Jeffboyarrdee's 45 cm ADA

jeffboyarrdee · 05-11-2007, 06:30 PM

yea i took that picture a couple days ago, and now the stem plants are the same height as the echinodorous. So yea it changes really fast. If i were to take a "final" photo in the future...i wouldnt know when, because it grows too fast.

jeffboyarrdee · 06-19-2007, 06:43 PM

Hello here is an update on my 8 gallon. I have found small tanks to be easier to clean but are very high maintenance when it comes to stem plants in such a small tank. I trim the plants every 3-4 weeks. I dose brighty K, occasionally some brighty step 1, ECA, and Green Bacter. Initially i had ammonia spikes and my shrimp have been dying off one by one...i had lost like 5 crystal reds. And now i put in a couple black diamonds and so i hope they can repopulate the tank.

this is i think. Microcarpea Minima and since i cut it low under bright lighting it kinda spreads like a foreground and forms a nice bush.

**aquanut415** · 06-19-2007, 06:56 PM

jeff this looks awesome! love the rock placement, it looks complicated, and still very tranquil... WOW!

mr.sandman · 06-19-2007, 07:10 PM

I like the color variations in the background there. Oh in the second pic that fish looks kind of like a clown fish.

jeffboyarrdee · 08-22-2007, 09:32 PM

here is an update on my 8 gallon. The tank has been doing very well. I think it is pretty much stable, i rarely get any type of algae, i got rid of my black beard algae using spot treatments of excel, and dosing excel after water changes. I got rid of my green spot algae too, i occassionaly get some though on the sides of the glass after like 2 weeks. I only have been dosing 2 ml brighty k daily. This tank has become pretty low maintenance.

chippie · 08-22-2007, 09:56 PM

looks good jeff do u still have ur big tank running if so pics please

Subotaj · 08-22-2007, 10:31 PM

Extraordinary!

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looks good jeff do u still have ur big tank running if so pics please

jeffboyarrdee · 08-24-2007, 08:59 AM

oh yea i updated on my 50 gallon. And today i am adding 7 red ruby tetras. hopefully they will do well in the tank, they stay real small too and their fins get nice white tips.

sNApple · 08-24-2007, 03:11 PM

nice! i like those rocks

CmLaracy · 11-20-2007, 12:01 AM

very nice! top notch stuff

danepatrick · 11-20-2007, 12:15 AM

we need an update!!!

CmLaracy · 11-20-2007, 12:17 AM

i concur!!

jeffboyarrdee · 11-20-2007, 08:51 PM

thanksgiving weekend is coming real soon, so yea an update will be in order.

jeffboyarrdee · 11-25-2007, 02:23 AM

here is my 45 cm tank, it grows real fast. it was fully grown again like a jungle within 5 weeks. and there was close to no algae whatsoever when i got back to it, compared to my 50 gallon which was also filled, but had so much algae. this turned out to be a very low maintenance tank.

styxx · 11-25-2007, 07:07 PM

wow...you went mad on that trim, LOL!!! I'm interested to see what it look like when it grows out again!

05-11-2007, 06:30 PM	#31 (permalink)
jeffboyarrdee Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 274	yea i took that picture a couple days ago, and now the stem plants are the same height as the echinodorous. So yea it changes really fast. If i were to take a "final" photo in the future...i wouldnt know when, because it grows too fast. __________________ 9 INCH CUBE!

06-19-2007, 06:43 PM	#32 (permalink)
jeffboyarrdee Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 274	Hello here is an update on my 8 gallon. I have found small tanks to be easier to clean but are very high maintenance when it comes to stem plants in such a small tank. I trim the plants every 3-4 weeks. I dose brighty K, occasionally some brighty step 1, ECA, and Green Bacter. Initially i had ammonia spikes and my shrimp have been dying off one by one...i had lost like 5 crystal reds. And now i put in a couple black diamonds and so i hope they can repopulate the tank. this is i think. Microcarpea Minima and since i cut it low under bright lighting it kinda spreads like a foreground and forms a nice bush. __________________ 9 INCH CUBE!

06-19-2007, 06:56 PM	#33 (permalink)
aquanut415 planted tank sickness (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 799	jeff this looks awesome! love the rock placement, it looks complicated, and still very tranquil... WOW! __________________ http://www.aquariumfertilizer.com/

08-22-2007, 09:32 PM	#35 (permalink)
jeffboyarrdee Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 274	here is an update on my 8 gallon. The tank has been doing very well. I think it is pretty much stable, i rarely get any type of algae, i got rid of my black beard algae using spot treatments of excel, and dosing excel after water changes. I got rid of my green spot algae too, i occassionaly get some though on the sides of the glass after like 2 weeks. I only have been dosing 2 ml brighty k daily. This tank has become pretty low maintenance. __________________ 9 INCH CUBE!

08-24-2007, 08:59 AM	#38 (permalink)
jeffboyarrdee Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 274	oh yea i updated on my 50 gallon. And today i am adding 7 red ruby tetras. hopefully they will do well in the tank, they stay real small too and their fins get nice white tips. __________________ 9 INCH CUBE!

06-19-2007, 07:10 PM	#34 (permalink)
mr.sandman Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 227	I like the color variations in the background there. Oh in the second pic that fish looks kind of like a clown fish.

08-22-2007, 09:56 PM	#36 (permalink)
chippie Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2007 Location: australia Posts: 32	looks good jeff do u still have ur big tank running if so pics please

08-24-2007, 03:11 PM	#39 (permalink)
sNApple Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Richmond, Canada Posts: 470	nice! i like those rocks __________________ 90 gal.http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...-12th-slr.html

11-20-2007, 12:01 AM	#40 (permalink)
CmLaracy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Franklin Lakes, NJ Posts: 1,529	very nice! top notch stuff

11-20-2007, 12:15 AM	#41 (permalink)
danepatrick Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (45/100%) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: baton rouge, la Posts: 1,386	we need an update!!! __________________ "Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions." - Jurassic Park my 2.5 gallon journal

11-20-2007, 12:17 AM	#42 (permalink)
CmLaracy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Franklin Lakes, NJ Posts: 1,529	i concur!!

11-20-2007, 08:51 PM	#43 (permalink)
jeffboyarrdee Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 274	thanksgiving weekend is coming real soon, so yea an update will be in order. __________________ 9 INCH CUBE!

11-25-2007, 02:23 AM	#44 (permalink)
jeffboyarrdee Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 274	here is my 45 cm tank, it grows real fast. it was fully grown again like a jungle within 5 weeks. and there was close to no algae whatsoever when i got back to it, compared to my 50 gallon which was also filled, but had so much algae. this turned out to be a very low maintenance tank. __________________ 9 INCH CUBE!

11-25-2007, 07:07 PM	#45 (permalink)
styxx Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pullman, WA Posts: 693	wow...you went mad on that trim, LOL!!! I'm interested to see what it look like when it grows out again! __________________ Ehiem Pimp #182 All ADA 90P Tank, In/Outflow Lily Tubes & Check Valve, Ehiem Pro II 2126, 36" Current USA Outer Orbit 1x150W 10K HQI-MH w/ 2x96W Dual 8K CPF, 18W Helix UV Sterilizer, 5lb. Pressurized CO2 w/Mikwakuee Regulator

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