Edrock200's photo journal

jimmydrsv · 02-25-2006, 08:16 PM

It looks like it is growing in fast. Looks nice and healthy. Do you have any plans for a foreground yet?

Clearing just a little space in the middle front for some low growers would change the look pretty fast.

edrock200 · 02-25-2006, 08:18 PM

I really have no plans as of now...I'm thinking about getting a nice "carpeting" type plant...any suggestions welcome, I know absoultely nothing about plant types. Thanks for the comments.

edrock200 · 02-28-2006, 12:30 AM

More pics.

I can't believe how well CO2 and lighting works...7 days and I'm already trimming plants, this is a fun hobby!

edrock200 · 03-02-2006, 04:08 AM

So I redid my plants a bit. I ordered some more colorful plants and decided to make more of a beach area in the front of the tank. Here's the latest pics.

edrock200 · 03-04-2006, 12:32 PM

Mini update. 12 days after planting my tank and some plant replacement 2 days ago, along with 3 trimmings, heres the state of the tank:

It's coming a long. I still can't believe how fast these plants grow.

awrieger · 03-04-2006, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edrock200

I can't believe how well CO2 and lighting works...7 days and I'm already trimming plants, this is a fun hobby!

Tribbles are fun too..

It's looking good so far. Nice job!

**BSS** · 03-04-2006, 08:45 PM

Ed - next time you have an hour to two to kill (and sooner than later), you're gonna need to break up those foreground "bunches" and plant individual snippets for the plants can get sufficient light and room to grow. I'm thinking the plants are a hairgrass and glosso. For the glosso, you really want to break them up into individual plants (e.g. 1/4" a piece) and try to keep the individual plantlets down (don't get discouraged...many will be floating by the next morning).

I didn't do it when I first got a plant similar to the hairgrass, and the plants never did start to thrive and eventually died off.

Good progress. Keep at it!
Brian.

edrock200 · 03-06-2006, 02:59 AM

Thanks for the comments and info guys. BSS, I'll try what you mentioned on my next scape. I trimmed a lot today and did a big water change. I'll try to post more pics of the new scape soon.

edrock200 · 03-12-2006, 01:56 PM

Not much different...trimmed a few days ago and did a water change, here's a pic from a few days ago...unfortunately I seem to have a bacteria bloom, so I'm fighting that right now.

mr.gaboozlebag · 03-12-2006, 02:30 PM

what fish do you have in it?

edrock200 · 03-12-2006, 02:31 PM

Some angels and a betta.

edrock200 · 03-21-2006, 09:00 PM

Latest pics after last trimming:

BoxxerBoyDrew · 03-23-2006, 05:11 AM

Looking GREAT!

Lots of nice growth! Just watch how deep you pland the plants with rysomes(sp??) if you burry them they will rott after a short time! Keep up the good work and keep the pics comming!
Drew

edrock200 · 03-23-2006, 12:49 PM

Thanks for the compliments! Which ones are the rysomes? I'm still not familiar with the names of many of the plants.

edrock200 · 04-16-2006, 07:10 PM

Some pics after today's pruning...also I've changed my parameters a bit in the last week. I lowered my CO2 a bit and put it on a timer to shut off at night. While the CO2 is shut off an airstone kicks on. The plants and fish seem much happier now.

I'm also uploading a bunch of pics to my ofoto album, I'll post the link when it's done.

02-25-2006, 08:16 PM	#16 (permalink)
jimmydrsv Addicted To Weeds (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 708	It looks like it is growing in fast. Looks nice and healthy. Do you have any plans for a foreground yet? Clearing just a little space in the middle front for some low growers would change the look pretty fast. __________________ Macranda Farmer of the SFBAAPS

02-25-2006, 08:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	I really have no plans as of now...I'm thinking about getting a nice "carpeting" type plant...any suggestions welcome, I know absoultely nothing about plant types. Thanks for the comments. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

02-28-2006, 12:30 AM	#18 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	More pics. I can't believe how well CO2 and lighting works...7 days and I'm already trimming plants, this is a fun hobby! __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

03-02-2006, 04:08 AM	#19 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	So I redid my plants a bit. I ordered some more colorful plants and decided to make more of a beach area in the front of the tank. Here's the latest pics. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

03-04-2006, 12:32 PM	#20 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	Mini update. 12 days after planting my tank and some plant replacement 2 days ago, along with 3 trimmings, heres the state of the tank: It's coming a long. I still can't believe how fast these plants grow. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

03-04-2006, 08:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
BSS Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oviedo, FL USA Posts: 1,600	Ed - next time you have an hour to two to kill (and sooner than later), you're gonna need to break up those foreground "bunches" and plant individual snippets for the plants can get sufficient light and room to grow. I'm thinking the plants are a hairgrass and glosso. For the glosso, you really want to break them up into individual plants (e.g. 1/4" a piece) and try to keep the individual plantlets down (don't get discouraged...many will be floating by the next morning). I didn't do it when I first got a plant similar to the hairgrass, and the plants never did start to thrive and eventually died off. Good progress. Keep at it! Brian. __________________ 46g bf, XP3 w/ vertical spray bar, CO2 w/ SMS122 & diffuser,100% Flourite, 96w+55w cf AHS, AGA Member

03-06-2006, 02:59 AM	#23 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	Thanks for the comments and info guys. BSS, I'll try what you mentioned on my next scape. I trimmed a lot today and did a big water change. I'll try to post more pics of the new scape soon. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

03-12-2006, 01:56 PM	#24 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	Not much different...trimmed a few days ago and did a water change, here's a pic from a few days ago...unfortunately I seem to have a bacteria bloom, so I'm fighting that right now. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

03-12-2006, 02:30 PM	#25 (permalink)
mr.gaboozlebag yay I'm happy (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: boston,ma Posts: 791	what fish do you have in it? __________________ Ehiem pimp#202. If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day, if you teach a man how to fish, he will buy a fish tank.

03-12-2006, 02:31 PM	#26 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	Some angels and a betta. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

03-21-2006, 09:00 PM	#27 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	Latest pics after last trimming: __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

03-23-2006, 05:11 AM	#28 (permalink)
BoxxerBoyDrew Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Waco,Tx Posts: 70	Looking GREAT! Lots of nice growth! Just watch how deep you pland the plants with rysomes(sp??) if you burry them they will rott after a short time! Keep up the good work and keep the pics comming! Drew

03-23-2006, 12:49 PM	#29 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	Thanks for the compliments! Which ones are the rysomes? I'm still not familiar with the names of many of the plants. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

04-16-2006, 07:10 PM	#30 (permalink)
edrock200 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 158	Some pics after today's pruning...also I've changed my parameters a bit in the last week. I lowered my CO2 a bit and put it on a timer to shut off at night. While the CO2 is shut off an airstone kicks on. The plants and fish seem much happier now. I'm also uploading a bunch of pics to my ofoto album, I'll post the link when it's done. __________________ 75 Gallon - 4x65w PC, HP CO2, Eheim 2217 feeding Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, Fluval 404, 18w UV filter (for emergencies), Peat Moss, Flourite, Eco-Complete and Onyx Substrate Planted Tank Photo Album: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...o-journal.html 72 Gallon Bow Front Reef with 20 Gallon Sump, MH + PC Hood, Wet/Dry, Calcium Reactor, 11w UV filter (for emergencies)

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