My Planted Fluval Spec V

tekkguy · 01-29-2013, 03:58 PM

Don't you love awesome camera phone pictures?

I finally got the planting done in my Spec V last night. I'd been putting it off until I had a couple of hours to spare.

Equipment:
Fluval Spec V
Stock (modified) filter
Stock lighting
Hydor 50W submersible heater (in pump chamber)

Flora:
Purple Cabomba
Marsilea Minutia
Hydrocotyle Japan
Flame, fissidens, and peacock moss
"Dwarf" sag
hygrophila bold
1 weepy little crypt
ludiwigia repens x l acurta
rotala green
Anubias petite
rotala r.

Fauna:
None, unless you count the snail eggs I missed.

I'll take a couple of pictures with a real camera later - I should hopefully be picking up some RCS and PFRs today. After they're established and the mosses have grown out some, I'll be adding a Betta.

"Front" Side:

"Back" Side:

GMYukonon24s · 01-29-2013, 11:43 PM

Nice start!

wierdfishguy · 01-30-2013, 02:01 PM

Looks great!

tekkguy · 02-06-2013, 02:48 PM

A few additional crummy camera phone photos:

Still letting things grow in before adding a betta.

The "rooty" piece of driftwood, crawling with shrimp (you can see some of the super glue used to attach the moss to the wood):

Sniffing around some roots:

Swarming a banana:

01-29-2013, 03:58 PM	#1
tekkguy Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Mesquite, TX Posts: 164	My Planted Fluval Spec V Don't you love awesome camera phone pictures? I finally got the planting done in my Spec V last night. I'd been putting it off until I had a couple of hours to spare. Equipment: Fluval Spec V Stock (modified) filter Stock lighting Hydor 50W submersible heater (in pump chamber) Flora: Purple Cabomba Marsilea Minutia Hydrocotyle Japan Flame, fissidens, and peacock moss "Dwarf" sag hygrophila bold 1 weepy little crypt ludiwigia repens x l acurta rotala green Anubias petite rotala r. Fauna: None, unless you count the snail eggs I missed. I'll take a couple of pictures with a real camera later - I should hopefully be picking up some RCS and PFRs today. After they're established and the mosses have grown out some, I'll be adding a Betta. "Front" Side: "Back" Side:

01-29-2013, 11:43 PM	#2
GMYukonon24s Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 2,842	Nice start! __________________ 110g Tropical Community & Sakura Shrimp 55g BN Breeding Grounds, Peacock Gudgeons, Panda, Pygmies, & Smudge Spot Cories, Rili Shrimp 10g RCS and show guppies MIAPG - Come join us - Plantedtank - MI - Greatlakesaquaria

01-30-2013, 02:01 PM	#3
wierdfishguy Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 24	My Planted Fluval Spec V Looks great!

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02-06-2013, 02:48 PM	#4
tekkguy Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Mesquite, TX Posts: 164	A few additional crummy camera phone photos: Still letting things grow in before adding a betta. The "rooty" piece of driftwood, crawling with shrimp (you can see some of the super glue used to attach the moss to the wood): Sniffing around some roots: Swarming a banana: