Dirt convert

5BodyBlade · 08-21-2011, 11:41 PM

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5BodyBlade · 08-21-2011, 11:58 PM

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5BodyBlade · 08-22-2011, 02:43 PM

This my journal for my 46 gallon bowfront. It's been dirted for a while now, but I never posted a journal on it so there are big gaps between some steps and many changes to flora and fauna.

Fish:
15 Harlequin rasbora
4 Cory Cats trilineatus
3 Oto Cats
2 German Blue Rams
2 Apistogramma Cacatuoides
1 Siamese Algae Eater
Malaysian Trumpet Snails
Pond Snails

Plants:
Jungle Val
Ludwigia repens
Hygrophila difformis
brown Cryp
Ozelot sword
Temple
Dwarf sag
Riccia fluitans
Java fern
Java moss

Here is the before with just sand and gravel. I could never get any carpet plants to grow and did not get much growth out of what I did have.

5BodyBlade · 08-22-2011, 02:48 PM

Complete teardown. Put fish and plants in rubbermaid container with existing tankwater. Used organic topsoil with Seachem root tabs and chunks of clay 3" to 1" sloping back to front.

5BodyBlade · 08-22-2011, 02:50 PM

Capped the soil with the sand/gravel mix from old setup.

5BodyBlade · 08-22-2011, 02:51 PM

Added driftwood and planted after filling slowly halfway.

sewingalot · 08-22-2011, 03:05 PM

Oh! I really love the rescape! Looks like a stream bank. Very nicely done. It's perfect. Now come visit and fix my planted tanks to look like that.

5BodyBlade · 08-24-2011, 06:40 PM

Thank you, it took a lot of tries to get it where I like it.

AngelfishKid · 08-24-2011, 09:09 PM

One of dustins dirt converts?

5BodyBlade · 09-03-2011, 09:09 PM

Yep. That's how I first found out about dirt.

5BodyBlade · 11-29-2011, 01:08 PM

Changed the wire and just used hooks. Also painted it black.

5BodyBlade · 11-29-2011, 01:17 PM

Decided to tear down the tank and re dirt it. What the heck right? Got rid of the sand/gravel mix. Just went with gravel on top same as the first dirting.

Species are now:
20 Harlequins
Pair of Apistos
1 GBR (Female committed suicide)
2 Otos
1 Albino Bristlenose
3 Amanos

Ludwigia repens
Ludwigia glandulosa
HM
Crinum Calimastratum
Jungle Val
Rotala sp. "Nanjenshan"
Crypt wendtii brown
Crypt beckettii
Mermaid Weed
Java Fern

5BodyBlade · 11-29-2011, 12:58 PM

Built a DIY light fixture hanger from electrical conduit.

Cyianara69 · 05-08-2012, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5BodyBlade

Built a DIY light fixture hanger from electrical conduit.

That's some mad pipe bending skills .... well done.

5BodyBlade · 08-19-2012, 12:31 PM

The tank has been rescaped. I saw some great pictures of triangular aquascapes and decided to throw my hat in the ring. I also added some sand to the foreground area of the tank. The main purpose was to give the smaller roots of the carpet plants something finer grain to cling onto. The bonus was that I really love the look of it.

08-21-2011, 11:41 PM	#1
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Dirt convert Pic problems scroll down __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing Last edited by 5BodyBlade; 08-22-2011 at 02:44 PM..

08-21-2011, 11:58 PM	#2
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	... __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing Last edited by 5BodyBlade; 08-22-2011 at 02:44 PM..

08-22-2011, 02:43 PM	#3
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	This my journal for my 46 gallon bowfront. It's been dirted for a while now, but I never posted a journal on it so there are big gaps between some steps and many changes to flora and fauna. Fish: 15 Harlequin rasbora 4 Cory Cats trilineatus 3 Oto Cats 2 German Blue Rams 2 Apistogramma Cacatuoides 1 Siamese Algae Eater Malaysian Trumpet Snails Pond Snails Plants: Jungle Val Ludwigia repens Hygrophila difformis brown Cryp Ozelot sword Temple Dwarf sag Riccia fluitans Java fern Java moss Here is the before with just sand and gravel. I could never get any carpet plants to grow and did not get much growth out of what I did have. Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

08-22-2011, 02:48 PM	#4
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Complete teardown. Put fish and plants in rubbermaid container with existing tankwater. Used organic topsoil with Seachem root tabs and chunks of clay 3" to 1" sloping back to front. Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

08-22-2011, 02:50 PM	#5
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Capped the soil with the sand/gravel mix from old setup. Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

08-22-2011, 02:51 PM	#6
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Added driftwood and planted after filling slowly halfway. Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

08-22-2011, 03:05 PM	#7
sewingalot I ♥ BBA! (View User Tanks) PTrader: (112/100%) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: WV Posts: 12,769	Oh! I really love the rescape! Looks like a stream bank. Very nicely done. It's perfect. Now come visit and fix my planted tanks to look like that. __________________ Without Algae, death of mankind would be inevitable. 55 gallon journal

08-24-2011, 06:40 PM	#8
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Thank you, it took a lot of tries to get it where I like it. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

08-24-2011, 09:09 PM	#9
AngelfishKid Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 60	One of dustins dirt converts?

09-03-2011, 09:09 PM	#10
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Yep. That's how I first found out about dirt. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

11-29-2011, 01:08 PM	#11
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Changed the wire and just used hooks. Also painted it black. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

11-29-2011, 01:17 PM	#12
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Decided to tear down the tank and re dirt it. What the heck right? Got rid of the sand/gravel mix. Just went with gravel on top same as the first dirting. Species are now: 20 Harlequins Pair of Apistos 1 GBR (Female committed suicide) 2 Otos 1 Albino Bristlenose 3 Amanos Ludwigia repens Ludwigia glandulosa HM Crinum Calimastratum Jungle Val Rotala sp. "Nanjenshan" Crypt wendtii brown Crypt beckettii Mermaid Weed Java Fern __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

11-29-2011, 12:58 PM	#13
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	Built a DIY light fixture hanger from electrical conduit. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

08-19-2012, 12:31 PM	#15
5BodyBlade Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Westport, MA Posts: 339	The tank has been rescaped. I saw some great pictures of triangular aquascapes and decided to throw my hat in the ring. I also added some sand to the foreground area of the tank. The main purpose was to give the smaller roots of the carpet plants something finer grain to cling onto. The bonus was that I really love the look of it. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ml#post1486151 40B, 2x39 T5HO, Turface, pressurized co2,EI dosing

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