well hey if your taking out any plants and want to give them away, i would gladly pay for them and the tank is just breath taking seriously..... its sooooo gorgeous!! great work friend!
originally, the right was planted in glosso which did not do well for me during the dry start phase. I added a small clump of Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides which has taken over that side of the tank.
I want to use the HC as the single ground cover for this tank and make it uniform in appearance across the front.
September update. Tank is in need of a bad trim (this weekend). I'm really liking the red coloring that's starting to take shape, will be planting more of that this weekend from the trimmings and some stuff that I am picking up on Sunday.
It's beautiful! Very inspiring. I love that foreground plant but I can see your vision of a solid foreground and it would be perfection! Someday I hope to have something as nice.
You mentioned in previous post about your PH fluctuations. How does a huge drop in PH not affect your fish. I am a complete noob to planted tanks but why does your PH drop so much over a period of hours and what was your solution to this issue.
How much does your ph fluctuate now? I am planning on a large planted tank and adding an asian arowana to the tank. It will not thrive with ph fluctuations so I wanted to know what I need to do to avoid this. still doing lots of research and have no yet come across PH fluctuations in my research.
Again, awesome looking tank and will be checking in for further updates.
Beatiful tank Dutch, great watching a tank of this size come together.
Any chance to get some shots of the under belly of the beast? That is a great custom sump build and would like to see more of it in action if possible.
Here is December's update. Just spent 8 hours trimming and pruning today and here are the initial results:
Still have some plants to put back in, but needed a break. That being said, I now have a ton of moss to get rid of.
I am also wondering if the needle leaf java ferns need to go. I am either going to remove them, or move them to the corners. They really shade a lot of area that could be put to better use (like growing plants).
I went ahead and rescaped the right side. Going with the "plug" method to fill that area in with HC. That should give the tank a consistent look and feel for the foreground across the entire tank front.
for what its worth i love the different gc in the front. the gc in the front right was an awesome green. that gigantic fern on the left however must go its drowning out that awesome plant in back left plus wheres the wood on the left. you had a not over powering hardscape which was great but its gone due to plants.
everyone has taught me so much thats why i am studing plant growth habits before i plunge into a scape like yours u had it all. work with it
ty for the feedback, yes that large fern has to go, will be broken up and sold at our next fish club auction this month.
My Plan is to keep the hc in the very front, then a layer of ET and Starogyne. Will fill in the spots left behind under the fern with Starogyne as well. The right side is now dedicated to red plants with a NLJF growing inside them, I like the look of those two colors together. The left side will be rescaped in the back, haven't decided yet whether to go with more red there, or just bring the Ludwigia inclinata, Mayacs and Rotala from the middle across. I have been slowly attaching fissidens to the trees to replace the moss that was there.
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