I'm on to a new tank. Had to break down the 75-P because I moved and don't have enough room in the new place for a tank that big.
Equipment:
45-P
ADA Aquasky LED DIY stand (this is linked to the 75-P stand but they are all built the same way for the most part) WeMo timer X2
GLA CO2 regulator
5LB CO2 Bottle Gulfstream Max Mix reactor medium
Eheim Classic 250 (2213)
Lily Pipe Mini
Archaea Mini Aquarium Heater 50W
Hardscape:
Seiryu Stone
Aqua Soil Amazonia
Flora:
TBD
Fauna:
Boraras brigittae (Chili Rasbora)
Cherry Shrimp
Amano Shrimp
OTO
I did make a trip to AFA when I got back up here, but all of the items I used for this tank I've had for months. Got the stones (and a bunch more) for my 75 from AFA, but changed my mind when I got my hands on some Unzan stone for it. Glad I finally got to use a few of them.
Quick update, ordered some plants from the green machine in the UK. It was a little expensive but I'm able to try some Tropica 1-2-Grow Tissue Culture plants!
Hope to ge the plants this weekend but we shall see.
It took 4 days. The plants are in great shape. If you do decide to do it, don't over estimate. You get so much more plant mass in a TC pot than in a standard rockwool pot. I have an extra UG and an extra #45 (SR) pot left. This happened to me the last time I did TC plants.
From what I understand if the plant is TC it is able to be imported legally. So far I have had 2 shipments of TC plants and both have made it with no issues. (I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice)
Thanks! I think you might be right, but all the other stones I had did not look right to me. Unfortunately most of them were too big for this tank as they were supposed to be used in a 75-p.
Day 3 ammonia is over 4ppm. Doing 50% water changes every day and got the co2 cranked. Some of the UG is yellowing and some of it is getting a little greener.
Everything is starting to change. Ug is getting greener, rotala is starting to grow out.
Something I found interesting from my two experiences with tc plants is the stem plants look a little funny when they arrive (a giant ball of shriveled leaves) but start growing healthy in almost no time.
I have two extra pots of tc plants. One sr and one ug. I'm thinking I might try my hand at an emersed setup.
The UG is growing well. I'm having a bit of an issue that it is becoming buoyant and uprooting itself. Every time I try and replant it caused the one next to it to uproot and float. The plants seem to be growing up but not out... Any tips on how to keep the floaters down?
Wow nice! You're getting some quick growth there with the UG. Definitely faster than mine.
As for your floating problem, what are you using to plant it? I found if I didnt use the super thin pincettes it became hard to keep everything down while planting. If you are already using it, maybe break up the floating clump and plant a smaller bunch so you dont have to plant so close to another clump? Then just wait for it to fill in. Once it gets established it will send runners everywhere.
Little update. Ammonia still around but has dropped some. Moved the water changes to every 2-3 days. Starting to see runners from the UG and it's not lifting anymore. All plants growing like crazy. Really like the aquasky!
Thanks! I totally agree. The rotala was purchases on a whim. Tropica had it available and I had never tried my hand at a red plant, wanted to see if the aquasky could keep it red. More of an experiment than anything else.
Want to have something peaking out from behind the rock though. I was thinking blyxa, not sure.
Just did a small trim. Ug is growing like crazy but not really rooting too well. The small plugs I planted are now huge but I don't see too many runners or even a decent root system.
I'm getting a some thread algae but I'm a little worried to add amano shrimp because they might disturb the ug.
SR is growing like crazy and it's filled in already for the most part. Growing quite low and compact too. No trim on that yet.
look at that ug!! very cool. did you shove some of it in the main rock? it's like a little ug mohawk. I like the staurogyne the most though. cool tank.
Thanks! When the ug plugs were getting started some of them dislodged from the soil and started to float so I just jammed one in the crack of the rock as an experiment.
I agree about the sr. I've never had such good success with it as the first time I used it I did not have enough light to keep it compact. With the aquasky it's slammed straight to the soil! Funny I was thinking if the ug failed I might just go straight sr.
Thanks! I'm really liking this small tank, less work!
My problem with dsm is I'm not that patient.......
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