JG's 2.5G

[fish_fasinated]

the tank looks great, i just think its moved away from the original meadow feel you were looking for.

[VincentK]

Hey, what type of plant do you have floating?

[MrJG]

Wow holy thread resurrection batman!

The floating plant that was in there is Salvinia Minima. Same idea as duckweed just tons bigger, you can see the size difference in the second picture on that page.

I guess since this thing found its way back to the top I should snap a pic of its current state. The "Dover Meadow" idea was a complete wash, I didn't have enough light over it to manage a decent ground cover. Its now a tank for snowball shrimp and a bizzilion snails. It gets water top offs and maybe a 20-30% water change every month or so... other than that its pretty hands off.

Snapped some pics... this is a hard one to capture especially when the sun is shining through the windows. :P

[MrJG]

I snapped a few pics of the current state of this tank the last time I took pics in the fishroom but forgot to post them. Not much has changed but a few of them turned out pretty good so I figured I'd post them up.
I've considered tearing down and restarting the tank with better stone but with the 8W lighting my plant choices are pretty limited and I'd rather keep this tank pretty low tech since the shrimp are doing well with it. Might just crank up another 2.5 to actually try a real scape.