2 feet cube update

**cbong** · 15th Nov 2006, 23:01

**Justikanz** · 15th Nov 2006, 23:36

Wow... More plants would be nice... And I salute your ability to resist adding more fish... Really very tranquil... :P

**Nevada** · 15th Nov 2006, 23:53

Thats really beautiful cbong! Nice tank, all the plants looks really healthy

**valice** · 16th Nov 2006, 00:54

Originally Posted by Justikanz

Wow... More plants would be nice...

Think the foreground will be a glosso lawn? Or Marsilea sp? Can't really see the plants properly...
Wouldn't the Red Lotus grow big?

**|squee|** · 16th Nov 2006, 00:58

You could try different plants with different shades of green imho.

Nice healthy blyxia.

**Nevada** · 16th Nov 2006, 01:44

IMO, using blyxa as the foreground plant will make the tank unique too. Since Cbong already raise the soil in the background of the tank. For a 2ft cube tank i think the size of blyxa as the foreground is not too big.

**cwtan12** · 16th Nov 2006, 08:05

In 1 month time, you red tiger lotus is going to block the view.. I think it's not suitable to be placed there..

**Fei Miao** · 16th Nov 2006, 12:03

Looks like a good start

what are the parametres for the tank?

**kemp** · 16th Nov 2006, 13:48

nice looking tank! i'm keen to know the tank parameters too

**juggler** · 16th Nov 2006, 14:52

Neat!

I think there ae some red Hygrophilas that creeps. Maybe can try that as part of the foreground instead of red lily.

BTW - the fish are the dwarf and stunted X-ray Tetras. They are not like that naturally.

**Fei Miao** · 16th Nov 2006, 15:53

Originally Posted by juggler

Neat!

I think there ae some red Hygrophilas that creeps. Maybe can try that as part of the foreground instead of red lily.

BTW - the fish are the dwarf and stunted X-ray Tetras. They are not like that naturally.

there's ballon rams, ballon mollies, ...and now...

ballon X-ray tertas...

**cbong** · 16th Nov 2006, 17:21

Originally Posted by valice

Think the foreground will be a glosso lawn? Or Marsilea sp? Can't really see the plants properly...
Wouldn't the Red Lotus grow big?

Thanks for all the feedback, much appreciated.
Yes the foreground is glosso. As for the lotus, as I was rescaping my 4 feet tank, I dug out so many baby lotus that I had no place to plant them. So, I'll just let it develop and see how it goes in this smaller tank.

**cbong** · 16th Nov 2006, 17:25

Originally Posted by juggler

Neat!

I think there ae some red Hygrophilas that creeps. Maybe can try that as part of the foreground instead of red lily.

BTW - the fish are the dwarf and stunted X-ray Tetras. They are not like that naturally.

darn it!

I was told that they are naturally balloon shaped! conned by the fish farm

**juggler** · 16th Nov 2006, 17:25

Originally Posted by Fei Miao

there's ballon rams, ballon mollies, ...and now...

ballon X-ray tertas...

I have seen balloon rainbows too.

**cbong** · 16th Nov 2006, 17:37

Originally Posted by kemp

nice looking tank! i'm keen to know the tank parameters too

24" x 24" x 18" tank.
2 x 36W PL for 8 hours daily
2 x QH mini fan for cooling to 28C
1.5 bps of CO2 thru diffuser bell
1 x Ehiem 2213

JBJ substrate with peat moss
Thin layer of ADA soil
Topped with lapis sand

Blyxa Japonica; Taiwan Moss; Glosso and Red Lotus.

... now I know: 10 x Balloon X-ray Tetras

10 x Cherry shrimps
10 x tiger shrimps
2 x yamatoes
2 x bubble bees
1 x blue-eyed puffer
2 x oto
1 x sae

weekly dose of Seachem Flourish, KNO3 and KH2PO4

**V31** · 16th Nov 2006, 18:07

Nice tank mate, but I think that r.lotus will grow too much high

**Fei Miao** · 17th Nov 2006, 10:26

Perpahs just keeping 1 stalk of the red-tiger lotus will give the tank a nice accent. In my previous set-up, I managed to keep my lotus low by trimming leaves that start growing upwards, over a period of time they will be "trained" to keep low.

**cbong** · 17th Nov 2006, 18:51

Originally Posted by Fei Miao

Perpahs just keeping 1 stalk of the red-tiger lotus will give the tank a nice accent. In my previous set-up, I managed to keep my lotus low by trimming leaves that start growing upwards, over a period of time they will be "trained" to keep low.

Exactly what I am trying to do. Managed to get some results in my earlier attempts ... i.e. shorter lotus leaves.