37g 1221 Piedras Parkway

[bsmith]

Straight from the tap. I used to get RO from a local fish store. Funny thing is after I stopped tying to get perfect Ammazonian water parameters is when they started spawning! If you can find Discus that were born and raised in whatever your local parameters are then they will have no problems and will readily spawn when they are mature.

Originally Posted by Cocobid

Whooo what a transformation..
Stunning cannot wait to watch this one.
Discus tap or RO water. We have 8.1 ish out of the tap!

[bsmith]

A few updated shots. Keep in mind all of my red plants arent looking there best because one of the lights in my 2x65w fixture has been out for over a week.
FTS



"Porto Vehlo"

"Sao Paulo" im glad I finally got this to grow. I had someone send me some a while ago before the pressurized co2 and it melted.


L.Aromatica What a pretty plant!


HI!


Cabomba Furcata. This has to be one of the nicest stem plants I have had the pleasure of keeping. When my lighting was at full strength this plant was mezmerizing. Ill get some updates after I recieve my new bu;b.

[Eric D]

Yeah things were alot redder last week when I saw the tank. Still looks great though. Everything is so neatly arranged, my tank is a jumbled mess of plants. I really like that L. Aromatica.

All you need now is to get that poor Cardinal Tetra about 20 friends!

Take Care, Eric

[bsmith]

Hopefully the replacement light will be here today.

As far as the plant placement is concerned, it just take a little time and some little tweezers.

[ZooTycoonMaster]

Oh so now you have a mix of San Paulo and Purple Bamboo?

[bsmith]

Right now I have... 1.Polygonum "Porto Vehlo" 2. Polygonum "Sao Paulo" 3. Purple Bamboo

Originally Posted by ZooTycoonMaster

Oh so now you have a mix of San Paulo and Purple Bamboo?

[ZooTycoonMaster]

Oh I forgot to ask; which plant's bottom leaves melt off more easily (due to lack of light), the bamboo or san paulo?

[bsmith]

I have not had that much experience with the Sao Paulo yet. But the PB leaves do get tattered after a couple of months on the bottom.

Originally Posted by ZooTycoonMaster

Oh I forgot to ask; which plant's bottom leaves melt off more easily (due to lack of light), the bamboo or san paulo?

[bsmith]

I just flipped the placement of my Iwaki in the flow of water to the tank. Now the pump chopps the co2 up BEFORE the filter. I really dont know why I did not do this sooner because if I thought that the bubbles were small before then I was crazy. They are barely visible. I can litteraly see millions of tiny tiny tiny bubble everywhere in the tank. I was afraid that this was such a great dissolving method I halved my bubble count to make sure I dont kill anyone!

Other then that I now have polygonum kawagoenum and "ruby" in the tank. I also placed some rotala COLORATA (Finally!!!) and Ludwiga Guinea.

[bsmith]

Some new shots.

P.Kawagoenum

C.Furcata

R.mini type 2

A new member of the tank I added a couple days ago with a few of this blue friends.

P. Sao Paulo

P.Stellatus "needle leaf"

[timme278]

wow its changed alot

how often do you see the discus or is it always hiding because its on its own?

looking realy good

[organic sideburns]

i know what you mean when you say you cant keep your hand out of the tank! i swear i have OCD when it comes to aquscaping etc.

your tank is looking sharp, i love this newest scape. plants look very healthy as well. keep it up!

[bsmith]

The discus are usually grazing the substrate for food. If you look right under the spraybar to the right on the last pic you can see the other ones face.

Originally Posted by timme278

wow its changed alot

how often do you see the discus or is it always hiding because its on its own?

looking realy good

Thank you. It is difficult. I attribute some of it to this being a high tech set up and the plants just grow too fast, they need to be tamed/groomed or they end up looking like a jungle.

Originally Posted by organic sideburns

i know what you mean when you say you cant keep your hand out of the tank! i swear i have OCD when it comes to aquscaping etc.

your tank is looking sharp, i love this newest scape. plants look very healthy as well. keep it up!

[bsmith]

A few placement changes and new additions. I added some nice bushes of Trithuira sp., ROTALA MEXICANA 'GOIAS', T.Belem and Bacopa araguaia. Im really liking the way everything is filling in and now that I have my P.Stellatus 'needle leaf' in some good light it is taking off nicely. Enjoy.

FTS's



One of my favorite stems as of late. It's amazing what a flash can do to bring out the color I see in my living room!!!
No flash.

Flash.

My new toninas. So Green.

Polygonum sp. 'Kawagoeanum'

Trithizzle and R.Mexicana.

Stellatus.

P. 'Sao paulo'.

My awesome drop checker.

[bsmith]

Now for a few questions.
Can anyone tell me why my L.Guinea is soooo ugly?????


Why isnt my r.colorata pink?


Does anyone know anything about wavey polygonum leaves? I dont believe there supposed to be like that.