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The wood is swamp cedar.
First Planted Tank: ADA 60H inspired by El Natural method
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The most recent rescape looks fantastic! The bushy overgrown look was nice, but you certainly achieved your goal showing off the madagascar.
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The tall one on the left is Ludwigia sp Red. It's pretty easy to grow and doesn't require a crazy amount of light to stay red. If you fertilize, have higher light, use CO2, and have good substrate, it grows like crazy. Mine basically doubles in mass in a week in my tank, so I'm removing 50% of it weekly.
The short one in front of it kind of looks like a stem of alternanthera reineckii mini, but it's hard to tell.
The short one in front of it kind of looks like a stem of alternanthera reineckii mini, but it's hard to tell.
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Nope, not the same. Ludwigia sp. Red doesn't have any other names that I know of. I'll be getting rid of some on Sunday. PM me if you are interested.
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The plants are growing well, time for a trimming again!
Went to visit a local planted tank fellow. His tanks are awesome! So many beautiful tanks, so many beautiful plants! I added the three different kinds of free plants he gave me. At the front left corner next to the red plant you can see a kind of green crypt, 2 stems of "Christmas tree looking thing". Also at the center behind the wood you can see the "stem with long, narrow leaves that will turn brown under water"... Of cause I can't remember a single plant name as usual :biggrin:.
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Went to visit a local planted tank fellow. His tanks are awesome! So many beautiful tanks, so many beautiful plants! I added the three different kinds of free plants he gave me. At the front left corner next to the red plant you can see a kind of green crypt, 2 stems of "Christmas tree looking thing". Also at the center behind the wood you can see the "stem with long, narrow leaves that will turn brown under water"... Of cause I can't remember a single plant name as usual :biggrin:.
Thanks A.D.D.i.c.t.! yeah finally the Madagascar Lance has space to grow. I used to just bury it in the back behind everything.
I am using an Ebay DIY co2 set "Pro DIY CO2 system with pressure guage and check value D301". Highly recommend it. Instead of yeast and sugar this system use Citric acid, vinegar and baking soda. The setup is easy and it is less messy compare to the yeast/sugar combo. One mix can last up to 4-5 weeks for 2-3 bps.
The tall one is indeed Ludwigia sp Red. And I forgot the name of the shorter one in front. I just trimmed the tank and have a little bit of everything flowing in my shrimp racks. If you want to try it out you are welcome to come pick it up, since you are in Miami too.
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60H is good if you like stems and want more space for the fish 😄
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Laminate. I don't have the good skill to paint smoothly.
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Your tank is quite stunning!
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Thanks!
Just did a big trimming. Removed Ludwigia Sunset, Botala and an unknown plant so that I have room at the middle left backgound to move the Madagascar Lance to. Cutted a sandwich bag of moss too!
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Just did a big trimming. Removed Ludwigia Sunset, Botala and an unknown plant so that I have room at the middle left backgound to move the Madagascar Lance to. Cutted a sandwich bag of moss too!
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The DIY co2 bottle leaked and made some mess inside the cabinet! I think it's meant to be for ne to stick with the original low tech El Natural setup, so no more co2. By the way the Neos are so happy that they are multiplying.
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