My 2ft aquascaping

[hann]

This is the latest update.
4 months since I first set up.

[itsnotsobad]

nice... I can see the HC are really slow growing. took 4 months to carpet the ground!

[hann]

nice... I can see the HC are really slow growing. took 4 months to carpet the ground!

Yes. It took quite a while. In fact, I had added 2 more pots of HC between this period. Need a lot of patience for me to see this carpet.

[bluebubbles]

Look very neat. I do not have much luck with downoi.

[hann]

Look very neat. I do not have much luck with downoi.

What substrate are you using? I noticed that my downoi did not melt in my ans substrate (top layer with Ada at the bottom) while they melted and died in my previous setup with ADA soil (all layer). Not sure whether substrate was one of the failure factors. It also depends on how you plant them too. I did not push the stem all the way down and got it fully covered by the substrate.

[hann]

Latest update. Did some rescape to remove rotala sp green from the left to the right. I cut the downoi which are growing upwards and replanted at the left and the remaining space behind downoi will be reserved for rotala roundifolio.

[Orcishwarrior]

In my opinion, ANS soil aren't as acidic as ADA ones, you can grow them on any soil claiming it can stabilize at pH6.5 - 7.5.
The trick to growing on ADA 1) make sure the ADA is really old maybe like 8 months or more (my estimate), alternatively grow them near to those Iwagumi Rocks because the soil around it tends to be less acidic.

[gilch icariel]

Neat and nice! Spreading well!

[hann]

My 2 newly occupants in my planted tank. I just find them very cute.

[Adrain]

Chocolate gourami!

[Whitechicks7]

Is that a African leaf fish ? Nice scape bro

[hann]

Is that a African leaf fish ? Nice scape bro

Not African leaf fish, Bro.
Chocolate gourami scientific name is Sphaerichthys osphromenoides, a dwarf gourami. They are not cichlids.

[paul poon]

good job hann
beautiful contrast tank you have and i love the rocks and the plant so much.
seriously i was searching the shrimp at the close up picture haha.
well done and thanks for sharing.

[hann]

good job hann
beautiful contrast tank you have and i love the rocks and the plant so much.
seriously i was searching the shrimp at the close up picture haha.
well done and thanks for sharing.

Thanks. Good eye sight you have.

[ventisg]

Nice tank set up =)

[Bieffe]

What is the name of the plant that u have planted into the soil? The one that is short and almost all over with very small leave.

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[hann]

What is the name of the plant that u have planted into the soil? The one that is short and almost all over with very small leave.

The foreground plant is Hemianthus callitrichoides. Some called them hc in short.
You can use the following to read about this nice plant.

http://www.tropica.com/en/plants/pla...richoides.aspx

[Bieffe]

The foreground plant is Hemianthus callitrichoides. Some called them hc in short.
You can use the following to read about this nice plant.

http://www.tropica.com/en/plants/pla...richoides.aspx

Thanks for the info. Usually sold in pots in local shop? As it grows I cut and plant into other parts of the tank? Non co2 tank possible to grow this?

[hann]

Thanks for the info. Usually sold in pots in local shop? As it grows I cut and plant into other parts of the tank? Non co2 tank possible to grow this?

They came either in pot or on a rectangular pad.
I started planting them in small crumbs and let them propagate. Not much on cut and plant.
They are quite demanding. Need high light to crawl horizontally. I grow them with pressurised co2. Not so sure on its growth in a non co2 tank.

[hann]

Today itchy hands again. Got a 1 liter ANS planta red soil and rescape the left back of my tank. Put in some more lava rocks. I have always felt that the left side is nicer if the height is higher. Do you agree with me, too?




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