My 1 month old tank

[victri]

Hi,

I'm new at this. It's my first major planted tank. Only 1 mth old. Still looking out for a suitable plant to cover the reactor. Please comment. Thanks!

http://www.arofanatics.com/members/victri/plantedtank/

3ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft
External canister
Lapis gravel
JBL base fert
DIY CO2
LushGrow Aqua <- still experimenting with dosage

*Pls ignore the tiny clear CO2 container on the side wall. Just a small experiment for another tank.

Plants:
Glossostigma elatinoides
Marsilea crenata <- too little to notice
Elatine triandra (Ah Pek plant)
Eleocharis parvulus (Dwarf hairgrass)
Vesicularia dubyana (Java moss)
Vesicularia sp. (Willow moss, Taiwan moss)
Echinodorus quadricostatus (Chain sword) <- still too small to see
Anubias barteri var. nana (Dwarf Anubias)

Microsorium pteropus "Windelov"
Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
Tonina fluviatilis (Tai yang cao) <- recovering
Hemianthus micranthemoides fka Micranthemum micranthemoides

Eleocharis vivipara (Hairgrass)
Vallisneria tortisima??? (Help me id)

Livestock:
14 Paracheirodon innesi "Neon tetra"
13 Rasbora heteromorpha "Harlequin rasbora"
4 Otocinclus affinis "Midget suckermouth catfish"
2 Corydoras trilineatus "Leopard cory"
9 Caridina japonica "Yamato shrimp"

Temporary before I shift to small pond:
Hydrocotyle verticillata "Pennywort"
Pistia stratiotes "Water lettuce"


Vic

[Davidd]

interesting background paper! where did u get it?

I think the tank will look great when the left cluster grows out.
is that long hair grass? does it send out shoots at the tips of its leaves?

[lorba]

quite an interesting set up!

Here's what i think :

- the wood stops abruptly right at the center, and is rather flat in contour. you may want to add more to give it a undulating feel and extend a little towards front and/or right.

- The reactor etc can be hidden by more branches/moss, fern?

- The glosso look nice and thick. But why do you have one half glosso and the other hairgrass.

- Pennywort on wood look a little out of place.

[victri]

Actually, there's no background paper... the tank back is bare... that's my wall you see.
The tall hairgrass (Eleocharis vivipara) is the type that grows new plants at the tips like hair split-ends.[]

Lorba, the moss branch is definitely an option. Waiting to visit Aquarama for some inspiration. With my choice of plants, I was trying to emulate some of my favorite Amano landscape tanks. The forest on the left slowly blending to the open grassland on the right. I don't really want my planted tank to look like simply a tank of water plants. I haven't let the hairgrass blend with the glosso and elatine because I might decide to change foreground plants. Pennywort is only there temporarily till I move it to a pond.

[chua]

keep us update when the tank is developed.

It will look nice.