CmLaracy's 75P ADA

[CmLaracy]

Originally Posted by @marko@

well fast growth is good, the faster your plants grow the less the algae will.

lol. aquasoil is silt, any movement can lift it. HC is THE tiniest plant in the hobby with very fine, weak roots. after a single day with a school of corydoras there would be nothing but mud and floating HC. im suprised the SAE arent giveing you trouble; mine make me want to rip my hair out sometimes, they unplant something over and over so that it starts to die then, because their diet includes decaying plant matter, they eat it.

Well I let all the roots take hold before I introduced em and they haven't been able to rip up any of it yet. It's in there pretty good.

[Badcopnofishtank]

FTS needed! Excellent work. Now send me a photo for my website so I can brag about your killer scape.

[fishman9809]

oh, sorry, I didn't know ur tank had HC, I just saw it has a carpet plant

[rwong2k]

Originally Posted by CmLaracy

yeah I'm so excited, it's coming on tuesday and once it's up I'll post pictures of the entire setup. The growth will be a huge difference from the last update, tripled at least.

yeah i got 2 fixtures, one from coralife and one from fishneed it, (fish need it was 1/2 the price as the coralife and, just like the aquamedic one, it's prety sleek looking)

I only have the MH light on for 4 hours for the past 2 weeks and added another hour this week. there's also a 2x 14 watt t5 that's on 8 hours/day in this tank, the 10k bulb that I got is a little too 'white' for my taste, mixed with the t5 coralife buld it's a pretty nice mix

[thief]

Wow CmL,

That looks awsome. Welp I'm still planning all my tanks out. On my rack I'm hoping to have 8 different tanks and hopefully 7 of them will be planted. I will start a thread here once I get all what I need to know and consider all the variables. I live on a 3rd floor and I don't know if my room can take the wait.

Anyways right now I just need to rack up as much cash as I can. Anways you have been a real help and your tank inspires my 15 year old self too. Never new us kids could create such a beautiful thing. lol

[Buck]

Nice lookin tank...great job

[CmLaracy]

Well I have an update for you all, with no pictures... I did some major trimmings and currently have almost no stems left because of it, lol. The HC is continuing to do great, and I still have 0 algae. I also have a school of 21 Rummy nose yay!

ONE MAJOR PROBLEM
My Echinodorus tenellus is really becoming a huge problem. First of all, they are getting HUGE! To big for my tank. Second of all, the will absolutely not stop spreading EVERYWHERE. Also, the tips of the narrow leaf tenellus have been eaten off by my rummy's, and looks horrendous

SOLUTION (you guys will like this): I just ordered 7 pots of Utricularia graminifolia, and I'm replacing all of the E. tenellus with it. It's going to be more of an Iwagumi for sure, but I think the HC UG Stem Moss Grass combo will look sharp. If not, a total taredown with new aquasoil and hardscape will be in the making! Stay tuned!!!

[gmccreedy]

21 Rummy? Hey one loss aint bad for that stock!

No tear down! No need...you'll be fine. So no stems left? What did you do, hack em?

[Buck]

tenellus sure can go crazy cant it !

Who are you kidding about the change...you are just bored and want to try a new plant !

The change should look nice !

[CmLaracy]

Make that 22 rummy's, I didnt lose 1! 100% survival rate with the ones you got me Glenn!

I have some stems left, some real nice ones, but there more spread out, planted better, a lot shorter cause I trimmed em like crazy, and there's only 2 species instead of 6 lol. I probably threw out 30+ stems, I couldn't sleep that night...

Buck, I really do NEED this plant! lol! But yeah the ET was a lot crazier of a grower than I thought it would be. I just can't control it, theres new plants everyday!!

[@marko@]

no dont you dare take down that tank.

oh and post pics when the plants arrive please.

[@marko@]

yay, pics soon.

you can stop the spreading by building a barrier under the gravel (from acrylic) but any crack and the runners will go through.

[CmLaracy]

Originally Posted by @marko@

yay, pics soon.

you can stop the spreading by building a barrier under the gravel (from acrylic) but any crack and the runners will go through.

The runners go over the barriers I already tried... My UG got delayed sadly and I might not have it for a while, I'm angry. lol

[garuf]

Less talk, more pictures.
I think you'll find your UG arrives dead, I got some that had died in 3 days of being but in the mail.

[CmLaracy]

Originally Posted by garuf

Less talk, more pictures.
I think you'll find your UG arrives dead, I got some that had died in 3 days of being but in the mail.

The pictures will come at 3, when my light turns on.

And I sure hope my UG doesn't die.