[James From Cali]

OMG I cannot wait to see this tank up and running. What ar you going to do plant wise?

 

[James From Cali]

Yay, a Sword Tank. I think it will look awesome. Good luck with all the tanks.

 

[James From Cali]

Wow i was just waiting for you to set up a tank journal. i can't believe it took this long. lol.

Better late than never though.Any pics of some of the respective plants?

 

[James From Cali]

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

I am so subscribing to this thread now lol. And of course I would ask . Let me know how that Didiplis diandra does. I heard it needs high light.

BTW I would go with the Echinodrous angustifolia over Vals. Keep it in the Echino Family(Yes I too have an unnatural infatuation with Sword Plants aswell lol)!

 

[James From Cali]

Yeah get those actinics out. They do nothing for plants and I think you would be better off with regular flourescents. I think the floating combomba would look nice. Of course I always find that if any plant gets in front of the outflow it goes under water and makes a mess.

 

[James From Cali]

Experiment with it.....thats always fun! I just read about your gravel desicion. You are using flourite black and black sand as the main substrate right? Then you are going to have a black gravel river stream thing . Are they different shades or is the work you put into it going to be worthless?

Also is this going to be a biotope or something down those lines. Maybe I missed it(doing homework and this at one time lol).

 

[James From Cali]

Good fun lol.

 

[James From Cali]

I got the Fluorite all from my LSF for $20/bag (6 bags x 15.4 lbs/bag)
Colorquartz from local pool supply company $23 for 50lb bag
AquaPebbles on Ebay, $25 for 30lbs shipped

Approx. 175lb total and approx $1/lb

(No one had better say a THING to my hubby about my using "his" knives to open bags hehehehe)

ROFL @ "weighs about as much as a pleco fart"

*How to get a hold of Laura Lees hubby*

Just kidding......at least you didnt use your moms good fork to digest a frog lol.

 

[James From Cali]

Yes she did....lets just say there was yelling and me running from a flying fork lol.

 

[James From Cali]

Laura Lee, I like the division of the substrates because it looks like its bleding in. Now get that wood in and more pics

 

[James From Cali]

The combomba looks really out of place to me. It just doesnt belong. Nice shots though.

 

[James From Cali]

I cant keep Java Moss alive what-so-ever yet I hear claims that it grows like a weed, what gives?lol. LuaraLee, it would look great.

 

[James From Cali]

Cant wait to see exactly how you use the moss in this design

 

[James From Cali]

*biting nails...clear coat is officially ruined.....anticipating pictures*

LOL

 

[James From Cali]

Its been running slow for me for such a long time now. weird. Looking really good.

 

[James From Cali]

Lol, its good timing

 

[James From Cali]

I never had problems with Amanos jumping. I been having problems with plants getting uproted in a chichlid tank. The been acting weird with it. The more rooted ones dont seem to come up though. Cant wait for some of these pics, I think I like the wood in there the way it is and the plants should cover it up nicely.

 

[James From Cali]

Looking really nice LauraLee

 

[James From Cali]

lol...been there, still there xD. You must be having fun budgeting it all out. Luckily its low light/low tech.

 

[James From Cali]

What ever you decide to do with this tank as far as fish I think it would be a marvelous New World Tank. Keep the pics coming and GL w/t GW

Btw monkey ruler clean out your messages