Do!aqua Mini-M: riverrun

[legomaniac89]

Incredible. I just can't get over how great this tank looks. You really nailed it with this one UG

Hey, by the way, if you ever pull a nice clump of that invasive Utricularia out, send it my way, wouldja?. I grow quite a few carnivorous plants and that's one I don't have yet

[Ugly Genius]

riverrun is pretty much completely carpeted. A small quarter-inch square in the back right is the only bare spot remaining.

I've since removed the Riccia in the smack middle of this photo. Too conspicuous.

I've had to trim the UG down twice as I don't want the bottom portion to die off. UG is as much of a pain to net after trimming as HC, you should know.

Shrimp running on a field of UG looks really cool. Like buffalo running across a plain. It's really a neat sight to see in person. I'd love to see a large iwagumi tank of UG stocked full of shrimp. I bet it'd be the coolest thing ever.

[theblondskeleton]

Great layout! I'm a huge fan of the iwagumi and iwagumi-like layouts, and this is absolutely intriguing.

PS - I have a 90 gallon I have been planning for iwagumi in it's next incarnation. Can you imagine an ocean of UG in THAT?

[hyphination]

Damn lovin' that UG! makes me want to make a scape similar to yours.

[niptek]

You should enter this scape in the IAPLC contest. =)

You ever thought about getting the ADA solar mini-M lamp?

[trigun808]

mmm my thought about what u said niptek is why spend more money when the cheaper one is just as good and serves its purpose right?

[Outlawboss]

Fantastic, UG. I know what you mean about the shrimp looking like buffalo on the range. I get the same feeling with the HC I've got. I love that effect.

[niptek]

Originally Posted by trigun808

mmm my thought about what u said niptek is why spend more money when the cheaper one is just as good and serves its purpose right?

pictures just looks a bit more dimmer than other's mini m with solar lamp i've seen on this forum or maybe its the camera?

what camera are you using UG?

[dxiong5]

YES! Over the course of several days, I read through this journal. I'm quite inspired by the progress and overall state that this tank is in now. I just received my first ADA tank today, a Mini-M! (It's 3 months used, but I got it for a good deal). I was thinking of an Iwagumi style with dwarf hairgrass, but after seeing this, I want to try UG instead. Thanks for all the advice and inspiration!

-Don

[clsi]

Hi, not sure if it was asked but where in japantown are you getting your hardscape? Do you know the name of the store? THanks!

[CL]

He said it was really close, if not right across the street from (I can't remember) AFA.

[Ugly Genius]

Thanks, blond. A 90-P of UG would look sick!

Hey, nip. Thanks. The camera is a Sony Cyber-shot. It's super old, but I will no longer talk smack about it because it's served me so well for so long. Faithful things deserve our love.
If the Solar lamp were not so expensive, I would totally get it. Like, tri said, the OttLites work just as well -- if not better because of the more even spread -- then why not--?

Thanks, Outlaw!

xiong, thanks for reading and good luck with your Mini-M. Great sized tank!

clsi, like CL said, it's around the corner from AFA. It's called Katsura Gardens. Walk out of AFA, go left, cross the street at the light, turn left again, walk passed the Kabuki theater, past the restaurant, and enter the mall at the end of the block. The bonsai store is on the left inside the doors. You can't miss it.
Although my advertising of the place as caused them to jack the price up from a buck-fifty a pound to two dollars a pound. I swear, some of the shops I mention in these journals should give me a cut.
(BTW, clsi, are you like the sporty version of CL. Like how there's the Honda Civic and then there's the Honda Civic Si.)

riverrun's looking like crap right now. I've got a HUGE BGA outbreak. It's covered a lot of the HC and a considerable amount of the UG. I don't know why. Most of the algae guides I've read are about as close to useless as you can get. Most say it's insufficient nitrate, or too little flow, or too much flow, or old bulbs, or dirty filters. The truth about algae is that no one knows what causes what. At least, not to the extent that a we all want where it's spelled out in a clear and accurate formula like this:

Do this, then you'll get this algae

Mostly what we have are people hypothesizing a cause and then another coming along and stating that, 'No, that's wrong because I dosed excess amounts of x and did not get y. So your theory has been disproven.'

Here's my theory on the whole thing. Algae is like all of us -- it likes to eat stuff. It'll keep eating what it eats until there's not enough of what it likes to eat to keep it alive. Once that happens, it dies.

So here's to hoping that the BGA eats all that it likes to eats and then dies.

[prototyp3]

This turned out to be one sweet scape. I especially like the whole right side, the rock pile has a nice look to it. Next time you thin that UG out I'd be interested in buying some.

[Ugly Genius]

I may be out of the loop for a bit. Finally, after a long time waiting, I took the plunge and got the greatest thing ever...

2009 CBR 600RR in metallic black.

I am in love.

[CL]

I remember you posting that- or something similar- about a year or so ago. Congrats on the new baby