my tank(s) update

[lorba]

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On 11/1/2003 10:16:38 PM

btw,
what are those crypts that lie low on the right of hte tank?
where did u get them? I'm looking for some such crypts suitable for the middle ground.

How about a tripod for those shaky hands hahaha.Would really help, although I also wonder how one can take a tank without the fish being blur due to their motion.
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Those are crytocoryne wendtii 'tropica'. I believe they are not full grown yet, so they might get a little bigger. The good thing is the leaf is not so 'vertical' as of many other cryptocoryne species.

I believe you gotta be taking tones of pictures before you can one with the fishes in satifactory positions and clear.

[Blue Whale]

Lorba, is that the mountain minnows that I am seeing there? I got a few of em in my 3ft tank.

Seperately my 2ft tank just welcomed some 20+ new guppy babies over last weekend. By far, no casaulty rate yet. [:] still holding ground. 2 more ladies pregnant. Expecting them to give birth anytime within the next 2 weeks.

[lorba]

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On 11/20/2003 12:50:50 AM

Lorba, is that the mountain minnows that I am seeing there? I got a few of em in my 3ft tank.

Seperately my 2ft tank just welcomed some 20+ new guppy babies over last weekend. By far, no casaulty rate yet. [:] still holding ground. 2 more ladies pregnant. Expecting them to give birth anytime within the next 2 weeks.
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Which tank are you referring to? I don't have any minnows in my tanks, probably the lamp eyes?

[juggler]

3ft tank still looking good!
How's your lighting and fertilising for this tank?
See only a few Cardinal tetras. So you need to dose NO3 and PO4 as well?

[zysfer]

Lorba,

Hi, nice tank you have! Notice the shrimp tank, wonder what's the moss on the front left? They are growing upwards?

Regards

[lorba]

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On 11/20/2003 10:54:05 AM

3ft tank still looking good!
How's your lighting and fertilising for this tank?
See only a few Cardinal tetras. So you need to dose NO3 and PO4 as well?
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I have 144W PL, 50ml TMG twice weekly with K2SO4, MgSo4, Liquid Fe, and a tiny bit of KNO3. I am not sure if I should add PO4, seems like BBA boomed once i added it some time ago.

There are actually pretty lot of fishes in my 3ft :

-30+ cardinals
-6 bleeding heart
-4 emperor
-8 rummy nose
-4 copella sp
-3 three striped pencilfish
-8 C Hastatus
-10++ assorted corydoras
-7 dwarf loaches
-2 kuhli loaches
-50++ assorted shrimps

[lorba]

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On 11/20/2003 11:21:45 AM

Lorba,

Hi, nice tank you have! Notice the shrimp tank, wonder what's the moss on the front left? They are growing upwards?

Regards
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Thanks, the shrimp tank pic was taken long ago. Its the taiwan moss I bought from NA. I do have a bit of the so called erect moss in my 1.5ft Bravo, if you notice it.

[lorba]

Some more updates to my 3ft. Did a minor rescaping and accomodation of more java ferns on both sides of the tank.

Click here to access the Tank Folder

[PeterGwee]

Lorba, nice work... You are low on the CO2 though...The peat effect from the ADA soil is making CO2 measurement off?

[lorba]

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On 11/22/2003 2:30:52 PM

Lorba, nice work... You are low on the CO2 though...The peat effect from the ADA soil is making CO2 measurement off?
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Why low on CO2? Because of the BBA? Actually they are dropping all over the shop, but some are still sturbornly clinging onto the balansaes.

[hwchoy]

lorba, very nice… never managed to do moss myself other than the cold cold tank in the office []

[lorba]

Hey choy, thank. In this tank, the moss grew best with direct light over head. Those under the shade tends to be stringy like javamoss. Temperature is about 28C.

[hwchoy]

my tank also 28C, but the moss never do well [] interestingly some scraps of moss managed to lodged itself amongst the hairgrass and managed to fight its way out of the grass, creating a moss/HG mesh, but still the fronds are rather stringy.

[YES]

nice looking tanks!.. ur 3ft "green" tank gives a very good contrast for the cardinal tetras u have there.. ur balansae look great. cheers

[lorba]

The bleeding hearts and emperor tetras are actually quite big, how i think they are camera shy.

The balansae was not doing well all along, guess the base fert is exhausted. I inserted a number of root monsters around the balansaes 2 months ago, and the results seems good. The longest leave i have is around 2.5 - 3 ft.

The Echinodorus Oriental that I still had earlier of the month outgrew the tank because of the root monsters too. I was having 5 underneath it..