Mr. Aqua 11.4 Riparium

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hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · Dec 23, 2010 (Edited)

I have the 11.4-gallon Mr. Aqua tank on the way. It has a real nice shape (11.8" X 11.8" X 18.9") and I think that I have a good concept in mind for a riparium planting.

I am going to shoot for a layout with a fine, grassy theme. I want to use baby panda bamboo (Pogonatherum crinitum) in several planters for most of the emersed background.

This is a great plant. I have several of them going in riparium planters and they are finally (months later) starting to fill out. Baby panda bamboo is not a fast-growing plant. It really does look a lot like bamboo, but it is not a true bamboo. Like bamboo, however, it is a kind of grass.

I want to get some nice fish for this setup.

I have some more ideas to relate later on.

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RipariumGuy

· #2 · Dec 23, 2010

I like this tank idea alot. With a rimless tank and a great riparium plant like baby panda bamboo, how could it not be awesome! Will this be an Asian biotope by any chance?

Da Plant Man

· #3 · Dec 23, 2010

Like always, I can't wait to see how this is going to turn out. What is going to be in the water section? Any plants in the water section? I really hope you post as often as you can.

Da Plant Man

· #4 · Dec 23, 2010

JakeJ said:
I like idea alot. With a rimless tank and a great riparium plant like baby panda bamboo, how could it not be awesome! Will this be an Asian biotope by any chance?

If it is going to be a bio-type, a betta would be cool as a fish.

hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · #5 · Dec 23, 2010

I had one specific fish idea in mind and I want to write it down before I forget. Some time ago chonhzilla had a setup going with Barilius dogarsinghi and a couple other species. The B. dogarsinghi look like a pretty cool little fish. They are cyprinids, but they look to me just like little trout. I wonder if I can find them for sale anywhere(?). I don't see much with a Google search.

RipariumGuy

· #6 · Dec 23, 2010

hydrophyte said:
I had one specific fish idea in mind and I want to write it down before I forget. Some time ago chonhzilla had a setup going with Barilius dogarsinghi and a couple other species. The B. dogarsinghi look like a pretty cool little fish. They are cyprinids, but they look to me just like little trout. I wonder if I can find them for sale anywhere(?). I don't see much with a Google search.

Those are very nice fish indeed! Not sure about where one could get them though. Aquabid maybe?

hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · #7 · Dec 23, 2010

I wonder if they might grow a bit too large for this setup.

I also pondered a little shoal Norman's lampeyes, combined with maybe a sparking gourami.

RipariumGuy

· #8 · Dec 23, 2010

hydrophyte said:
I wonder if they might grow a bit too large for this setup.

I also pondered a little shoal Norman's lampeyes, combined with maybe a sparking gourami.

How do you know about so many cool fish!

I have to agree that the Barilius dogarsinghi would grow a tad but large for such a setup. From what I read they grow to about three and a half inches. So they get pretty big. The lampeyes would be very cool. I heard that their eyes glow. Is that true?

Da Plant Man

· #9 · Dec 23, 2010

What ever fish you choose, I am sure it will looks supurb even if you choose crappy grade guppies.

-Caton

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hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · #10 · Dec 23, 2010

I have wanted to do a setup with an orange swordtail to go along with the Riparium Supply logo, but that wouldn't really support the understated atmosphere that I want for everything else in this setup. Maybe I will get one and put it in here just for some picture-taking, then stick it in another tank.

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Da Plant Man

· #11 · Dec 25, 2010

That would be cool, I think you should go for it.

-Caton

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hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · #12 · Dec 27, 2010

I hope to have more new pictures soon. The tank might get here it tomorrow. It was scanned leaving UPS in Illinois. Tonight I will work on re-varnishing the little stand where I will set it up.

Da Plant Man

· #13 · Dec 27, 2010

Funny...my light is in Illinois...Hodgekins to be exact...It departed there three days ago and still says it is departed.

shrimpo

· #14 · Dec 27, 2010

hydrophyte said:
I want to get some nice fish for this setup.

Or inverts only tank?

hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · #15 · Dec 27, 2010

Hey shrimpo do you still have those mangrove trees going? I have an extra leather fern here for you if you might like it. I divided the clump that i had and ended up with three new plants.

shrimpo

· #16 · Dec 28, 2010

hydrophyte said:
Hey shrimpo do you still have those mangrove trees going? I have an extra leather fern here for you if you might like it. I divided the clump that i had and ended up with three new plants.

Only one still doing great, the other ones didn't make it since I switch them ( they were in brackish tank) to another freshwater tank.
I'll let you know about the leather fern once I am ready to rescape the 40 gallon Riparium.

hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · #17 · Dec 28, 2010

So you had them in brackish and they suffered when you switched back to freshwater? Is that right? How did they grow while you had them in brackish water?

I have the leather fern in freshwater now and it is doing great.

My black mangroves and younger white mangroves are looking pretty good. I gifted/sold a number of them so I am left with only a few of each. They are pretty cool plants, but very slow-growing. It would be cool if somebody in Florida or Texas could go to the beach and get some more propagules for people to start in riparium planters.

Have you put tablet fertilizer in the planter? Mangroves respond well to root fertilization.

hydrophyte

Discussion Starter · #18 · Dec 28, 2010

...oh and I still don't see the tank here. It has been sitting in Hodgkins, Illinois for four days now.

I don't why UPS keeps re-scanning it if it is just sitting there in their shipping center(???). Maybe they should put it on a truck(?).

shrimpo

· #19 · Dec 28, 2010

hydrophyte said:
So you had them in brackish and they suffered when you switched back to freshwater? Is that right? How did they grow while you had them in brackish water.
Have you put tablet fertilizer in the planter? Mangroves respond well to root fertilization.

I think that's the case, it was my fault I should'v adjust them slowly to freshwater. they were fine with slow growth, and yes I used capsule fertilizer.

Da Plant Man

· #20 · Dec 28, 2010

Yeah! Mine has been sitting in Hodgekins for EVER now.

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