
- Remove stray mosses and riccia stucked amongst the Jap Hairgrass (this is the worst part, still on going today)
- Added root tabs
- Added many stem plants

This rescape is coming to 2 months, did minor adjustments along the way and things are going on pretty fine.
Will post more pics later when the tank looks more decent.
Please feel free to give and comments and suggestions.

[altezza_87]

ah! you throw away the cactus look alike moss? it looks very nice man.

[Fuzzy]

ah! you throw away the cactus look alike moss? it looks very nice man.

eeeek I was also just thinking what a nice moss tree he managed to grow.

[yongquan86]

Tank after 8 months -> minor rescape on the Left handside of the tank. Moss tree growing..



Can see that the crypt parva and crypt lutea are growing all over the place, probably the main culprit of yellowing jap hairgrass... but it actually looks quite nice.. haha

hi feide... just wanna ask.. for the first pic. where do your face your outlet? I keep thinking that the outlet is too strong.. so i always put it to a small output flow... which i don't know whether it's good enough

[cyruslaguna]

can share why it cause your guppy to die?

Learnt fettia sp. is not an aquatic plant; no more deaths since I've removed it. Learnt from an AQer it's not meant to be in water; possibly due to what was emitted that killed one of the panda cories and 2 male guppies.

[feide]

eeeek I was also just thinking what a nice moss tree he managed to grow.

ah! you throw away the cactus look alike moss? it looks very nice man.

Hi altezza and Fuzzy, my mum was also asking me the same thing "what happen to your tree?! "
The tree is growing too much and fast for it own good... it took up too much space and blocks light. The lower layers of the moss are browning and dislodging. My lousy skills with tying and trimming didn't help much either...
Another problem is there are always stray moss after trimming which will end up in the foreground (eventhough I take out the whole tree for trimming).
Cactus? haha... now you sa that, it does look like one.

hi feide... just wanna ask.. for the first pic. where do your face your outlet? I keep thinking that the outlet is too strong.. so i always put it to a small output flow... which i don't know whether it's good enough

Hi yongquan, I aim outlet diagonally across the tank, ie.aiming at the piece of wood infront. The wood lessen the impact of the flow though...

[altezza_87]

yea i think trimming is the worst part, there will always be loose ones floating around after trimming. for me i can't seem to remove all excess riccia after trimming, the loose ones are never ending. but great job on the "cactus"! haha.

[feide]

yea i think trimming is the worst part, there will always be loose ones floating around after trimming. for me i can't seem to remove all excess riccia after trimming, the loose ones are never ending. but great job on the "cactus"! haha.

Yeah, just a small piece of stray will give you endless nightmares.. I used to have loads of stray moss and 'translucent' riccia on my foreground, still picking them out everyday , now seeing less of them though

[feide]

Almost 2 months since the rescape.
Have elimanted some of the plants and using only Rotala sp. green, growing nicely and been trimming them about every 2 weeks.
My Jap Hairgrass is slowly bouncing back but having some fuzz algae. (I think it is due to the high light) , still trying hard to find the balance.

Day 1


Week 8


my crypt. 'green gecko' is turing red!


also planted some Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides


Aren't they cute?


Do give me your comments and suggestions!

[WiNd08]

beautiful!!! some red stem plants will be great!!

and the Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides fit just right at the bottom of the DW

[feide]

beautiful!!! some red stem plants will be great!!

and the Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides fit just right at the bottom of the DW

Thanks Wind08, I did try using Ludwigia Arcuata but failed
Will just stick to Rotala Sp. Green for now, I am a handicap when coming to maintaining different growth rates of the plants
Yeah, was scratching my head with the lack of transition infront of the DW, then I saw Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Anyway I am trying hard to keep my itchy hands at bay, must stay focus... mission is to revive the jap hairgrass.. haha
Saw your tank and it is awesome, hope you didn't decomm it because of your NS.