Sold my clown loaches and tiger barbs and I now have 20 Harlequin Rasboras
You can barely see them in this pic as they're still pretty small. About 0.5-0.7" lol
The school is smaller than I imagined so I might up it to 30.
Suggestions?
Just a quick update:
Added 3 amano shrimp(hope nothing goes wrong XD)
Added Hydrotriche Hottoniiflora
Added Ludwigia Peruensis
and added some Cryptocoryne Parva
Enjoy
Sorry for the bad quality, using a cam corder to take photos
Update:
2.26.11
Two days away from my birthday! XD
Added 5 smaller amanos, I hope that my rainbow sharks leave them alone . Funny story about the Amanos, the sales clerk at The Wet Spot counted the 5 as only 1 so I almost got 5 amanos for 1.95$! lol I say almost because my dad made me go back and tell the truth
As you can see, I've completely hacked back the left side.I pulled up all the plants and replanted them more loosely apart. I then plunged in 30 root tabs on the left side alone
Here are the two bunches:
I just read your journal. I hope that you had a very good birthday. Happy Belated Wishes! Your tank is very pretty. That is some amazing growth in such a short period of time.
I did a major trim of the right side of the tank because the stems of the P. Erectus and L. Repens weren't looking so good.
So thats that...
Before:
After:
PS. The osmocote root tabs are really starting to its effect on the plants.. especially the Amazon.. I get about a leaf that grows to the surface every 4-5 days....
Also have some Staurogyne Repens coming in on Monday or Tuesday in which I will be replacing my HC carpet with it...
So my S. Repens came, and I planted them and they're doing great!
Just added 4 bristlenose pleco they are sooo small! They're only 1/2"
Heres whats with the S. Repens
Day 1:
Day 8:
When I look at them daily, I don't really notice the difference but now that I compare them, there's actually a huge difference!
Haha, I'm still using DIY CO2 but have been saving up for the past 2 months for pressurized CO2. Its quite hard when you're a student
Update - Just added a ton of blyxa and S. Repens to replace the entire forgroud. Pulled up the original R. Roundifolia, L. Arcuata and Sunset Hygro in front of the DW to replace with Blyxa. And the entire forground from the crypts on the left to the crypts on the left is completely filled with S. Repens
Well everything is overgrown right now and really needs a trim... Look for my thread in the SnS
Right now I added some more amanos(7) and about 15-20 cherry shrimp. They were an RAOK from a friend of mine in Eugene.
Its so hard to find them in such a big tank lol and they're really small..
Will update tonight once I scrape off all the algae!
Does no one like this tank? Since there are barely any comments apart from mine!
Well my uncle came over today for a short BBQ along with his sweet camera so here are the pics of the S. Repens and the new residents
The amazon has gotten HUGE btw.
C. Helferi is also showing lots of growth. Longest leaf is 11"
Impressive. Hopefully I can get my tank looking this good in a few months. Just wanted to post to let you know that I've been following even if I haven't posted comments, and I'm sure there are at least a few others like me.
How often do you change your water? I might start using PPS Pro soon and I was just wondering.
Haha thanks
I change my water every month. But you can go on longer if you want. The only problem Im having with this tank is algae :tongue
But I finally added my pressurized co2 system last week and hopefully things will lighten up.
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