So I've had this thing sitting in my bedroom for a couple of weeks now waiting on various stuff to show up/me dragging my feet, you get the idea. Anyway I always wanted an ADA tank just because they're suppose to be the best and I can think of worse things to spend $90 on.
Day it arrived:
The seams are really something to behold:
Equipment:
I did a little review on the light for this tank here--> Click
Final scape:
Contour line map of the substrate (min depth: 1" Max depth: 5":
Layout:
Planned Flora:
Plants should be in Friday or sometime during the weekend so stay tuned!
So it's been awhile. I've been in and out of town for the whole month so the tank has done some crazy things.
I planted some dwarf baby tears back on the 12th of December:
Went out of town for a couple of weeks. I had a friend watching my tanks. Came back to a bloom on the 30-C while my other tanks were pristine, go figure.
Cleaned it up and this is what it looked like on New Years:
Nicely done contours =) I like how you executed the plantings too. Are you still planning on adding marsela in the top right corner? If not, maybe consider letting the micro swords fill into the upper left corner and transplant the s. repens in that corner to the right?
Looks really great either way... just can't help but see micro swords in that corner. The moss looks good trimmed in between the stones too.
I haven't decided just yet what I'm going to do in that corner. I have Hemianthus (Micranthemum) micranthemoides, Stargrass, and Giant baby tears coming in on Monday to work with. I also have plenty of runners to snip from the 12g of the MM, so we shall see what I decide to do.
Haven't decided just yet. Something small below 1". I may move over my Dario Dario assuming he pairs up with what hopefully out of the two others is a female. If not, some kind of small schooling fish along the lines of a Raspora or tetra.
Planted some Hemianthus (Micranthemum) micranthemoides in the back. Also there's some Süsswassertang here and there in the tank as well. I'll be adding some more color to the tank in the coming weeks.
Looks great. I really have been thinking about buying this tank for awhile and this is inspirational.
You said you bought your plants from Oleg, is that OVT on the site? He is my favorite aquarium friend lol, super good guy, extremely intelligent but also hilarious with great plants too.
That's the one! He is quite the character. He told me in one of his PMs about some runnings with some scantily clad women in Houston. I got a nice kick out of it. :hihi:
As you can see, things are stupidly over grown and despirate need of a trim. As well as half the tank is being taken over by thread algae. I started a blackout yesterday. Planning on a CO2 increase after a couple days of darkness and hope that takes care of it. Parameters are spot on and I stopped dosing ferts. Lighting schedule is the same as its always been. Any ideas?
Also need tips on trimming everything. Never have had any of these plants before (minus the various baby tears).
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