Im starting a new 10gal tank, still need more substrate thought, just got eco-complete for now, any idea should I get ada aquasoil or fluval stratum on top of the eco-complete
I have been trying to use dry ferts for my tank since last week. And it is really different. My plants grow stronger and faster in a week. Here a shot before and after trimming
Before
After
Baby tear and dwarf pennywort are taking over the right side...especially baby tear, it not the background plant anymore. It runs to middle ground and if there no driftwood, they will run to foreground and cover my DHG
And a pic of my red cherry shrimp, why does he look like a red rili shrimp?
Thanks!!!
It just needs a little training. I use the thongs to keep it grow in the way I like and don't get too high.
If you want to try baby tears, pm me for a deal
Yes, I just put 10 of them in. Hopefully they will breed soon. RCS is breeding like crazy now, I should have about 100 of babies and juveniles RCS swimming around...lol...still feel worried to sell them since I never shipped shrimps before
Updating my tank before trimming, it becomes a Dutch style aquascape
I become fascinated with bucephalandra plants because of my brother Riversun, so I bought these 2 plants and really didn't regret buying it, they are beautiful
Thank you! I should have updated my tank after trim.
Still thinking that I should move plants around or rescape but don't have time yet. The crypt wendii on the left front is getting big but still looks good. Should I take it out and replace with smaller plants? Don't know yet.
And the HM(baby tears) seems like really good carpet in the back if it stays short.
@slapmonster: now you make me feel good and embarrassed at the same time
I know a lot of people can do better than me. I'm learning from aquascapers and plantedtankers
Beautiful tank and wonderful journal. I love your tiger shrimp, I have one too looks just Ike yours. I had a female and she died, so I tried artificially hatching them, it didn't work
But beautiful tank. Did you run diy co2 before or while the shrimp were in the tank and what was your recipe and how did you control the bps
I had my diy CO2 running while I got like 20 RCS in there. I let it run 24/7 and didn't control the bps at all. Then when I change to pressured CO2 with a timer, I think that when my RCS started to breed fast.
This used to be my recipe and work really well (almost 2 weeks):
2L bottle: 1/2 teaspoon of yeast + 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda + 2 tablespoons of sugar...then fill up to 2/3 of the bottle with warm water (not hot)
This tank needs a little to a lot of cleaning when I got more time for it. I did trim the moss tree down a little bit, sold 1-2 buce. plants. I'm still debating on the HM (baby tears) on the left and the crypt wendii, should I uproot them or not?
I'm pretty much done with the scape of this tank. I really don't want to take it down since this is my first aquascape ever and the shrimps and plants are still doing well. It becomes the house of my red cherry shrimps and some random bucephalandra plants.
Also, my echinodorus parviflorus in this tank is producing babies one after another...in a way I've never experienced before. I created a new thread for the plant which can be found here: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=562818
I changed the lighting bulbs recently (from 2x6500K daylights to 1x6500K daylight + 1xroseate hue)...and really love the look of the pink bulb produce.
This is how the tank looks like right now...not so proud to show...
You're very welcome! Glad I could bring some tips for everyone here..
My problem here is I grow too much plants in a small tank [emoji13].
I will bring the scape back one day.
I would like to buy you driftwood behind the tank? I even want the monkey? Hahahahaha. When I seen that I cracked up!
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