55 gal: from plastic to plants

[majolo]

Well, since I converted to planted, I thought I should post the results, such as they are. Apologies for some lousy photos...(Click for full-size)

First, from Oct 4, all plastic decor:


On Oct 13, all the plants are in, but some plastic decor is left in the middle:


On Oct 18, all plastic is gone, driftwood is in:


And how it looks today. Moved some stuff, took out L. repens that was dying, and trying to get some Java fern to root on some different driftwood:


And finally, semi-decent pics of a couple inhabitants.
Bamboo shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis) perching on some Anubias in bloom:


Albino BN pleco enjoying his driftwood cave:


Edit: for anyone interested, I suppose I should list plants and other stats.
Lighting: 2x65W 50/50 pc bulbs, current satellite fixture
Fertilizer: Flourish root tabs and liquid Flourish comprehensive
No CO2 supplementation
Plants currently:
Hygrophila difformis
Hygrophila salicifolia (I think)
Sagittaria subulata
Anubias nana
Anubias afzelli
Anubias coffeefolia
Cladophora spp.
Microsorum pteropus
Vallisneria americana
Ceratophyllum demersum
Marsilea quadrifolia

I think that's it.

 

[drobertson]

Very nice, can't wait to see it fill in

 

[An t-iasg]

That's quite a transformation! Very nice!

 

[evercl92]

impressive change. I'm sure you, and your fish, will appreciate the conversion.

 

[newfound77951]

Very nice! And you have the option of changing out those 50/50 bulbs and gradually bumping up your watts per gallon if you want to down the road.

 

[majolo]

Thanks everyone!