Hi Freddy, you can try Rotala rotundifolia 'Green' or Vallisneria americana var natans as background plants. Currently I have both plants in my 1 foot low tech tank. They are growing very well and are easy to maintain.
However I am not sure whether your lighting output (11W) can support these plants because I am using a 24W PL lighting for my tank.
I have experience in small low tech tanks
Currently i have two of them. They don't have any filtration or heating. I keep mosses and liverworts, Rotala, HM, fern and shrimps in them.
I have pretty strong light on them so plant grow nice but so does algae witch are food for shrimp.
It's really easy to keep these tanks, all I have to do i change some water once in a while and that's it
Duane,
Wow, you guess it right! Yes, it is very nice and better than the photos suggest. There are moss growing on it which I like. It was a compliment from KL (timebomb). I secure it with sucker. I will take closer picture and post it here.
Jason,
Thanks. If I ever give up the cork bark background, I will likely to replace it with the Vallisneria americana var natans. The lighting it a little under, I am thinking to change the light to 18 or 24 watt after the foreground plants spread wide.
Mars,
I agree and I am enjoying this little tank as much I do with my former 100 gallons. Everything about it is a charm - from setup, planting to maintenance.
The hair grass has started to spread...dream coming true.
This tank looks pretty good, if you tie some moss on the top of the driftwood you could have a nice treelike this:
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Freddy, another suggestion. I find the driftwood base too exposed. Perhaps you may want to consider Anubias barteri var nana 'Petite' or Cryptocoryne parva.
See the cork bark wall.
Mars,
Nice "tree" there! I will keep for future refrence.
Jason,
Thanks for the nice pointers. I will first see how it goes when the hair grass and glosso fully cover the ground.
Hey Freddy,
Can u post some up to date pics please?
<<< Greets
>>> Philipp W
Hi Phillipp,
Thank you for your interest. My tank is doing very well but the growth is slow. I will post update few days later.
Is your family name Wolfgang? How is Germany? I was in Konstanz 10 years ago, very scenic and relax place, I hope to visit there again.
No its not Wolfgang.
Germany is way too cold at the moment
A week ago we had around 25degrees, now its about 14 to 15...
I had to plug in all my heaters yesterday
I just teared down my old tank and started a new one last weekend, I will post some pictures as well soon.
<<< Greets
>>> Philipp W
Tank update:
2 days ago, I tied moss to the wood branches.
The glosso sprout new leafs
The moss on the wall growing
I like this little tank. Easy to take care, water is clear, plants growth is slow and fishes are happy.
Hello Freddy,
I just wanted to say your tank looks excellent. The wall really makes for a 'complete' effect without having tons and tons of plants. This has always been my problem; regardless of my planting the tank always looks bare. I wonder if maybe walls like those would do well just behind the tank if deterioration is a problem? That way you see them (if you are looking directly), however they are not immersed in the water.
Thank you,
-Peter L.
The wall is made of cork bark, the same material used for capping wine bottle. I think it will not rot for many years. Try it.
Hi,
What fishes do you keep in the tank?
And how long did it take until the corc would sink?
<<< Greets
>>> Philipp W
Hello Freddy,Originally Posted by fc
I will try it if I manage to find something similar to it here in the USA. I have never seen anything like that, and I would need to drink a lot of wine to get that many wine corks. I do like wine, but I do not like that much wine!Thank you for the information Freddy.
Thank you,
-Peter L.
Philipp,
There are 9 guppies, 1 SAE, 15 shrimps, 2 ottos.
The cork bark will never sink, it has the same buoyancy as natural rubber. I keep them down on the wall using 2 suckers.
Tank update:
The moss is doing well. However, the growth is rather slow for hair grass and glosso...it has been a painful wait...and still waiting
Hi Freddy,Tank updates:
Photo taken on 25Aug08.
On the same day, I add glosso.
What is the stem plant you have in these pictures. It is beautiful and grows in a stream down the street from me. I know its some sort of pond weed do you know any more about it?
The tank looks great by the way.
-Andrew
Hi Andrew,
I do not know its' name, its' new to me. The leafs are curly, glossy and translucent.
Tank update:
Ahh too bad, I really like the plant, I'm hoping it will be there next year because its too cold now for me to try and get any lol..
These plants were like 5 feet long or more. it was amazing.
-Andrew
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