A Year's Worth of Blue Plate Specials (56K Warning) - Aquarium Advice

travis simonson · 09-02-2005, 02:49 AM

A bit of self-indulgent retrospection. I've been using a blue plate to highlight plant specimens when I take photos of them ex situ for the last year and I was going through my folders and thought I'd throw them up here. Mods please move this if it should be in the Photography section but I thought it was more appropriate to post it here. Looking at these pics makes me wonder if I shouldn't be using a blue background in my tank instead of a black one.

Cryptocoryne wendtii "Green Gecko" showing perfect colors:

A big huge wad of Cryptocoryne wendtii "Tropica":

HC - Hemianthus callitrichoides - one of the carpet plants that has always given me fits. Does not like hard water

Sort of an ugly pic of of large bunch of Cyperus helferi. It looks so much better in the water.

A massive bunch of Ammania sp. "Bonsai" right after harvest. Another one that looks much better in the water.

A pic of all of my pruning tools that I thought looked kind of neat:

A gargantuan sword that threatened to outgrow even my 125G (let this be a warning :P ):

An oval mirror to which I had hair-netted a field of Riccia fluitans. That stuff grows anywhere

Well, I hope I haven't wasted too much of your bandwidth

RogerMcAllen · 09-02-2005, 03:05 AM

Do you have any pictures of the plants in the tank to compare?

travis simonson · 09-02-2005, 03:16 AM

A link to some recent pics of the tank. You won't see all of the plants above in there anymore but the C. helferi is now doing really well

czcz · 09-03-2005, 04:53 PM

Rad. Except for riccia and crypts, I had never seen any of those plants outside water before. I think Ammania sp. "Bonsai" still looks interesting outside water.

travis simonson · 09-13-2005, 06:04 AM

The latest installment:

A ton of Elatine triandra. This is only about 25% of what I just harvested (the plate is 12" in diameter):

krap101 · 09-13-2005, 09:50 AM

HOLY CRAP TRAVIS!!

krap101 · 09-13-2005, 06:03 PM

and i meant that in a good way

**QTOFFER** · 09-14-2005, 11:35 AM

Nice pics!
You know, I've been gravitating toward blue backgrounds in my tanks - now I know why! It really does make plants look better, and I think it shows off the fish too.

Menagerie · 09-14-2005, 01:49 PM

Wow!! That's quite the "lab" you have going

I need to get to Englewood, CO to take a closer look!

WarEagleNR88 · 09-30-2005, 12:55 PM

Hahahah... Amazing Travis. That sword is awesome, did you have it when I was by in early June?

And that Elatine triandra is really green! Good job and I can't believe how much your plants grow. Keep it up.

Any new fish?

09-02-2005, 02:49 AM	#1
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	A Year's Worth of Blue Plate Specials (56K Warning) A bit of self-indulgent retrospection. I've been using a blue plate to highlight plant specimens when I take photos of them ex situ for the last year and I was going through my folders and thought I'd throw them up here. Mods please move this if it should be in the Photography section but I thought it was more appropriate to post it here. Looking at these pics makes me wonder if I shouldn't be using a blue background in my tank instead of a black one. Cryptocoryne wendtii "Green Gecko" showing perfect colors: A big huge wad of Cryptocoryne wendtii "Tropica": HC - Hemianthus callitrichoides - one of the carpet plants that has always given me fits. Does not like hard water Sort of an ugly pic of of large bunch of Cyperus helferi. It looks so much better in the water. A massive bunch of Ammania sp. "Bonsai" right after harvest. Another one that looks much better in the water. A pic of all of my pruning tools that I thought looked kind of neat: A gargantuan sword that threatened to outgrow even my 125G (let this be a warning :P ): An oval mirror to which I had hair-netted a field of Riccia fluitans. That stuff grows anywhere Well, I hope I haven't wasted too much of your bandwidth __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

09-02-2005, 03:05 AM	#2
RogerMcAllen Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 2,330 Images: 16	Do you have any pictures of the plants in the tank to compare? __________________ Have your reviewed your aquarium products yet?

09-02-2005, 03:16 AM	#3
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	A link to some recent pics of the tank. You won't see all of the plants above in there anymore but the C. helferi is now doing really well __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

09-13-2005, 06:04 AM	#5
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	The latest installment: A ton of Elatine triandra. This is only about 25% of what I just harvested (the plate is 12" in diameter): __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

09-13-2005, 09:50 AM	#6
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	HOLY CRAP TRAVIS!! __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

09-13-2005, 06:03 PM	#7
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	and i meant that in a good way __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

09-14-2005, 11:35 AM	#8
QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,697 Images: 30	Nice pics! You know, I've been gravitating toward blue backgrounds in my tanks - now I know why! It really does make plants look better, and I think it shows off the fish too.

09-14-2005, 01:49 PM	#9
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	Wow!! That's quite the "lab" you have going I need to get to Englewood, CO to take a closer look! __________________

09-30-2005, 12:55 PM	#10
WarEagleNR88 Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Enid Oklahoma Posts: 39	Hahahah... Amazing Travis. That sword is awesome, did you have it when I was by in early June? And that Elatine triandra is really green! Good job and I can't believe how much your plants grow. Keep it up. Any new fish? __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------ Make your work proud to have your name on it. ------------------------------------------------------------ FW 10G Planted SW 10G Nano Reef FW 20G long in the works!

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