EvoZ's Shrimp planted journey!

[vannel]

The metal type will work as well. I've used it before on my previous shrimp setup with no issues.

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[ralliart12]

Just lay the fissiden/mini pellia on the wood and tie. i tied some mini pellia on some small rocks to fll up the gaps in between those graphite rocks and they were quite challenging. Patience is the key...

I see; I agree about the patience part, recently I tied 2 driftwood-worth of mini pellia, mini fissiden & mini bolbitis.

The bolbitis took me 10 minutes at most. The pellia took me 2 hours 38 minutes. & the fissiden took me*2 hours 16 minutes.

The most challenging thing is tying from a straight portion to continuing around the bends of the wood in general, i.e. one can't rest the moss on those bends because the moss will just fall off & if you change the angle so that the bend becomes "horizontal" enough to rest the moss on, the moss laid on the straight portion falls off. For the pellia I find it challenging because I tried to retain large single fronds but they have their own "natural curl", i.e. unlike the fissiden where it was easy to lay on the wood, so the pieces of pellia are often perched precariously on the wood & when I twist the thread around to press them down, they either slipped, or sprung off.

I really applaud your effort! Haha!

[EvolutionZ]

Very nice setup. I am camping here to see the progress of the planted scape. Can't wait to see the carpet of US Fissiden.

Your patience is .
I gave up tying my mosses/fissiden already. Now I just dump everything on the soil.

Thanks bro! i cant wait for them to grow fast too! last time used to tie lots of them to sell (few years ago) so kinda get used to tying them already

I did not use the metal one, too expensive for me. I used the air sponge type. Perhaps bros that use the metal could give some advise.

Thanks bro, indeed they are costly but looks nicer

Need more slope! Hehehe poison runs deep eh?

4kg of GEX soil initially thought i may be left with quite alot but the slope is already pretty deep! shrimps poisoned me like years ago liao

The metal type will work as well. I've used it before on my previous shrimp setup with no issues.

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Thanks bro for the confirmation

I see; I agree about the patience part, recently I tied 2 driftwood-worth of mini pellia, mini fissiden & mini bolbitis.

The bolbitis took me 10 minutes at most. The pellia took me 2 hours 38 minutes. & the fissiden took me*2 hours 16 minutes.

The most challenging thing is tying from a straight portion to continuing around the bends of the wood in general, i.e. one can't rest the moss on those bends because the moss will just fall off & if you change the angle so that the bend becomes "horizontal" enough to rest the moss on, the moss laid on the straight portion falls off. For the pellia I find it challenging because I tried to retain large single fronds but they have their own "natural curl", i.e. unlike the fissiden where it was easy to lay on the wood, so the pieces of pellia are often perched precariously on the wood & when I twist the thread around to press them down, they either slipped, or sprung off.

I really applaud your effort! Haha!

Thanks bro! i didnt really take much time, everything (mesh, wood) was done in probably 2 hours or so.. to be honest i wasn't really laying everything nicely just making sure most parts are covered.

[sammajor]

Nice setup.

[diazman]

Nice setup Evo!. always been a fan of your setups haha. Could you provide an update on the performance of the light set. I was thinking of stepping down from my 15 Watts Fl shining over my 1 feet tank lol

[EvolutionZ]

Nice setup.

Thanks bro

Nice setup Evo!. always been a fan of your setups haha. Could you provide an update on the performance of the light set. I was thinking of stepping down from my 15 Watts Fl shining over my 1 feet tank lol

Thanks alot bro. Sure will update.. currently can see the US fissiden are growing but jap hg turning brown though.. just bought excel to dose...

[diazman]

I also just swapped with a 6.72 watts aquazonic g2 (24+4) type. Dunno if its good for the plants.
haha

[gumball]

Hi EvolutionZ, I noticed that your rocks seem similar to mine. Are you having any high gH issues?

[EvolutionZ]

Hi EvolutionZ, I noticed that your rocks seem similar to mine. Are you having any high gH issues?

i bought them from Greenchapter.. should be graphite rocks. i do not have any gH test kit. you experiences high gH?

[EvolutionZ]

A little update! tank's been up and running for about 3 weeks now.. 15 sakura was added in last week with no deaths now.. been dosing excel once per 2 day on 1/2 recommended dosage.

[marcusth]

beautiful and your sakura are really red, where you bought them??

[EvolutionZ]

beautiful and your sakura are really red, where you bought them??

Thanks bro, they are from Y618 and JZX.

[newlife]

Beautiful....
Sayang to have a nice tank hidden in cabinet ...
And by the way ..why never use the oyama to cover the back to prevent the hof to be seen?

[EvolutionZ]

Beautiful....
Sayang to have a nice tank hidden in cabinet ...
And by the way ..why never use the oyama to cover the back to prevent the hof to be seen?

Thanks bro! pity i had no other place to put. But at least still got space althought had to be hidden!
I don't like the look of any oyama actually.. would rather leave it empty and all the stuff at the back can be seen then having oyama covering it.

[14litre]

can't wait for next picture update.

[EvolutionZ]

can't wait for next picture update.

Thanks bro!

Anyway, spotted aaround 5 - 10 sakura shrimplets in the tank.. probably some berried sakura released their eggs. hopefully all pull through!

[zhou yuande]

Awesome!!! Fantastic!!!

[Just]

Very nice layout of the rocks and woods...awesome !!

[Saiberg]

Thanks bro, they are from Y618 and JZX.

Sorry.. But wheres JZX?


To Fish and Beyond....

[felix_fx2]

Sorry.. But wheres JZX?


To Fish and Beyond....

Ang mo kio. They regularly bring fish to the small shop, alway see them update in merchant section.