Wingsdlc 40G long (Updated ~ 7/18)

[Wingsdlc]

Here is a picture of my tank from a few weeks ago. Any thoughts?

[JenThePlantGeek]

Heck yeah! You have a thriving vibrant absolutely beautiful green jungle there! The crypt adds a very nice splash of color too

What type of fish are you keeping? I might be fooling myself, but they almost look like Choprae Danios. I love the dome shape that you have going on and the sort of "wild" look that it has without strong groupings of species. How do you like H. difformis as a foreground? I have a friend who uses it that way and I liked the idea so much that I've been recommending it and even trying the idea a bit myself.

Looking GOOOD man, keep it up! Can you tell us more about your setup? How old is it? What equipment do you use? What is your favorite plant? Had any trouble along the way? I'm loving it.

[Y0uH0]

I say it looks great,nice wild look! I have used the hygro difformis as a foreground before and if i am not wrong,u must have had to prune them constantly just like i had did so in the past.Tedious job it may be but i sure like the look of your tank!

[Gawain1974]

Looks great! I really like your aquascaping....it has a nice natural appearance without an overly manicured look while not looking like an overgrown jungle at the same time. How often do you have to trim your plants?

[leslie ferguson]

I just love that jungle look, I have just got mine to look lke that after 2yrs of trying and losing100's of plants. LOL But your looks super.

[Wingsdlc]

Wow! This is the most responces I have ever gotten on this site! Thanks for all your comments and complements.

Here are some tank stats:
40G Long
Sub: Flourite
130W Coralife PC 5 hours on, 2 hour break, 5 hours on.
Presurized CO2, glass diffuser
Odyssee Can.
Dosing: Tom Barrs EI

Fish:
10 otos
6 Briliant Rasboras
pair of Kribs
2 skunk loaches
1 female dwarf blue rainbow
1 male guppy
6 cherry shrimp (not so sure they are still in there)

I started the tank about a year ago. It has been a bit of a learning procces. I have done live plants before but nothing like this.

Difformis is a pretty sweet plant. Grows quick and you can train it to do many things. It is not really my forground any more though. I am trying java moss on rocks now. As far as trimming the difformis I cut the tops and replant them leving the bottems. Grows super thick this way.

The sunset is my major problem plant at this point. It grows way too fast! Some weeks depending on the weather I should trim it twice durning the week.

I have not had any major algae break outs. knock on wood!

The only problem I was having was green spot. Thus the reason I am doing a split lighting period. Seems to be working.

At this point in the game I am starting to play with more of a tame tank with more colors. One of my major problems is I don't have a wide selection of plants.

I guess that is all for now.

Oh here is a picture when the tank was young.

[Wingsdlc]

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...20part%20XIII/

Here are some pictures as of today! Enjoy!

[Y0uH0]

Looking great as usual.

[Wingsdlc]

Here aer some new pictures. The tank has change just a little bit! Tell me what you think! Everything is welcome.

Full tank Shot
Playing with light

Have a closer look.
Rasboras on the left
Rasboras in the center

Just for fun here is a Crypt with a flower from my low tech 55G

[skiboarder72]

lookin good!

[guitardude9187]

it looks BIGGER! AND GOOD

[Wingsdlc]

Thanks for stopping in skiboarder72 and guitardude9187.

Originally Posted by guitardude9187

it looks BIGGER! AND GOOD

That was kind of the game plan. We just got a big shipment of plants today so I am looking at trying some glosso, dwarf hair grass, and pearl grass in the tank. Maybe another thing or two depending on what else came in.

Any thing you guys don't like or would like to see changed. What do you think is working well?

[esarkipato]

Wow Doug. Extremely fun progression to watch! I loved the jungle before and now the more neatly 'scaped tank. It definitely needs some time to grow into the next 1/3 of the tank and it will be a jungle again!

Looks like the clover is started to thicken up a little bit...it really spreads wherever you let it, huh? I'd also like to try glosso some day, but seems like tons of work! You should also try the H. M. (pearlweed -- or pearlgrass?) if you haven't already...it's a truly hearty plant. Does really well in my 7g nano.

Did I see some riccia tied to that wood, or just mosses?

Oh, and I just love seeing a huge thick ball of crypt roots. What a strong, healthy plant! I'm curious why you took crypts out of the current 'scape in the 40g? Oops, I guess there is a spiralus in there -- great plant.

Also, got a shot of the 55g? Or does that have it's own thread?

Glad I found your tank thread finally

[Wingsdlc]

Ernie,

Thanks for all the comments!

It definitely needs some time to grow into the next 1/3 of the tank

Yeah it does. It is getting a little better but it still needs some more time.

Looks like the clover is started to thicken up a little bit

The past few weeks it has really started to take off for me.

Did I see some riccia tied to that wood, or just mosses?

Java Moss on the Drift wood and Riccia on forground rocks.

I'm curious why you took crypts out of the current 'scape in the 40g?

The thing was getting way too big! I am trying to make the tank look large and its hard to do that with a plant that is out of control. There were times when I pulled up a plant the size of a basketball! Though I have pulled out the mother plant new babys are popping up in a few places. I really like the spiralus better. it getts pretty tall but the leaves are much thinner.

got a shot of the 55g?

No shot of the 55G. It only has 30W of light on it so it is really hard to get a clean shot. That tank started out with a small A. Sword, its now the size of a basketball! I have also added in Java Moss, Anubias, Java Ferns, and the crypts I couldn't see throwing away.

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[Wingsdlc]

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