20 gallon long journal//new pics added 3/3

[infinite07]

Really great looking tank. Full tank shot also!

[mizu-chan]

fishboy is correct. I only took them out so that I would not have too much of a crowded tank. I wanted the rams to be comfortable and I had a feeling that a huge school of tetras might be a little too over whelming.

@marco@ - I had no idea the plant was so hardy. I don't mind the look, but when it pops out of the HC randomly it bothers me a bit. I might pull it and replant it somewhere else. I can imagine a nice full carpet of it.

Thanks chris and ddtran!

infinite - The plant you're asking about is Blxya Japonica. I like it a lot but you find that it is uprooted easy when first planted. After awhile it will establish a huge root system that is near impossible to penetrate. It took my 10 minutes to pull out one area.

FTS up in about 10 minutes!
Thanks a lot guys! I really appreciate the feedback and comments you leave on here. (:

[blazeyreef]

Originally Posted by mizu-chan

Thanks blazeyreef! Stay tunes for many RAOK's to come. lol. Just gave out about 5 in the S&S. Where are you located? I see TN in your location but Houston in your sig.

I was referring to that roak

Im in Nashville, but my name is Houston

[Chrisinator]

I really do envy you. Those Neons and Rams are awesome! Plus, check out that blyxa field!

[mizu-chan]

Originally Posted by Chrisinator

I really do envy you. Those Neons and Rams are awesome! Plus, check out that blyxa field!

Thank you! Yeah the blyxa is great, it's just a algae magnet at the moment.


Picture time. (:

FTS:

Are you can see I actually have three rams in the picture. My sister bought it for me without
knowing I had just purchased a pair yesterday. Oh well. They are all getting along well, but I'm still
contemplating whether or not I should keep her in. And suggestions? Would 3 just be too many?
I also ripped out the huge mass of x-mas moss I had on the DW in the back right. It was horribly algae
infested, so I threw into my shrimp tank. They love it!





The newest female. (other one was in the mass of rotala playing with my betta) She has beautiful color and
is very nice. She even stayed still long enough for me to snap this pic





Here is the male chilling with the tetras. He's a bit stressed in the pic. I took it about 5 minutes after adding him.
He looks much better now but he refused to stay still.

School starts back again on Tuesday for me. Goodbye spare time.

[Lee]

do you realize how good this aquascape is? you should enter it into a contest.

[MrJG]

^x2 it looks great. You should be snapping a few extra pics in this form before you do any major trimming just in case you decide to enter it later.
I haven't had a lot of experience with rams but keep an eye on them. They might be ok in there together. I added a pair or gold and a pair of blue into the 40 gallon and it became obvious fairly quickly that I was going to have to move one of the pairs. The blues would not let the golds come out from behind the plants and decided that the whole tank was theirs.

[fishman9809]

^x3

enter it in the AGA aquascaping competition

[imeridian]

I'm continually impressed with this tank, it's always so lush and unpretentious. The plants are so perfectly scaled; I have many of the same plants and they look a little lost in my tank. My only suggestion would be to replace that blue silicone tubing with a transparent alternative.

[Kayen]

I am very impressed with this tank as to taking as inspiration for my own tank =] .
Bummer about school eh ? I start school tomorrow ( monday ) myself . So long time to tinker with my tanks D: .
Very nice rams, hope they do well and really flourish in your tank !
But keep it up!

[naturalwonders]

hey, this is really a natural wonder hahahah, simply beautiful. Thanks mizu-chan for creating this masterpiece.

[infinite07]

The plant you're asking about is Blyxa Japonica.

It must have had extremely large amount of roots for you taking 10 minutes to remove (without damaging it, right???).

I wish I could be able to create such a beautiful design.

[mizu-chan]

Originally Posted by Lee

do you realize how good this aquascape is? you should enter it into a contest.

Originally Posted by MrJG

^x2 it looks great. You should be snapping a few extra pics in this form before you do any major trimming just in case you decide to enter it later...

Originally Posted by fishman9809

^x3

enter it in the AGA aquascaping competition

Wow, thank you so much. I really appreciate the kind words.
I haven't thought about entering into any sort of contest before. I always kind of felt intimidated by aquascaping contests. I still feel like I have so much left to learn. I might give it a shot though. (: We'll see how confident I am. lol.

Originally Posted by imeridian

I'm continually impressed with this tank, it's always so lush and unpretentious. The plants are so perfectly scaled; I have many of the same plants and they look a little lost in my tank. My only suggestion would be to replace that blue silicone tubing with a transparent alternative.

Thank you imeridian! The blue tube will have to stay for now. It was all I had at the time as my kitties decided to chew through my last tubing. I realize now that it's pretty distracting, lol.

Originally Posted by Viettxboii

I am very impressed with this tank as to taking as inspiration for my own tank =] .
Bummer about school eh ? I start school tomorrow ( monday ) myself . So long time to tinker with my tanks D: .
Very nice rams, hope they do well and really flourish in your tank !
But keep it up!

Thanks (:
I can't to see your tanks then! I know right? I can't believe school is already hear again. So dumb. I can't wait until I graduate.

Originally Posted by naturalwonders

hey, this is really a natural wonder hahahah, simply beautiful. Thanks mizu-chan for creating this masterpiece.

Thank you! You guys definitely know how to cheer me up!


infinite - I didn't even tear one root. I was impressed by my patience. lol. I'll take a picture of the roots sometime to show you how difficult it was.

[Phoenix-cry]

That is amazing! What a breathtaking tank!

I can't wait till I get some serious growth going in my little world. giggle

[infinite07]

I'm guessing already that it was difficult. Of all, the only plants I had that had a lot of roots were Hygrophila difformis and Amazon Swords. I always accidentally tear some of the roots while removing them since they keep going through holes they encounter in my substrate and I'm not that carefull (or patient).