Thank you Seds. Well see how this one will go, it will be a bit harder because everything will be smaller now, but i want the tank to look bigger by having smaller plants and smaller pets. I got hemianthus callitrichoides ready, the HM and some rotala from my other tank. I am planning adding shrimps, school of cardinals and probably some CPD's or boraras brigattae in this tank.
hi there. your 20g tank is an inspiration to me. -I got the same tank size and first time in a planted tank- (I forgot to post on that thread, so jealous), I can't wait to see this upcoming project of yours.
Hi there sliver, i am so glad someone is inspired by my very first planted tank :icon_smil. The tank really went through so many changes and i learn so much from it and i hope this new one will be good if not better than the first one. So your from the Philippines eh, do you speak tagalog?
OTOH, here's the HC, its been in my old tank for about 5 days now and already growing in the pot.
And here it is today (just planted)
Thank you Chaosmaximus for your help and advice. Ill keep it moist and humid until it is ready. I will post sketch of my plans for this tank later.
@ ryan_p: yes I do speak tagalog, though my native tongue is cebuano. and about the HC pic, I'm so jealous -again-. HC is so uncommon, if not rare in our place.
Yes I am . thanks for clearing it up for me. sorry about mixing cebuano and bisaya, i always thought is the same because cebu is in visayan region and bisaya is common dialect around visayan region. I really don't know much regarding other filipino dialects. I just know tagalog coz that is what my parents thought me and none of them know any other dialects. As of the plant, HC isnt available there? talaga? The plant should do well in there coz of the humid climate. I guess its very difficult to ship there in Asia because this plant is originated here in the other side of the world (Cuba to be specific from what i read somewhere).
you're correct, bisaya and cebuano are the same. but cebuano is for cebu, and bisaya are for those other cebuano speaking cities like ours - davao.
back on topic, aquatic plants are uncommon in our place. well, not in the capital of manila, but ordering is a pain. freight charges are expensive than the plant itselves! :-(
there's an aquatic plant farm in the capital, selling almost any existent aquatic plants, but as I mentioned above, the freight makes me just stare on those pictures at this site: http://www.mypalhs.com/forums//showthread.php?t=81956
Wow those plants looks really nice, the anubias looks really healthy and green and nice selection too. Yea lots of stuff should be available at the capital especially in Manila, you just have to look harder at your place. I agree with problemman the stuff we got here is nothing compare to those in pics, and cost around $4 and up at LFS depending on demand and rarity of the plant. If you really like the plant, and if you can just save cash and get some, growing it shouldnt be that hard humid climate and sunlight should grow those plants easily. And once you grow lots of these plants start putting some on your tank and sell the rest at your area , it should be a good business for you, especially in your area where these plants cant be found :biggrin:.
Thanks atwater . I will keep posting updates as soon as they are ready. I see you live somewhere in LA too, and your sn is atwater just like atwater village where I live .
Update: HC still growing and doing very well. I am so glad I chose the right method (again thx chaos if your reading this). OTOH this is my plan for this tank
Nice plan for the plants. Are you worried about the HC being taken over by the HM? I always thought these two plants would look good together. Have you looked into ludwigia arcuata or brevipes for the stem? These are two of my favorites, that's why I suggest them, lol.
Thanks Sara, yea ive been looking and reading about other plants that i can add, I also like the bold red ludwigia arcuata that you've mention and might find a spot for that plant. Ive been looking at other types of mosses that i can use to fit on the rocks and I really like weeping and flame moss. HM wont be able to take over HC, since i will plant HM a bit higher and away from HC (though i have to trim HM more often so it wont take over the whole tank); and the rocks will be a boundary between the two.
@FDNY911 astig ba tol? wala pang laman, siguro pag may tubig na magiging astig talaga lol.
HC doing very well it still need a few more weeks to fill in. Rocks were added just to keep the HC from moving at the upperleft area.
from last update:
today's update:
frontal view of the tank. kinda blurry with all the moist and trapped humid air inside the tank
I'd go ahead and fill it soon. The big benefit to growing HC emmersed is that it lets it root without being disturbed and uprooted. After about three weeks or so it's in there strong enough, and once you add water it will, in my experience, explode in growth. I've successfully set up 3 tanks with HC that way and think its the best way to go about establishing a carpet of the stuff.
I like the proposed layout for the tank, are you planning on having the moss tied to the rocks or jammed in between?
Hey thanks for the tip rrrrramos, i checked out at your mini tanks and they look great. The HC is ready and will be filling the tank tomorrow. Im really not sure if im going to tie it to the rocks, but i want it to hold on to rocks on its own, maybe ill stick it between rocks or tie it on a small stick and remove it later once the moss hold itself to the rocks. What is your proposed layout I like to know
Thank you. I hope it will look good as it progress. So far no algae present I am so happy .
@ZooTycoonMaster I will be using some of my existing stem plants from my old tank, and still looking for the other plants later if i will do rescape later on. So far, the plants are growing pretty good (will post pic soon), the rotala is turning pink to red already and the HC starting to spread horizontally at a fast rate.
I just added the cardinal tetras earlier this week and will be getting more soon, a want a big school of em for this tank. I also added few shrimps from my old tank.
What are you using for lighting on this? I'm looking for something for my Mini-L I've got on the way, but every 20" fixture is sold out or discontinued!
New Updates:
Cleaned and Trimmed plants last Sat
Added young Galaxy rasboras
Moved amano shrimps from old tank
Tear down my old 20g tank
Created a tiny shrimp breeder tank
Updates and tank specs later
Looking forward on a more bushy growth later on, so far water quality is pretty good and no major algae problems. More pics and updates later on.
l think some pieces of drifwood would of worked really nice in the back then attach some sort of moss to it. Now if you don't want to put dw in the scape, just let it grow out for a bit and maybe you'll like the background plants filling in more since you just recently set this up.
Looks good!! lovely carpet. What about sloping the substrate more and adding some dwarf hairgrass in the spaces between the rocks.
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