5.5 Gallon Photo Log - Page 5 - Aquarium Advice

**Purrbox** · 06-17-2006, 03:07 PM

Perfect Blue -

This is a 5.5 Gallon Tank (take a look at the subject

) with a 2x18 Watt Coralife Fixture. Very High Light.

The two plants that were on the left were Rotala Rotundifolia in the back and Micranthemum Umbrosum in the front. Both do well with Medium or better lighting.

rich311k · 06-17-2006, 11:30 PM

Man your tanks just keep getting prettier and prettier.

**Purrbox** · 07-02-2006, 04:51 PM

Here's a new pic that was taken on 6/29/2006. As you can see the Anubias decided to bloom underwater. There's some close ups in my Anubias Flowering Thread.

I'm happy to report that my revised dosing schedule appears to have significantly reduced the amount of Green Spot Algae and algae in general in this tank. I switched to dosing Micros and Macros on alternating days, which has reduced the signs of Iron deficiency without increasing the Micros dose amount. In addition I decided to try dosing at the recommended levels for EI. This reduced the amount of Potassium and increased the amount of Phosphorus that I'm dosing. Nitrates are being dosed at roughly the same rate, although I've eliminated the dose right after the water change since my tap water has high levels of Nitrates.

Without really having an aquascape in mind for this tank originally, it's starting to come together nicely. I think with a few tweaks as the plants fill in, I'm going to like the way everything looks together. Still thinking about adding some more driftwood though.

Glenc · 07-03-2006, 12:19 AM

Very nice. I think this is my favorite of your tanks as well. I would leave it as is, it's looks just beautiful, going to get even better as it fills in a bit more with just the plants.

**Purrbox** · 07-05-2006, 01:07 AM

While snapping a few pics of the tanks tonight I managed to get a really nice one of the Hydrocotyle Sibthropioides pearling.

Lonewolfblue · 07-05-2006, 01:55 AM

Pretty cool.....

travis simonson · 07-05-2006, 02:33 AM

Those pearling pics are so nice Joy. H. sibthoripiodes looks so cool when it's happy. Nice work. In fact nice work on all of your plants. You're not keeping anything easy to grow. Your tank is akin to the back twisting triple somersault degree of difficulty :P

**Purrbox** · 07-18-2006, 11:21 PM

Well there are still some algae issues so I've tweaked my dosing a little bit more. We'll see how things go. Mostly importantly some new pics. One of the Pygmy Cories was posing so I took the opportunity to get a great closeup.

azn_fishy55 · 07-21-2006, 07:51 PM

How many inches of substrate do you have in there?

**Purrbox** · 07-21-2006, 11:05 PM

Somewhere between 2-3". There was closer to 3-4" when it was still set up as a hex tank. I've been thinking about adding some Turface MVP to the mix to up the level closer to 3", but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

06-17-2006, 03:07 PM	#41
Purrbox Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa USA Posts: 5,393	Perfect Blue - This is a 5.5 Gallon Tank (take a look at the subject ) with a 2x18 Watt Coralife Fixture. Very High Light. The two plants that were on the left were Rotala Rotundifolia in the back and Micranthemum Umbrosum in the front. Both do well with Medium or better lighting. __________________ ~Joy 10 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 5.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 2.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - Pico Planted Photo Log

07-03-2006, 12:19 AM	#44
Glenc Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,075	Very nice. I think this is my favorite of your tanks as well. I would leave it as is, it's looks just beautiful, going to get even better as it fills in a bit more with just the plants. __________________ 125 gallon, Crypt green gecko, Crypt undulata "broad leaf" Lobelia cardinalis small and large form. H.corymbosa "compact" Crypt parva, Downoi, Bacopa. 2x 150 Wt 10000k HQI Metal Halide, 2x 65 Wt 6700k-Colourmax

07-05-2006, 01:07 AM	#45
Purrbox Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa USA Posts: 5,393	While snapping a few pics of the tanks tonight I managed to get a really nice one of the Hydrocotyle Sibthropioides pearling. __________________ ~Joy 10 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 5.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 2.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - Pico Planted Photo Log

07-05-2006, 01:55 AM	#46
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Pretty cool..... __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

07-05-2006, 02:33 AM	#47
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	Those pearling pics are so nice Joy. H. sibthoripiodes looks so cool when it's happy. Nice work. In fact nice work on all of your plants. You're not keeping anything easy to grow. Your tank is akin to the back twisting triple somersault degree of difficulty :P __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

06-17-2006, 11:30 PM	#42
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	Man your tanks just keep getting prettier and prettier.

07-21-2006, 07:51 PM	#49
azn_fishy55 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunnyvale,California Posts: 687 Images: 6	How many inches of substrate do you have in there? __________________ =] ~:Andrew:~ [=

07-21-2006, 11:05 PM	#50
Purrbox Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa USA Posts: 5,393	Somewhere between 2-3". There was closer to 3-4" when it was still set up as a hex tank. I've been thinking about adding some Turface MVP to the mix to up the level closer to 3", but just haven't gotten around to it yet. __________________ ~Joy 10 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 5.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 2.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - Pico Planted Photo Log

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