HybridHerp's 5.5 gallon College Tank

[PeterN1986]

I had my 20 gallon tank that I started at home in NYC. Then I got a new job in Pittsburgh and drained a little over half my tank and carefully put it in my car. I drove it 7 hours straight from NYC to Pittsburgh, with all that water sloshing around going through the Allegheny mountains. I miraculously lost ZERO fish during that trip. When I set the tank in my Pittsburgh place, there was a lot of dirt and sediment floating around, but it settled in the next two days.

Then 8 months later, I moved from Pittsburgh to Philly, which is only a 4 hour drive. Drained half the tank again, but I lost some fish this time. No water spillage in either trip, just don't brake hard!

[HybridHerp]

This tank kind of had a major meltdown, so I think I'm going to re-scape, keep mostly the same plant species, and start fresh over the summer

Thinking of having a moss wall, ACTUALLY getting diy co2 going like I wanted to....and doing better with shrimp and keeping on top of things better.

Also thinking of having some wood come out of the top and using a different carpeting plant, since the glosso was nice but it eventually chocked itself out because I wasn't really sure how to trim it. I'm thinking of switching to UG or HC or just doing DHG Belem by itself, or maybe marsalia since it grows slower and looks similar to glosso. Or just keep glosso and actually keep it trimmed nicely.

I'll link this journal to a new one once I start re-doing things. I want to focus more on doing a nice aquascape instead of just having a nice collection of plants.

[PeterN1986]

Originally Posted by HybridHerp

This tank kind of had a major meltdown, so I think I'm going to re-scape, keep mostly the same plant species, and start fresh over the summer

Thinking of having a moss wall, ACTUALLY getting diy co2 going like I wanted to....and doing better with shrimp and keeping on top of things better.

Also thinking of having some wood come out of the top and using a different carpeting plant, since the glosso was nice but it eventually chocked itself out because I wasn't really sure how to trim it. I'm thinking of switching to UG or HC or just doing DHG Belem by itself, or maybe marsalia since it grows slower and looks similar to glosso. Or just keep glosso and actually keep it trimmed nicely.

I'll link this journal to a new one once I start re-doing things. I want to focus more on doing a nice aquascape instead of just having a nice collection of plants.

How did you get your glosso to grow so lush without CO2, and how long did it take to get that way? I added marsilea minuta from H4N last week to ~75% of the foreground of my Mini-M and it does grow pretty slow so far. I'm going to be trimming/tearing out some of the java moss from the tank too, if you are interested.

[HybridHerp]

Originally Posted by PeterN1986

How did you get your glosso to grow so lush without CO2, and how long did it take to get that way? I added marsilea minuta from H4N last week to ~75% of the foreground of my Mini-M and it does grow pretty slow so far. I'm going to be trimming/tearing out some of the java moss from the tank too, if you are interested.

It didn't take long at all, although now its a mess. The combination of dirt substrate and high lighting let it explode. But I couldn't keep up with it.

Since I'm re-doing this tank, I'm thinking of doing Mini-M in place of glosso, that way it wont get out of control so quickly. The glosso I have left though, I can throw into a grow out tank just to have around, same with the E. belem I have still kicking it.

I might even try and get both established in my 75, idk yet.