my first tank

**bennyto** · 4th Sep 2009, 09:44

**shrimppaste** · 4th Sep 2009, 11:24

Hey Nice Tank. But the plants at the back might not be immeresed form. Or rather may not be a true aquarium plant. HAha, I don't know the term. I thought it was Cyperus Helferi but then I saw the white stripes. So may not be fully aquatic. I might be wrong. The other experts here could help.

**ranmasatome** · 4th Sep 2009, 11:38

Shrimppaste is right. The plants at the back are not aquatic. They will melt if left in the water.

**bennyto** · 4th Sep 2009, 12:03

oh really?
but all those plant was displayed under the water in aquarium shop.

**insider** · 4th Sep 2009, 17:11

The plant don't look local to me. Do you know what plants it is?

**Shadow** · 4th Sep 2009, 17:22

Originally Posted by bennyto

oh really?
but all those plant was displayed under the water in aquarium shop.

That is normal, many LFS do not know what they are selling

**shrimppaste** · 4th Sep 2009, 21:41

Yah they put in water and it will leave inw ater for like maybe 3 months? I don't know the exact time frame but it will soon all melt. If you like that look, you might want to consider the cyperus helferi. It is almost similar but it is softer once it has become submerged form, meaning the top would sway with the water, or rather float on the water surface.

**laban** · 5th Sep 2009, 01:52

nice scape you have there.. simple choice of plant achieving great impact to the whole look..

**bennyto** · 5th Sep 2009, 09:17

thx everyone
but it is hard to find water plants in aus, just have few choices.
maybe just let it die first, dun wanna waste it ( :
btw i have diy CO2 2sec 1 bubble
and put some shrimps in

**deacon** · 5th Sep 2009, 18:45

LOL.. good luck with the DIY CO2. I got so tired of making it, I just went to buy a tank. NA is selling a nice looking small tank.

**laban** · 6th Sep 2009, 00:16

i think if im not wrong that tall grass u had there is japanese rush or sweet flag grass ( acorus sp.)which can be found near the edge of water, which is not suppose to be in planted tank at all , plant you should avoid putting in ur tank.. like everyone suggested it's best to take out the plant. there are non-aquatic plant that we should avoid putting into the tank as some plant are poisonous while others appeared to be fine but in fact can kill off the inhabitants in ur tank. i think u better confirm that plant u had there.. just to be safe

**fireblade** · 6th Sep 2009, 02:38

I think TS is living in Aussie..

nice rocks... I love them...
I think the back plant is too huge for the tank...

also the gravels might not be suitable for planting also..

**bennyto** · 6th Sep 2009, 21:32

thx i have taken them out already ( :
my tank looks bigger now.
i built a moss wall for my cherry.
waiting them to grow.
i think this is java moss.

**juggler** · 7th Sep 2009, 00:13

Benny: nice pictures of your tank.

I noticed a lot of frothing in the yeast Co2 mixture. In case some of the brew goes into the tank, you may like to add in a 2nd bottle of clear water to let it bubble through. It also serves as a bubble counter. See example of such a setup at http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/co2-faiz.html

**Jungle-mania** · 7th Sep 2009, 09:49

You might want to save the trouble of your CO2 spilling into your tank by getting liquid CO2. Aussie prices for commercial liquid CO2 are on the high end, but you can buy some at very reasonable rates from Dave's Dinosaur Spit from Aquagreen, here is the link: http://aquagreen.com.au/plant_data/Dinosaur_Spit.html.