"Der Ewige Kreis" - "The Eternal Circle" - To be Torn Down

[@marko@]

not "uprooting it half", but "uprooting half".
i mean leave 1/2 of the stems planted, and the other 1/2 of them floating.

[fishman9809]

i only have 3 so I guess I'll float 2?

I still havent got my frogbit!!! I hope it didnt get lost.

[@marko@]

nah, i suggest floating only 1 (but the healthiest one); because your light is pretty good even if it were regular t8 or pc, but its t5 so its even better.

if you dont get it tomorrow, its probably gonna come dead.

[fishman9809]

lets hope it comes 2day or tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

[goalcreas]

Nick, be very careful when planting and moving your hardscape around.
Aquasoil doesn't take to kindly to being roughed up much.
It can turn to mush if you are poking at it and bashing rocks around and stuff.
You can rearrange all you want, just be gentle with it.

Looking good BTW, once it starts filling in, you will be very happy.

[fishman9809]

i hope so, thanks man, I cant wait till I order some stem plants

[@marko@]

which other stems are you ordering? the only other stem i know is from SA is anacharis; which while hardy, looks like plastic.

[fishman9809]

i ordered Hygrophila sp. 'Porto Velho' (very short stem) and some stargrass, I am also planning on keeping 1 or 2 of the following:

Bacopa sp. 'Pantanal'
Hygrophila sp. 'Pantanal'
Polygonum sp. 'Sao Paulo'

they are quite rare, but worth it, look them up on the APC plant finder, they are very beautiful. I cant find out why they are rare, they are not that hard to grow and they are quite beautful

[@marko@]

wow the Polygonum sp. 'Sao Paulo' is beautiful, it looks really cool.

maybe its just taking time for people to get it and start propagating it and selling it. look at HC for example, it used to be virtually unheard of 3 years ago, it was hard to get 2 years ago, now my LFS carries it.

[fishman9809]

my plant supplier and used equipment supplier (goalcreas), has some getting grown for him during his move, he sed I can buy some from him, which is great, the purple color is amazing, hopefully with my tank, it will thrive with the high light and the low pH

[@marko@]

i hope it does great. it really looks awesome.

[lauraleellbp]

Starting to shape up Fish, hope you get some stems in there before the algae kicks into gear

[fishman9809]

yup, lets hope sooooooo

i hate algae, soooooooooo annoying

[@marko@]

YOU hate algae?!?!
as of yet you dont know what algae really is. algae is not a geen tint to your glass. it is when everything is cover in green fuzz. it is long green strands over a foot long curling around your tank waving in the current covering everything. it is bushel on bushel of pink fuzz growing on EVERYTHING. it is a carpet of dark green slime that covers everything and releases toxins which can damage your fish. algae, is when i covered my eclipse 3 with black construction paper and then an additional garbage bag and unplug the light after i moved my betta to my 20L. you dont know algae. algae is not something to be called annoying, algae is something to be feared.

[fishman9809]

lol, I got stargrass, toooons, idk if I can get anymore plants I also got a couple stems of red cabomba free too