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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    This tank looks pretty good, if you tie some moss on the top of the driftwood you could have a nice treelike this:

    [img]http://faao.kicks-***.net/Fotos/Plantados/Historico/2008/01.jpg[/img]

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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.

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    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.

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    Hey Freddy,

    Can u post some up to date pics please?
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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Hi,

    What fishes do you keep in the tank?

    And how long did it take until the corc would sink?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fc
    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.
    Hello Freddy,

    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,
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    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by fc
    Tank updates:

    Photo taken on 25Aug08.


    On the same day, I add glosso.
    Hi Freddy,

    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

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    Hi Andrew,
    I do not know its' name, its' new to me. The leafs are curly, glossy and translucent.

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    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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