20 20’s 75 gallon - update 11-09-2008

[20 20]

Yep, you're right, I was looking at the E. angustifolius 'vesuvius'. And yep, you're right again, mine looks like your E. angustifolius. Runners above ground, green. How tall will the E. angustifolius get?

[20 20]

Pulled out the sunset hygro, it just grew too fast and overshadowed everything on that side of the tank. two new pics, one with flash and one without (yeah, I'm horrible with a camera):






I also did some 'organizing' in my stand, built a couple of small shelves to hang on a door. Egg crate, twist ties, and those 'sticky' hooks you can get from Walmart:

[Chrisinator]

Awesome set-up!

[lauraleellbp]

Originally Posted by 20 20

Yep, you're right, I was looking at the E. angustifolius 'vesuvius'. And yep, you're right again, mine looks like your E. angustifolius. Runners above ground, green. How tall will the E. angustifolius get?

Oops, sorry- never caught this question.

In my tank it's staying as tall as yours is now (I was hoping it would get taller), but it can grow 18"+; the original growth that mine arrived with when I bought it was about that.

I like the rescape, and I think it will look REALLY nice once the foreground grows in.

I do think that you need a midground plant now in the left in front of the stems, and the E. angustifolius needs some thinning.

[20 20]

I've been thinking of an Anubius nana for the left front, I could put it on that small piece of driftwood. And I've thinned out the E. angustifolius a few times already, but have let it go for a bit. Yep, it's time for a thinning again. And I'm not having much luck with the HC, it keeps getting uprooted.

[20 20]

Update after a battle with BBA that I've finally won, first pic without flash (blurry), second pic with flash:






Excel and upping my CO2 finally beat the bba/ The HC is looking healthier and is starting to slowly spread. Thinned out the E. angustifolius, and moved some other plants around a bit. I'm liking the way it's starting to look, but you know I just can't keep my hands out of the tank!

[klumsyninja]

Gorgeous.

Great job, love the stand doors gotta do something like that in mine too!

[20 20]

Thanks! Wish I could take better pictures, but a bad camera combined with lousy photography skills, well, you see what you get. I spent an hour tonight catching little bits of HC that have gotten uprooted and stuck in all the other plants, and then replanted them, hopefully they'll stay. If not, the hunt will be on again!